FAIRMONT — Calling all canines. Dog Manners classes are coming to Fairmont, taught by Dog Manners instructor Lori Espeland and offered through Fairmont Community Education and Recreation (CER). “For the love of dogs,” Espeland explained, regarding how it feels to offer these ...
BLUE EARTH— Discussion on the placement of a new public access safety cabinet was held at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Monday. City administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with a memo from County Commissioner Gertrude Paschke, requesting direction on the placement of an outdoor public access safety cabinet, which would contain an AED, Naloxone and other emergency medical supplies. “Currently, we have safety cabinets located at the Municipal Swimming Pool, Fitness Center, Police Department, Community & Senior Center and at City Hall,” Collins reported. ...
MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Motor vehicle registration-operate unregistered vehicle/without plates on public streets— Konain Narruhn, 38, of Fairmont; fined $185. Justin A. Sathoff, 35, of Trimont, was convicted of speeding; fined $185. Received an additional charge of expiration of drivers license-over 21; dismissed. Speeding — Rebecca J. Whitman, 46, of Granada; fined $285. Tires extending beyond fenders — Logan T. Bannister, 25, of Lakefield; fined $135. Diane K. Paskey, 71, of Sherburn, was convicted of traffic-reckless driving-drives consciously disregarding a ...
FAIRMONT – Through the Legacy Amendment’s Outdoor Heritage Fund and Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), over $300 million was sent out for projects throughout Minnesota on July 1, including millions toward projects with impacts in Martin County. Driven by the Fox Lake Conservation League (FLCL), Ducks Unlimited (DU), The Conservation Fund (TCF) and written by local conservationist, outdoorsman and 2026 Minnesota Outdoor News Person of the Year Doug Hartke, $3 million from the Outdoor Heritage Fund has been secured for the 10th phase of acquiring Wildlife ...
FAIRMONT Tuesday, July 7 2:28 a.m. — A disturbance/disorderly conduct/nuisance was reported in the 500 block of Home Street. 9:02 a.m. — An animal complaint/bite was reported in the 300 block of East 9th Street. 9:09 a.m. — A driving complaint was reported at Blue Earth Avenue and Hampton Street. 12:16 p.m. — An animal complaint/bite was reported in the 500 block of Independence Drive. 1:18 p.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 700 block of Bird Street. 3:50 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 1200 block of Goemann Road. 6:56 p.m. — ...
FAIRMONT— On Tuesday the Martin County Board of Commissioners considered a rent increase to the lease agreements of county owned spaces for both the Human Services of Faribault and Martin counties and city of Fairmont for the Fairmont Police Department, with the first being a three percent increase at a total annual rent of $246,613.20 and the second a five percent increase at a total annual rent of $65,760. Commissioner Billeye Rabbe said that the building committee has recommended the increases in these amounts, both effective Jan. 1, 2027 but Commissioner Richard Koons said he ...
