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Fairmont Schools to cut $745,100 from budget

FAIRMONT – Across eight different sections, it was announced at Tuesday’s Fairmont School Board meeting that Fairmont Area Schools will be cutting $745,100 from the budget for the fiscal year 2027. This follows budgetary adjustments made since the 2022-2023 school year. For fiscal years 2023 and 2024, cuts of $600,000 and $700,000 were offset by ESSER funds. Reductions of $250,000 and $691,000 were then made for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. After steady student growth for nine of the last 10 years that exceeded projections by 17 students, this year they were below their projections ...

Spruce Up Truman accepting donations

TRUMAN — The Spruce Up Truman Committee would like donations to buy plants for their planters on Truman's Main Street. The donations will be used to purchase plants and potting soil. Any donation amount is appreciated. Donations can be mailed to the Truman Museum, P.O. Box 56, Truman, MN ...

Fairmont Schools experimenting with farmland integration into education

FAIRMONT – With 9.5 acres of land, known as the Hunt Farm, just outside of Fairmont, the Fairmont school district is finding ways to provide hands-on education for students. The property was donated to the district in 1990. The original donation was 125 acres of land, of which 116 acres ...

Ceylon discusses Clean Up Day

CEYLON — During the Ceylon City Council meeting on Tuesday, the Helping Hands of Ceylon group wanted to advertise for bids to paint the park’s two swingsets and tire swing. The council approved their request and suggested they ask the company about paint that would adhere to galvanized metal. The group said they would use the grant they received for the painting project. In the city employees' report, the tractor will be sent soon after planting, perhaps from Miller Sellner. The four-wheeler the city uses to spray needs repair or replacement. Since the current four-wheeler is ...

Seeds evolving to meet local farming needs

FAIRMONT – With new threats and circumstances ever-changing, the yearly offerings for farmers’ crop seeds change and diversify for the occasion. Premier Ag Partners was started by Dan Stensland in 2014 in a shed on the Martin County-Faribault County line, providing Channel seeds. In 2019 ...

Pickleball, skate park projects given OK for engineering support

FAIRMONT – The projects to change the location of Fairmont’s pickleball courts and skate park, which were included in the 2026 Capital Improvement Plan, had their task order with engineering firm Bolton and Menk approved at Monday’s Fairmont City Council meeting. This order includes a ...