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Local News

Hearing halted due to procedure problems

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held a short special meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday. The meeting was noticed as a continuation of preliminary consideration of allegations against an individual (Council Member Britney Kawecki) subject to the city council’s authority. However, Mayor Lee ...

HRA squashes Whitetail Ridge plans

FAIRMONT – With more numbers in, the Fairmont Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) decided against their plans to acquire the Whitetail Ridge Project at their meeting on Monday. Fairmont HRA Executive Director Gail Diede said the interest rate for Whitetail Ridge would be 5.34 percent ...

New MCW school starts to take shape

SHERBURN— “We’re really building a school,” Martin County West (MCW) School Superintendent Cori Reynolds said on Friday as she watched crews from Wells Concrete put up the first exterior wall panels of the new school building in Sherburn. While work began soon after the groundbreaking ...

Those affected pick up pieces from Fairmont house fire

FAIRMONT – More details are coming out after Monday night’s tragedy on South Park Street in Fairmont. The 43-year-old who died was Jared Donnelly. His mother, Eileen, and brother Ryan lived in the home with him and were not seriously injured. Family member Bruce Donnelly wrote in a ...

Grant brings farming history to Fairmont

FAIRMONT – Thanks to a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, attendees got to learn about Minnesota’s farming past from Author Jay Grammond at the Martin County Library in Fairmont on Friday. After working in adult enrichment for community ed programs for 20 years, ...

Helping Hands sponsoring Santa Day Dec. 20

CEYLON — The Our Savior's Lutheran Church will have an evening service at 5:30 p.m. tonight with communion. They also invite area residents to a Bible Study each Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The Sherburn Theatre will have a free movie, “Zootopia 2” at 7 p.m. and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. This is ...