FAIRMONT— A comprehensive review of the 2026 Improvement Program was provided to the Fairmont City Council on Monday. The preliminary costs total $8.1 million and projects include Park Street and Orient Street, which are reconstruction projects, and 12 different overlay projects. The ...

FAIRMONT – A new contract for the elementary and high school principals over the 2025-26 and 26-27 school years was approved at the Fairmont School Board Meeting on Tuesday. It includes a financial package increase of 6.58 percent over two years, an additional holiday and vacation day, a ...

SHERBURN — This is the last week of January, so most of the news is for February dates. The Sherburn City Council will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the City Hall. There is always a time for public comments and questions at the beginning of each meeting. To be on the regular agenda, ...

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council on Monday considered a consultant service contract with a company to conduct a feasibility study of a municipally owned and operated cannabis retail store. The city’s acting administrator, Paul Hoye, provided some background. He said that back on March ...

FAIRMONT—St. Paul Lutheran School in Fairmont is under the guidance of a new principal, Harmon Butler, who assumed the role at the beginning of 2026. Butler and his wife, Julie, came to Fairmont from Kansas, where he was most recently the principal at St. John Lutheran School in Alma, ...

NORTHROP – While celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week, Martin Luther High School (MLHS) is hard at work ensuring students have the support they need academically and emotionally. Amber Diekmann now has a year and a half under her belt as Martin Luther’s Guidance Director. She began ...