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Gibbon sunflower field open for visitors

GIBBON — Soft piano music could be heard coming from the Gibbon sunflower field as bees and Monarch butterflies darted around the bright, yellow flowers on the west edge of Gibbon on Thursday. Denise Johnson of Bernadotte listened to her daughter, Mandy Felger of Mora, play piano music as ...

Welcome City Council to meet on Sept. 1

WELCOME — The Trimont Farmers Market will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Friday, Aug. 28, at Anderson Park in Trimont. Lunch will be available. Check out the local produce and items. Martin County West Schools are in session and there is a Tailgate Party by Bank Midwest and the Booster ...

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Jodi L. Belaski, 57, received a stay of adjudication for disorderly conduct-offensive/abusive/boisterous/noisy/obscene; fined $175, unsupervised probation one year, no same or similar violations, no contact with victim(s), no intentional contact with neighbor or neighbor’s children. Hayden E. Davis, 20, of Jackson, was convicted of traffic-driving while impaired-operate motor vehicle-alcohol concentration 0.08 within two hours; fined $810, sentenced to jail 90 days, stay 90 days for one year, unsupervised pronation one year, no alcohol or controlled ...

Police

FAIRMONT Tuesday, Aug. 25 1:37 a.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 900 block of Hengen Street. 4:30 p.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 600 block of Summit Drive. 7:23 a.m. to 8:42 p.m. — (3) criminal damage to property complaints were reported in Fairmont. 11:03 a.m. — A driving complaint was reported at Torgerson Drive and State Street. 11:05 a.m. to 9:22 p.m. — (4) animal complaints/bites were reported in Fairmont. Assistance was rendered to one of the animals in question. 11:23 a.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in ...

CREST to host Bingo at Booz Apts.

TRUMAN — Truman Active Living will host a farmers market from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, in the north parking lot of the Truman Tavern. Vendors are welcome. For questions, call Nancy Salic at (507) 236-1314, Pat Jones at (507) 236-4433 or Joni Sandwick at (507) 236-5404. Trinity ...

Corn and soybeans turning good crop

MARTIN COUNTY – With harvest season fast approaching, statewide reports and farmers on the ground suggest corn and soybeans are set for a good year. According to the USDA report for the week ending Aug. 16, 67 percent of Minnesota’s soybeans and 66 percent of its corn are in good or ...