FAIRMONT—Area school FFA students showcased their skills and learned more about opportunities at the State FFA Convention on Monday and Tuesday. Fairmont sent 25 students, which FFA Advisor Andrew Moeller said was up from previous years. “It was good having us and Mr. Pease there,” ...

WELCOME — The Welcome Historical Society Museum will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, May 3. They have open hours on the first Saturday of each month in the summer. Check out the two floors of interesting items from Welcome's history. Contact Vicki Nelson (507) 236-7081 for ...

FAIRMONT – Part of a statewide sweep, Fairmont’s Walmart is undergoing a remodel. They are a part of 22 Walmarts being worked on this year, including ones in New Ulm, Worthington and Redwood Falls. In the last five years, $195 million has already been spent on Minnesota Walmart ...

FAIRMONT— A community engagement session on Wednesday evening provided the community the opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts about Blue Earth Avenue in Fairmont. The heavily used street is slated to have a mill and overlay done next summer and the city is looking to ...

TRUMAN — It's Scholastic Book Fair time at the Truman Public School Library. The Book Fair is from 3:30 to 6 p.m. today and from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. You can buy one book and get one book free of equal or lesser value. The book fair is open to the public. Happy 90th birthday ...

FAIRMONT – At Tuesday night’s Fairmont Community Hospital (FCH) Foundation annual meeting, the decision to expand the foundation’s focus to all non-profit healthcare organizations in the area was approved. The foundation takes donations, which are used on healthcare projects to benefit ...