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Schmeeckle Foundation chooses 2025 funding recipients

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FAIRMONT – As the year gets closer to ending, the Schmeeckle Foundation has early Christmas presents for nine area organizations. The Foundation is awarding $228,337 in funds this year, in areas of early childhood care and education, serving the disabled and elderly and promoting the ...

Holiday Vendor event today at Lake Belt

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CEYLON — St. Paul's Lutheran in Wilbert will have services at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30. This will continue until a new pastor is found for their partner churches, St. John's in Sherburn and St. Paul's in Wilbert. The ladies group, LWML, at Wilbert will have their Christmas Social at 1:30 ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Liquor consumption by persons under 21 — Ileah M. Sauceda, 18, of Fairmont; fined $185. Speeding — Joshua L. Weber, 36, of Truman; fined $125; Sheila A. Kistner, 51, of Norfolk, Nebr.; fined $225. FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Driving after ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Thursday, Nov. 27 1:12 a.m. — A disabled/abandoned motor vehicle was reported in the 3400 block of Cedar Park Road. 11:47 a.m. — A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 100 block of North Park Street. 11:47 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 1300 block ...

For holidays, Salvation Army counts on community

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FAIRMONT — ‘Be an angel’ this holiday season, a message the Salvation Army in Fairmont is spreading to the community. The organization aims to spread holiday joy to families in need by reintroducing the Angel Tree program and Bell Ringers. “I think it's really good. I always take my ...

Free wellwater testing offered for South Central MN

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FAIRMONT – Citizens who get water from underground sources on their land, such as wells, will be able to have their water tested for nitrates, chlorides and arsenics for free. The testing will be available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Knights of Columbus, provided by the ...