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County chooses mayors, city councilors, school board members

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MARTIN COUNTY — The votes from Tuesday's election are in and electeds will be heading to their respective seats across Martin County. Mayoral races had one opening, city council races two and school board races three. Judith Perkins will retain her seat as Mayor of Ceylon, taking down former mayor John Gibeau by a 67 to 32 percent margin. Ceylon had 46 percent write-in votes to 29 percent for Armin Kronback and 25 percent for Todd Peta. This article will be updated when it can be determined if a write-in candidate took one of the two available seats. In Dunnell, Lori Goette and ...

Bleess, Koons remain on county board

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FAIRMONT— As a result of the Nov. 3 election, Jaime Bleess will continue to serve as the District 2 Martin County Commissioner after receiving 61 percent of the votes over challenger Dan Geronsin, who received 39 percent. Richard Koons will also continue to serve as District 4 Martin County County Commissioner. With 62 percent of the votes, he won over challenger Julie Laue, who received 38 percent. The rest of the county votes were uncontested. Matt Owens wills serve as the new Martin County Sheriff, Michelle Duncan will continue to serve as County Recorder, Taylor McGowan will ...

In Fairmont, Niss, Johnson to join as leaders

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FAIRMONT— Jerome Niss will be the next mayor of Fairmont following the results of Tuesday's election. With six in the running, Niss came away with 50 percent of the votes, securing the win. Todd Smith garnered 17 percent, while Nathanael Landsteiner received 14 percent, Logan Kelly 11 percent, Krystaline Krumrey 4 percent and Peter Bode 3 percent. Niss said he stayed up until about 1:30 in the morning to see final results trickle in. "I was pleasantly surprised. The margin was larger than I thought because of so many candidates, but I think the people of Fairmont sent a strong ...

Leaf pickup this week

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SHERBURN — A CREST Lunch and Learn program will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. Please call (507) 235-3833 to RSVP for a lunch count. The Sherburn Legion will host their Hamburger Night from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, ...

Courts

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MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Karsten A. Gardner, was convicted of assault-fifth degree-inflict or attempt bodily harm; fined $535, sentenced to jail 90 days, stay 87 days for one year, credit for time served three days, unsupervised probation one year, no same or similar offenses, no disorderly conduct or assaultive behavior, no misdemeanor violations or greater, pay restitution if order, restitution is reserved for 30 days. Also convicted of tamper with motor vehicle/enter w/o owner permission; sentenced to jail 90 days, stay 87 days for one year, credit for time served three days, ...

Sherburn addresses theatre facility concerns

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SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening. The first agenda item was a request from Martin County West Schools and MCW Community Education and Recreation about use of Sherburn Community Building/Sherburn Theatre bathrooms. Three school representatives attended the meeting. Sherburn Elementary Principal/MCW CER Director Nickole Bowie addressed the Sherburn Community Building/Sherburn Theatre’s basement bathrooms. The council explained the necessity for those bathrooms to be out of order because of water damage, old pipes and leaks. Bowie expressed concern about ...