To the Editor: With the help of the Fairmont Knights of Columbus, Arc and Martin County People First, these organizations were able to donate money to the fair board to have a Disability Day at the Martin County Fair this year. This event was sponsored by the Fairmont Human Rights Committee, ...

Grateful for park department’s response To the Editor: The dog park in Fairmont provides a great place for our four-legged pals to exercise, socialize, play and have fun. So when the holes our digger friends made became so large and deep that it became a safety issue, I brought my concerns ...

Be informed of options in case of gas leak To the Editor: I am writing this letter to the general public so that they may be aware of a situation that is happening in the Fairmont community. I recently returned home from a major surgery, so was not moving around very much yet. On Sunday, ...

Huge thank you to CHS Inc. To the Editor: Eleven amazing men and one little princess showed up to volunteer their time trimming at Lakeside Cemetery. Their timing could not have been more perfect. With the flooding rains, wind damage, trees down and grass that never seems to to let up, ...

MCW pool community to feel loss To the Editor: It is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of the MCW pool on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. This difficult decision has been made due to budget cuts and the increasingly unsustainable costs associated with maintaining the aging ...

Preserve Lakeside Cemetery as a resource To the Editor: Recently, I had need to be considering the “final resting places” of a number of my relatives, beginning with my paternal great-grandparents, John F. and Rebecca L. Palmer, who homesteaded in Pleasant Prairie in 1882, later living, ...