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FAIRMONT Thursday, May 7 7:51 a.m. — Police investigated a fraud/counterfeiting complaint in the 1600 block of Knollwood Drive. 9:34 a.m. — A disabled/abandoned motor vehicle was reported in the 300 block of East Blue Earth Avenue. 11:24 a.m. — An animal complaint/bite was ...

Finstad celebrates farm bill house passage with local leaders

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JACKSON – With the Farm, Food and National Security Act (Farm Bill) of 2026 having passed through the House of Representatives by a 224-200 vote, US House District 1 Representative Brad Finstad went to the Fendt Lodge with AGCO Engineering in Jackson on Thursday to meet with local leaders and ...

New initiative brings free well water testing

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FAIRMONT – Thanks to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Freshwater is launching a free well water testing program for arsenic. The program covers Rice, Steele, Freeborn, Waseca, Faribault, Blue Earth, Watonwan and Martin counties. Recently, they sent out 4,000 postcards in ...

Klobuchar listens to child care needs

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MARSHALL — Rural Minnesotans have struggled with a lack of available child care for years. This week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it’s become even more urgent to take action now. “It’s really important to make the economic case for child care,” Klobuchar said during a visit to Marshall ...

Welcome City Council hears audit report

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WELCOME — During the Welcome City Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Dan Schmidtke said the school building has been sold and he expected some demolition soon. The old football field was not sold because of a title information problem. It is being worked on. Auditor Greg Burkhardt explained ...