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MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Carson W. Jurgens, 32, of Fairmont, was convicted of traffic-driving while impaired-operate motor vehicle-alcohol concentration 0.08 within two hours; fined $610, sentenced to jail 90 days, stay 90 days for one year, unsupervised probation one year, no same or similar, complete comprehensive assessment, complete and pay for comprehensive assessment within 60 days of sentencing and follow recommendations in a timely manner, defendant must sign all releases for assessor to obtain collateral information from assigned probation agent(s), assigned social ...

Area Memorial Day programs planned

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MARTIN COUNTY — The following communities have upcoming programs planned to commemorate Memorial Day, which is on Monday, May 25. FAIRMONT — The Memorial Day ceremonies in Fairmont will begin with the raising of the flag by Sons of American Legion Squadron 36 at 9:15 a.m. on Monday, May 25, at Veteran’s Park in Fairmont, followed by a parade route from Veteran’s Park to Veteran’s Memorial. The Memorial Day Program will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Martin County Veteran’s Memorial in Fairmont. The program includes post colors by the American Legion Post 36 and Martin County ...

Legislators reflect on hard-fought legislative session

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FAIRMONT – With the regular legislative session now over, Martin County’s state legislators, Senator Rich Draheim and Representative Bjorn Olson, have a lot to consider, both now and moving forward. For Draheim, he said some of the bills he worked on got through, while some of them didn’t. Right now, he has a lot of reading to do to see some of what did pass through the extremely large, patched-together omnibus bills. “I was chief author on 90 bills this session, so it’s kind of hard to track that,” Draheim said. “If you count those bills that I was a co-author, that ...

Sherburn OKs roof repair quote

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SHERBURN — During the Sherburn City Council meeting on Monday evening, the council received a report for the Red Carpet Bar and Grill/Municipal Liquor Store in Sherburn. It listed approaching events, including a tasting event on Thursday, May 21. The report said a bartender had not been hired yet. The repair of the Municipal Liquor Store roof was discussed and a presentation from the inspection tour with the Garland company was shown. The recommendations and quotes were compared from Garland and from Patten company. There was a 15-year warranty from Patten. The council compared the ...

Poker run on May 30

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TRUMAN — Truman Public Schools graduation commencement will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 22. Congratulations to all the 2026 graduates. Great things await you as you are our future. Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and ...

In Martin Co., extra help needed for road work

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FAIRMONT— On Tuesday the Martin County Board of Commissioners heard from County Engineer Kevin Peyman about the upcoming construction season, which he said might be the biggest and busiest the county has ever had. With that said, he asked for the board’s approval of a master client work order for construction inspection and administration on projects with Stonebrook Engineering, Inc. (SEI). Peyman said that, due to employee illness, they will be going into the season without a construction manager for a good portion of the summer, if not all of the summer. “Even when we’re ...