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Fairmont building bond referendum fails

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FAIRMONT— The Fairmont Area Schools $21.7 million building bond referendum was unsuccessful on Tuesday with unofficial results coming in with 1,247 no votes and just 648 yes votes. At its heart, the referendum was for acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities including an ...

Voters pass GHEC building bond referendum

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GRANADA— The Granada-Huntley-East Chain School building bond referendum passed on Tuesday with unofficial results showing 253, or 57 percent of the voters in favor and 188, or 43 percent opposed. The total referendum was $8.745 million, but more than half of that cost will be covered by the ...

County to undergo study of LEC needs

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FAIRMONT— On Tuesday the Martin County Board of Commissioners considered a proposal for architect and engineering services for a building facility assessment of the Security Building/ Law Enforcement Center (LEC). The County Building Committee had previously met to review an ...

WoW Expo aims to be ‘uplifting day’

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BLUE EARTH— The 20th annual Southern Minnesota Women of Worth (WoW) Expo will be held at the Blue Earth Area High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. Admission to the event is free. This year’s featured speaker will be Gaye Lindfors, a Christian author and public speaker from ...

Sherburn City Council talks snow removal

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SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening and discussed snow blowing for this winter around Highway 4 downtown and the elementary school building on 5th Street. The state removes the snow since the highway is their road but does it when they can schedule it and this year plan ...

MCW to wrap up first quarter

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SHERBURN — A CREST Lunch and Learn program will be at 11 a.m. today, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. The program will be about Alaska. After the program there will be a lunch. These educational and fun events are free to the senior citizens of Martin County. CREST ...