FAIRMONT – With the current administration’s aim to close the federal Department of Education (DOE), signaled by a March 20 executive order, local school and government officials are taking time consider what it means for their students and constituents. Fairmont Superintendent Andy ...

FAIRMONT— With a year-end deadline to raise $4 million for building repairs, the Fairmont Opera House (FOH) is exploring all funding options. Currently it has a matching donation in play and several requests out for both state and federal funding. In December 2023 the Opera House announced ...

FAIRMONT – With a successful state-wide test on the books, the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) wants to install mobile drug detection devices in all police departments across Minnesota. Two instruments, the Abbott SoToxa™ Oral Fluid Mobile Test System and Dräger DrugTest 5000, ...

CEYLON — An Adult Prom will be at 8 p.m. tonight at the Lake Belt Bar and Grill. A Fish Fry will be at 5 p.m. on April 4. Served until gone. Canaan James will appear at 8 p.m. on April 5. The Tuesday Coffee Hours will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1 (and each Tuesday through ...

FAIRMONT— On his quest to visit all 856 of the incorporated towns in Minnesota, Seth Varner came through Fairmont on Wednesday and while here checked out the Martin County Historical Society and the Channel Inn. Varner is the CEO of Wandermore Publishing and advocates for the preservation of ...

FAIRMONT—For a second year, Martin County libraries will offer a seed library to assist those who want to plant. Anyone with a library card can pick five seed packs, with a variety of flowers and vegetables available. While they are ‘checked out’, nothing needs to be returned to the ...