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MCW and Welcome discuss sports complex

SHERBURN — During the Martin County West School Board meeting on Thursday evening, a discussion about the possible purchase of the Fox Lake Sports Complex in Welcome was held, and two Welcome City Council representatives were present and answered some questions about the proposed contract between the City of Welcome and the MCW School District. Mayor Dan Schmidtke mentioned that the assessed value of the property was $208,000, and the city had taken some losses over the last few years. Some losses were $18,000, and some were $12,000. The board asked what the losses were from and ...

Community Day Auction April 11

CEYLON — Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Ceylon will have a communion service at 5:30 p.m. tonight, Saturday, March 21. They will have a bible class at 9:30 a.m. each Tuesday. Area residents are invited to join. The cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. today, Saturday, March 21, at the Welcome Legion Hall. All area cribbage players are welcome to join. The Coffee Lovers group meets from 8:30 to 10 a.m. each Thursday at the back room of the Lake Belt Bar and Grill in Ceylon. Area residents are welcome to join them for coffee and fellowship. The Lenten ...

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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 ...