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March 4, 2023

Chamber names 2022 businesses of the year Congratulations to Five Lakes Media, Fairmont 5 Theatres, The Fairmont Opera House and Dan’s Appliance who each won in their respective categories for the Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year awards. We thank these businesses for their presence in and dedication to Fairmont and the surrounding communities. Council moves forward with ice work Earlier this week the Fairmont City Council voted to reallocate $850,000 of the funds earmarked for Gomsrud Park improvements, and to take $1.1 million of the $14 million raised ...

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February 25, 2023

Shepherd’s In preps for fundraiser Shepherd’s In will have its first Tour of Tables fundraiser on March 4. The Fairmont-based organization is raising funds to rent or purchase a home for people in need of a place to sleep. The founder of Shepherd’s In, Curtis Moeckle, said since 2019 they’ve helped 70 people in Martin County get off of the streets. Thank you, Curtis, for starting Shepherd’s In and for working toward providing this need. County denies request for mine Earlier this week, the Martin County Board of Commissioners denied a conditional use permit for Lorentz ...

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February 18, 2023

Vanasse brings art work home Congratulations to Fairmont native, Sarah Vanasse Miles, whose art work is on display now at the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Fairmont. Miles has lived an interesting life thus far traveling and working on her art. As a self-taught painter, she has had great success. We encourage the public to check out her work over the next month. Senf receives region crown Way to go, Solveig Senf! The Fairmont High School senior has nabbed the Minneosta State High School League’s Triple A Award for Region 2A. This is greatly deserved as Solveig is not only a ...

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February 11, 2023

FHS ramps up tutoring program Fairmont High School has increased its tutoring program and currently has 16 students working as tutors this semester. The program also greatly helps students who are English Language Learners. What a great program to bring upper classmen to the aid of younger students. Scouts aim to educate, build character This past week was National Scouting Week, which celebrated the 122-year-old organization. Several events happened regionally throughout the week. Locally Boy Scouts is a great program which puts on fun events for both boys and girls to promote ...

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February 4, 2023

Club helps women form connections Fairmont’s chapter of Modern Widows Club has been meeting for just the past five months but has had about 80 people attend them. Thank you to Tonya Mortensen for starting this program. It’s clearly a need not only locally but regionally as women from all over southern Minnesota and northern Iowa have been attending. What a great source of support for these women. Fareway bakery to serve as ‘hub’ Congratulations to Fareway for the expansion of its bakery. Now that the space has doubled, Fairmont’s Fareway will be baking for six other ...

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January 28, 2023

Council moves forward with lobbyist This week the Fairmont City Council approved moving forward with a lobbyist to help secure additional funding for a community center. This is a good investment by the council, and it’s good that it acted quick as there is a deadline of Jan. 31 for getting the request to legislators. Hopefully this move will help this project continue to move forward. Opera House chosen as event site Congratulations to the Fairmont Opera House for being chosen as the site for the upcoming Minnesota Sings Competition. The state-wide event will take place in ...