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Council tweaks offer to city administrator candidate

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FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council on Monday considered the employment agreement negotiations that have recently come in from interim city administrator candidate, Jason Baker. The council had sent an initial employment offer to Baker on Feb. 19. Human Resources Manager, Rachel Viesselman, said, “he’s come back with a request for a couple of items that would differ a little bit compared to the initial offer that he received.” Viesselman said that Baker has asked for 80 hours of vacation leave on the books upon hire, two months salary and benefits if terminated in the zero to ...

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MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Operate vehicle with expired registration — Mercedes K. Gonzalez, 30, of Madelia; fined $115. Speeding — Eric W. Russell, 56, of Saint Anthony; fined $135. Dylan J. Driehorst, 20, of Fairmont, was convicted of traffic-underage drinking and driving-crime described; fined $585, sentenced to jail 90 days, stay 90 days for one year, unsupervised probation one year, no alcohol or controlled substance use with the exception of prescribed medications, complete comprehensive assessment, complete and follow all recommendations, attend MADD Impact Panel, ...

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Fairmont completes Lakeville tournament LAKEVILLE — Fifteen members of the Fairmont Speech Team competed on Saturday, March 7, at the Lakeville North Speech tournament. There were over 1,000 entries at this tournament. Next-in finals: Duo: Cooper Gudahl and Leon Yang took sixth. Finals: Us Extemp: Belinda Lutterman took fifth. The Fairmont Speech Team competes on March 13 and 14 at the National Qualifying Tournament and at St Clair. The team is coached by Kathleen Walker, Erik Walker and Miles Duffey.

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FAIRMONT Friday, March 6 2:41 a.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 1100 block of North State Street. 7:09 a.m. — Criminal damage to a motor vehicle was reported in the 300 block of North Main Street. 11:20 a.m. — Criminal damage to a motor vehicle was reported in the 400 block of North Hampton Street. 11:38 a.m. — Theft (includes attempt) was reported in the 2000 block of Knollwood Drive. 4:55 p.m. — A driving complaint was reported at Prairie Avenue and Maple Street. Saturday, March 7 3:45 a.m. — A suspicious vehicle was reported in the ...

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FAIRMONT Thursday, March 5 12:33 a.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 900 block of N. North Avenue. 4:11 p.m. — An animal complaint/bite was reported in the 100 block of Maple Street. 10:38 p.m. — An ordinance violation was reported in the 100 block of Lincoln Street. 11:47 p.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 200 block of South Prairie Avenue. MARTIN COUNTY Thursday, March 5 12:34 a.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 100 block of North Center Street, Ceylon. 1:43 p.m. — Property damage was reported in the 100 ...

Potential rough fish limits draw local criticism

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FAIRMONT – A proposed measure by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to place harvest limits on native rough fish is drawing concern and disagreement from local officials and fishermen. While six types of fish are included, the bigmouth and smallmouth buffalo are the ones ...