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Coffee Hours/Coffee Lovers meetings continue

CEYLON — St. Paul's Community Church in Welcome will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a service at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 14. Our Savior Lutheran Church in Ceylon is preparing for a closing and decommissioning service on June 20 after 126 years of services. The service will be held at ...

Olson and Munson hear constituent concerns

FAIRMONT – Current State Representative Bjorn Olson and State Senator candidate Jeremy Munson listened to constituent concerns during a town hall on Wednesday at the American Legion in Fairmont. The event comes just days after the filing period for primaries ended. Neither Olson nor Munson ...

Brisk pace on tennis courts construction

FAIRMONT – Having started on the last week of school, crews are hitting their stride on a project to redo the Fairmont High School tennis courts. Fairmont Area Schools Director of Buildings and Grounds, Tyler Garrison, said the issues the previous courts had were going on for multiple ...

Bike Share program rolls back into the area

FAIRMONT — The Bike Share program is rolling into Fairmont for its second year. Kids Just Want To Have Fun, a subcommittee of Project 1590 that was instrumental in making it happen, is pleased to reintroduce it for the sake of health, athleticism and fun in the area. The Bike Share ...

Welcome City Council to meet June 16

WELCOME — The Burn Site in Welcome for Welcome residents will be open from 8 to noon on Saturday, June 13. Only wood that is six inches in diameter or less, tree trimmings, brush, leaves and grass clippings should be brought to the site. Thank you for your cooperation. The city reminds ...

Lakes Foundation holding lake cleanup challenges

FAIRMONT – With years of experience cleaning up the lakes, the Fairmont Lakes Foundation (FLF) is looking to stir up some more help from the public with monthly Lake Cleanup Challenges. For years, FLF has held its cleanup in the spring, getting together with other groups to do a big cleanup ...