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Township elections/annual meetings March 10

WELCOME — A cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Welcome Legion Hall. There will be tournaments on March 14 and 21. Area cribbage lovers are welcome to join the fun. A Sherburn Lions Club Pancake Feed will be from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, at the Martin County West High School in Sherburn. Proceeds will help their community projects. A Pancake Feed benefiting the Ceylon Fire Department will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, March 8 at the Lake Belt Bar in Grill in Ceylon. Good food and good causes in both cities. The ...

Baarts talks mayoral duties, city updates

FAIRMONT—Fairmont Mayor Lee Baarts was the guest speaker at Wednesday morning’s Kiwanis Early Risers meeting. Baarts spoke candidly about a number of subjects including the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) funds, city administrator search and upcoming Blue Earth Avenue project. “I’m ...

Local man turns interest into business

FAIRMONT – A local plant manager is taking a leap into entrepreneurship, forming his own company to provide drone photography. Fritz Hall was originally born in South Africa and has traveled across the United States, even after moving to Fairmont in 2017. He said Fairmont ended up being ...

Blue Earth OKs Senior Center meal rates

BLUE EARTH— The Blue Earth City Council decided to follow the direction of the Senior Center Board, setting updated prices for lunch at the Senior Center at their meeting on Monday. City Administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with an update from the Senior Center Board regarding the discussion held at the previous city council meeting, concerning the current prices of a lunch at the Senior Center for punch card holders. “The Senior Center has reviewed the suggestion we made at the last meeting to adjust the price of all meals at the Senior Center to $5,” Collins ...

Welcome talks sports complex expenses, maintenance

WELCOME — The Welcome City Council held a meeting on Tuesday evening and the Fox Lake Sports Complex in Welcome was discussed. Three representatives from the school board and the Fox Lake Sports Complex, Sam Meixell, Courtney Schult and Mark Wohlhuter were present. The council explained that the value of the ballfields is $208,000, the city has had $18,000 in expenses lately for tiling and there was a repair of a water pipe punctured when the backdrop was installed. A city employee maintains and mows the ballfields. There were grants from the Twins organization and DNR and the original ...

Truman back to school on March 9

TRUMAN — The Granada/Huntley/East Chain School Theater Department presents “Spring Break” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings in the GHEC small gym. Lewisville Fun Daze build-your-own burger bash will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, at the Lewisville Legion. Enjoy burgers, salads and desserts for a free-will donation. Proceeds support Lewisville's 125th anniversary celebration from June 19 to 20. Karaoke starts at 8 p.m. It's time to ‘spring ahead’ with our clocks before going to bed Saturday evening. Sunday, March 8, begins daylight savings time. Truman ...