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EDA mulls over potential trail project

FAIRMONT – A potential trail project that would extend between Alpha, Jackson, Sherburn, Welcome and Fairmont was brought up for the first time at Monday’s Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting. The spark for this project comes from a MnDOT grant Alpha has received to do a Rails to Trails program. This would mean taking partially abandoned or little-used railroads and transforming them into trails that can be used for walking, biking and snowmobiling. The corridor that would be used is part of the former Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) railroad, which is ...

Hamburger Night tonight at Sherburn Legion

SHERBURN — CREST Lunch and Learn will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. The program will be about wood carving, presented by Mr. Beckendorf. The program and lunch are free for Martin County senior citizens. Call ...

Sherburn discusses area daycare need

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council held its meeting on Monday evening. Several residents were at the meeting in support of the need for daycare in Sherburn. In the last month, two daycares have closed, leaving the remaining two daycares in Sherburn and one is ready to retire. According to the county licensor, there are no daycare license applications for western Martin County. An in-home daycare can only have one infant at a time. The residents reported several pregnant neighbors or Sherburn residents that they knew and supposed there were more in the city and nearby area. ...

DNR checks boats for invasive species

FAIRMONT— On Saturday members of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were in Fairmont to do Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) road check inspections on watercraft and trailers that passed by their set up at Gomsrud Park. Chad Thesing, a conservation officer with the DNR, said, ...

Intern learns the ropes of police, sheriff’s department

FAIRMONT – For the 16th year, the Fairmont Police Department and Martin County Sheriff’s Department welcomed an intern to learn the ins and outs. The program was started in 2010. It is open to students interested in criminal justice, and is currently led by Parker Stevens of the Fairmont ...

EDA ponders SMIF economic development report

FAIRMONT – At Monday's Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting, CEDA shared a report recently released on the area's economic development prospects. CEDA Specialist Amber Patten, who was interviewed for the report, shared the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's (SMIF) findings for the area, which found that economic development in Martin County is constrained. This is not from a lack of ideas for the area, but a lack of capacity, funding access and infrastructure. To fix this, SMIF pitched seven different ideas to strengthen economic development in this ...