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Vendor Show this weekend

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WELCOME — Oct. 11 is a busy day in Welcome. The Burn Site will be open from 8 a.m. to noon., for Welcome residents only. Wood six inches in diameter or smaller should be brought to the site. Thank you for your cooperation. The Vendor Show sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary at the Sinn CLC at ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Sayra Zuniga Medrano, 24, of Fairmont; Giselle T. Munoz, 18, of Sioux City, Iowa; Richard L. Paille, 76, of Reno, Nev.; Alana C. Petrucci, 23, of Coon Rapids; Jeffrey B. Witwer, 20, of Golden, Colo.; each fined $125. Child passenger restraint ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Wednesday, Oct. 8 12:22 a.m.— Police received a report of an ordinance violation in Lincoln Park. 12:16 p.m. — Police received a report of shoplifting in the 200 block of South State St. 12:18 p.m. — Police received a report of a theft in the 700 block of Victoria ...

4-H helping Martin County youth become “Beyond Ready”

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MARTIN COUNTY – As part of a five-year initiative, National 4-H Week is themed “Beyond Ready.” Martin County 4-H Extension Educator Lauren Pilarski said the past year has had several projects for area 4-H groups. “We had our day camps this summer,” she said. “We did library ...

FHS students join school board

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FAIRMONT — Introduced as 2025-2026 student school board members, Fairmont High School (FHS) junior Emma Pockrus, senior Wendy Medina Ambrosio and senior Bel Lutterman aim to raise the volume of peer voices amid Fairmont Area Schools' endeavors to enrich the student experience. The three ...

Counties hear plans for transmission line

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BLUE EARTH— The Faribault County Board of Commissioners, at their meeting on Tuesday, learned that a joint utility effort between several regional utilities is working to build a proposed 765 kV transmission line from the South Dakota/Minnesota border across the southern tier of Minnesota ...