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Leaf pick-up planned in Sherburn

SHERBURN — The congregations of St. John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wilbert will miss the service of Pastor Steve Wilson beginning Nov. 30. They have provided a public farewell open house event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the Fox Lake Event Center, ...

PowerOn Midwest holds initial open house

FAIRMONT – PowerOn’s plans for the Martin County area booted up Monday with an informational open house at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fairmont. This is the first meeting for the cooperative, made up of Great River Energy, ITC Midwest, Xcel Energy and Otter Tail Power Company. It seeks ...

Community center group halts project

FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont Area Community Center Foundation (FACC) announced via a press release that it will discontinue efforts to build a YMCA-operated community center in Fairmont. While the project had been in pursuit for more than a decade, the group said that project delays and ...

Keeping the church strong, brick by brick

FAIRMONT— The congregation at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont is taking big steps to ensure that the church will be around for many more years to come. It’s engaged in a project called Brick by Brick for a Firm Foundation, appropriately named as stone and bricks on both the exterior ...

Board tours county buildings

FAIRMONT—The Martin County Board of Commissioners, along with some county staff, took a tour of 10 county buildings and one county park on Friday with the purpose being to familiarize the board members with the facilities, their uses and any updates they may need. County Coordinator Scott ...

Lake Belt to host post-Halloween event

CEYLON — The cribbage tournaments begin at 1:15 p.m., today, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Welcome Legion Hall. All registration dues are paid back in prizes. The public is welcome. Spend a fun afternoon playing cribbage with friends. Quilters are invited to help the Old Alley Quilt ...