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New COVID variant appears as rates remain low

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FAIRMONT – While COVID rates remain low, a new variant called Cicada has made its way into Minnesota. Public Health Sanitarian for Faribault and Martin County Health and Human Services Tim Langer said this discovery was made through wastewater monitoring. “There have been only two cases in the state of Minnesota as of today,” he said. “I confirmed that with the state health department, and those are two clinical cases. As far as locally, we are not tracking COVID right now. It's just been such low cases.” Cicada is a variant of the Omicron strain of COVID. Thankfully, Langer ...

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MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT No proof mv insurance — Tomas J. Machado, 33, of Fairmont; fined $285. Maria I. Ruiz Tejada, 32, of Las Vegas, Nev., was convicted of no Minnesota driver’s license; fined $185. Also convicted of seat belt required-driver and passengers must use; fined $25. FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Cannabis open package-cannabis use in motor vehicle on street or highway prohibited — David J. Hoffman, 44, of Winnebago; fined $185.  

Fairmont Christian School reaches independence

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FAIRMONT – After multiple years of assistance from Mountain Lake Christian School to help get on its feet and running, Fairmont Christian School is officially independent and established as its own nonprofit. The school has 38 students in kindergarten through sixth grade, having started ...

Strike Out Cancer on April 14

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TRUMAN — As we celebrate Holy Week these are the following churches schedules: *Church of Christ will have a 7 pm Thursday service with communion. Easter Sunday they will have a 7 am sunrise service with breakfast to follow. There is also a worship service at 10:30 am. *St Johns Lutheran Church willow creek and St Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church will have their Maundy Thursday Service & Holy Communion at the Willow Creek at 6:30 pm. A Good Friday service is at St. Paul’s at 6:30 pm. An Easter Vigil service is at St Paul’s at 6:30pm on Saturday. The Easter service with Holy ...

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MegaHertz completes Iowa Regional Robotics Competition FAIRMONT/CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The Fairmont High School (FHS) Robotics Team, The MegaHertz, competed at the Iowa Regional Robotics Competition on March 27 and March 28, at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The competition included high school robotics teams from seven different states. The MegaHertz won all eight of its qualification matches, improving their performance from match to match as the competition progressed and twice posting competition-high scores along with their alliance partners. The team ...

Ruby’s Pantry closes, including Martin County location

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EAST CHAIN – Ruby’s Pantry, which operated 87 locations across the upper Midwest, announced early this week that it would be closing effective immediately. This includes the location in East Chain, which was featured in Tuesday’s edition of the Sentinel. The article by Vanessa Schultze stated East Chain was attended by 100-300 people each month, and the location was preparing for an increase in attendees after Ruby’s Pantry in Sherburn closed in February. The East Chain location had already planned its next distribution for April 25 and had announced an increase in price per ...