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Fairmont Speech sees success in Shakopee, Mankato SHAKOPEE/MANKATO — Five members of the Fairmont Speech team competed at the fourth annual Shakopee Wild Thing on Saturday, Feb. 21. Fairmont took first in the Small Entry division. Consolation finals: Oratory: Bel Lutterman is the Champion. Next In Finals: Drama: Allie Streit takes fourth. Duo: Leon Yang and Cooper Gudahl take fifth. Impromptu: Bel Lutterman takes second. Finals: Extemp Speaking: Bel Lutterman takes sixth. Humorous: Leon Yang is the Champion. The Fairmont Speech team competed at the Scarlet ...

Speech swells with influx of new participants

FAIRMONT – With the success of last year still fresh in their minds, Fairmont’s Speech team has had a surge in participation and an eye on growth. Last year, Speech won the Section 2A championship and placed third, competing against all Section A teams. Individually, Leon Yang placed ...

Fishing guides bring expertise and passion to area lakes

FAIRMONT – Guiding anglers across Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota, Aaron Hill, Matt Hutchinson and Lucas Parsons have made the lakes their livelihood with Legends Guide Services. This livelihood comes from their lived experiences and enjoyment of bringing people out on the ...

Coffee Lovers to meet each Thursday

CEYLON — The cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. today, Feb. 21, and at the Welcome Legion Hall. All cribbage players are welcome to join the fun. Our Savior's Lutheran Church will have their Saturday evening communion service at 5:30 p.m. tonight, Feb. 21. They invite area residents to their Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. American Red Cross blood drives will be on Feb. 23 at the St. Paul’s Community Church in Welcome and Feb. 24 at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Call 800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767), visit www.redcrossblood.org or text BLOODAPP to ...

Council will extend offer to city administrator candidate

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held a special meeting on Thursday to once again discuss the city administrator candidate, Jason Baker. The council had previously questioned Baker’s experience, but considered whether he’d be best suited to serve in an interim capacity to start. Human Resources Manager, Rachel Viesselman, provided some background on the situation. The city administrator position became vacant at the end of November 2025 when Jeff O’Neill left his role as interim city administrator after a year in the role. Since then the council has considered various ...

Prairie Lakes added to MnDOT map

FAIRMONT – A project by MnDOT to make information on public transit across Minnesota more readily available has now added Prairie Lakes Transit to its map and database. This information is made more readily available via a map, located at mntransitplanner.com. You can enter a starting ...