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HRA squashes Whitetail Ridge plans

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FAIRMONT – With more numbers in, the Fairmont Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) decided against their plans to acquire the Whitetail Ridge Project at their meeting on Monday. Fairmont HRA Executive Director Gail Diede said the interest rate for Whitetail Ridge would be 5.34 percent ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Landan S. Kock, 18, of Rock Rapids, Iowa; Pietro T. Vella, 23, of Pa.; fined $125. Operate vehicle with expired registration — Shawn A. Graplar, 25, of Fairmont; fined $115. Driving after revocation — Selvin O. Guerra Sandoval, 45, of ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Friday, Dec. 5 3:39 a.m. — Police investigated a harassment complaint in the 200 block of South State Street. 10:57 a.m. — A driving complaint was reported at 2nd Street and Prairie Avenue. 4:33 p.m. — Police investigated a harassment complaint in the 300 block of ...

New MCW school starts to take shape

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SHERBURN— “We’re really building a school,” Martin County West (MCW) School Superintendent Cori Reynolds said on Friday as she watched crews from Wells Concrete put up the first exterior wall panels of the new school building in Sherburn. While work began soon after the groundbreaking ...

Those affected pick up pieces from Fairmont house fire

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FAIRMONT – More details are coming out after Monday night’s tragedy on South Park Street in Fairmont. The 43-year-old who died was Jared Donnelly. His mother, Eileen, and brother Ryan lived in the home with him and were not seriously injured. Family member Bruce Donnelly wrote in a ...

Grant brings farming history to Fairmont

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FAIRMONT – Thanks to a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, attendees got to learn about Minnesota’s farming past from Author Jay Grammond at the Martin County Library in Fairmont on Friday. After working in adult enrichment for community ed programs for 20 years, ...