WELCOME — The Welcome Legion Auxiliary will have a Spring Vendor Show from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 2, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center/St. Paul’s Community Church in Welcome. Breakfast will be served for a free-will donation. Many vendors with crafts and gifts will ...
NORTHROP – Since 2018, Martin Luther High School (MLHS) has been able to utilize a combination greenhouse and classroom area built by students and featuring aquaponics and hydroponics for growing plants and fish. Now, they’re using it to grow plants for their first ever plant sale. Using ...
FAIRMONT – The Center for Effective Lawmaking recently released the State Legislative Effectiveness Scores for Minnesota’s 2023-24 session, and Bjorn Olson, State Representative for District 22A which includes Martin and Faribault Counties, scored the highest out of the Republican ...
TRUMAN — If any Truman Veteran has passed within the last year and their family would like to have their name listed on the Memorial Day roll call, contact Pat Jones at (507) 236-4433. We wish Willard and Linda Buelow a happy wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 1. Cards will reach them at ...
FAIRMONT — Don’t rest your head on the pillow just yet. Caregiver Response Effort and Service Team (CREST) in Fairmont invites all to bring their pillows to the Carlson Pillow Cleaning Service from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today, Thursday, April 30, at the Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church. “We’re excited for it,” said CREST Executive Director Rob Stauter. Stauter explained that CREST has offered the service to the community for around 10 years, taking on the event after an area church asked if CREST would continue it in its place. Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church ...
FAIRMONT— An omnibus liquor bill that passed earlier this month in Minnesota includes a “grandparents’ happy hour” that will allow nursing homes and assisted living facilities to serve alcohol to residents and their guests starting Aug. 1. According to house.mn.gov, the issue of alcohol in some facilities arose when staff at Amira Choice in Champlin learned that licensed facilities like theirs weren’t allowed to coordinate a happy hour without a permit — and their city didn’t have a liquor permit that fit their situation. While the bill will no doubt allow some other ...
