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Sherburn Burn Site open this Saturday

SHERBURN — Clean Up Day in Sherburn will be on May 10. Items should be on the curb by 6 a.m. A flag needs to be purchased by noon on May 2 at the City Hall. Each $25 flag is for a section that measures four feet by six feet. The Waste Management truck will not make a loop but will stop only ...

Dairy Queen starts new chapter with new owner

FAIRMONT — Here’s the ‘scoop’. The local Dairy Queen will continue scooping ice cream for customers with the help of a new leader. Current owner Scott Vaubel is set to pass the restaurant’s reins to Lisa De Boer on Thursday, May 1, after a strong five years of operation in ...

Council looks at selling SMEC building

FAIRMONT— The future of the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus (SMEC) building in Fairmont was discussed by the Fairmont City Council during its meeting on Monday. For the majority of its long existence, the SMEC building has housed some kind of educational entity including both Central ...

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Fairmont Speech claims bronze at State FAIRMONT — The Fairmont High School Speech Team competed at the MSHSL Class A State Speech competition on Saturday, April 25, in Shakopee. Over 90 teams and over 330 participants were in attendance. Fairmont Speech took third place as a team and ...

Voss duo helps with spring cleaning needs

FAIRMONT— Voss Cleaning Services has added a new division to its corporation as it acquired PC Janitorial Supply at 601 North Prairie Avenue in Fairmont earlier this year. Prior to this new addition, owner Chris Voss has already had CleanRite ChemDry and CleanRite Janitorial. He started ...

After long wait, work on childcare space begins

FAIRMONT— After sitting empty and untouched for three years, work has finally begun on the new childcare space at Lakeview Methodist Healthcare Center in Fairmont. Building Blocks Learning Center and Childcare has been housed within Lakeview since 2017 and when Lakeview decided to expand a ...