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Fairmont Speech takes first at Big South Conference tournament REDWOOD FALLS/FAIRMONT — The Fairmont High School Speech team competed at the Big South Conference Speech Tournament on Thursday, March 19, in Redwood Falls. Fairmont Speech Team won the Conference Championship with 198 points. Belle Plaine was the runner-up with 126 points. Three Fairmont speakers were recognized as All Conference Honorable Mentions (third place), three speakers were recognized as All Conference Runner-Ups (second place) and six speakers were recognized as All Conference Champions (first ...

A year after stroke, Geerdes is back on track

SHERBURN – It was a little over 10 months ago, on May 17, when then 20-year-old Jazlyn Geerdes began the struggle of her life, as a blood clot in her basilar artery caused a stroke on both sides of her brain. “If [she had got there] a half-hour later, she would have been dead,” Jodie ...

County debates bid details for roof project

FAIRMONT— Several bids for the county impound facility reroofing project were discussed by the Martin County Board of Commissioners at their meeting earlier this week. County Coordinator Scott Higgins said that bids were initially reviewed and while it was originally recommended to go with the second low bidder because of familiarity with their work, it was later discovered that both companies were having subcontractors do the work. Of the eight bids received, Legacy Industrial LLC was the low bidder at $88,000 as the base bid for the entire project and Elevate Roofing Solutions ...

BE to allow up to 3 cannabis shops

BLUE EARTH— A series of decisions regarding buffer zones for cannabis businesses were finally laid down at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Monday. City Attorney David Frundt presented the council with a summary of his research on state policy regarding cannabis ordinances, along with further revisions to the draft ordinance from the council’s last meeting on March 2. “I said at the last meeting that I would prefer to only allow one cannabis business in town, but I also understand the perspective of the businesses, in that this is a profitable new industry and it’s ...

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Fairmont Welding competes in Twin Cities event FAIRMONT/TWIN CITIES — Fairmont High School welding students competed in a regional welding competition against 23 students from strong CTE programs, including Shakopee and Wright County Technical Center, on Saturday, March 14, in the Twin Cities. Each school could have up to five welders. Five welders represented Fairmont High School. Ethan Siebring earned Top Honors in GMAW (MIG) Welding. Seth Siebring placed Runner-Up in SMAW (Stick) Welding. The competition allowed students to test their welding skills against some of the ...

Trimont Spring Farmers’ Market on March 26

WELCOME — The boy scouts will be coming around town to pick up non-perishable food and paper products for area food shelves at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 21. Check out the information on Facebook. The cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the Welcome Legion Hall. All area cribbage players are welcome to join. Condolences to the families of David Auringer, Diane Benson and Lawrence Cihak from Trimont. They will be missed by family and friends. The last midweek Lenten Service for this season will be held on March 25. The ...