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Bleess, Koons remain on county board

FAIRMONT— As a result of the Nov. 3 election, Jaime Bleess will continue to serve as the District 2 Martin County Commissioner after receiving 61 percent of the votes over challenger Dan Geronsin, who received 39 percent. Richard Koons will also continue to serve as District 4 Martin County County Commissioner. With 62 percent of the votes, he won over challenger Julie Laue, who received 38 percent. The rest of the county votes were uncontested. Matt Owens wills serve as the new Martin County Sheriff, Michelle Duncan will continue to serve as County Recorder, Taylor McGowan will ...

County chooses mayors, city councilors, school board members

MARTIN COUNTY — The votes from Tuesday's election are in and electeds will be heading to their respective seats across Martin County. Mayoral races had one opening, city council races two and school board races three. Judith Perkins will retain her seat as Mayor of Ceylon, taking down former mayor John Gibeau by a 67 to 32 percent margin. Ceylon had 46 percent write-in votes to 29 percent for Armin Kronback and 25 percent for Todd Peta. This article will be updated when it can be determined if a write-in candidate took one of the two available seats. In Dunnell, Lori Goette and ...

Martin County remains Republican-represented

MARTIN COUNTY— All state seats that cover Martin County will be held by Republicans Incumbent District 22A State Representative Bjorn Olson will stay in the house after receiving 67 percent of the votes, versus 33 percent for Sonja Denn. In 2024, Olson won with 69 percent of the votes to the 31 percent for Marisa Ulmen. Jeremy Munson will become the new District 22 State Senator, taking over for Rich Draheim who is retiring. He received 65 percent of the votes, compared to Marisa Ulmen's 35 percent. In 2022 Draheim had no challenger and won with 97 percent of the votes. For the six ...

Grant brings transport necessity to Mayo Clinic

FAIRMONT – With a grant from the Fairmont Community Hospital Foundation, the Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont purchased a Broda Chair to move patients while keeping them comfortable and secure. Mayo Clinic Nursing Supervisor Raven Cain said the chair works essentially like a fancy ...

Childcare plan laid out for Martin County EDA

FAIRMONT – After attending the First Children’s Finance Foundations of the Future Conference on Oct. 20-21, CEDA Specialist Danielle Hayter-Johnson presented what the information means for Martin County at the Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting on Monday. Key takeaways include reinforcing childcare’s role in workforce participation and economic growth, the importance of sustaining existing providers and opportunities for employer and community partnerships. “Reliable childcare supports workforce participation, employer stability and long-term community vitality,” ...

Project 1590 to offer mother-son event

FAIRMONT — Kids Just Want to Have Fun, a subcommittee of Project 1590, is gearing up for its Mother-Son event, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Bowlmor Lanes in Fairmont. “We have really enjoyed being able to offer our two annual events. We do the Father-Daughter Dance in February, and that stayed steady in what we offer, but we’ve tried to switch up the Mother-Son event a little bit over the years, just trying to catch a bigger range of ages and find what the families enjoy doing,” said Kids Just Want to Have Fun chair Laura Olsen. After utilizing the ...