Rotary Club Congratulations to the Rotary Club’s 31 members on their recognition as Paul Harris Fellows. The recognition acknowledges individuals who have contributed or have had someone make a contribution in their name of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation. In this case, an anonymous donor ...

A judge issued a just and eminently reasonable ruling on Wednesday, refusing to grant an injunction requested by a gun owners’s group to allow gun owners with permits to carry their weapons at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus had sought the injunction, saying the ...

President Joe Biden has set Aug. 31 - next Tuesday — as the deadline to finish the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is being roundly criticized by Democrats, Republicans and leaders in the G-7 for that. The U.S. will not be able to get Americans and their allies out of Afghanistan, ...

The US government gave full approval on Monday to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the first of the vaccines produced and approved since the disease’s outbreak in 2019. Up until now the Pfizer vaccine, like the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson versions, have been approved for emergency use. ...

The last time the Great Minnesota Get-Together actually got together, in 2019, 2.1 million people visited the fairgrounds over 12 days. The following year the fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the fair is on again, organizers buoyed by the big lull in new cases earlier ...

Epicureans On September 5, 2021, a bit of Fairmont’s history will be honored in Iowa. The Epicureans, Fairmont’s own Rock and Roll band from the ’60s, will be inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association. We congratulate the surviving band members on this achievement, and we ...