Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday he will seek re-election to a second term. This sets up an interesting race that will focus on his record and accomplishments. Walz and his Republican opponents will try to interpret Walz’s record in vastly different ways. On the state’s COVID response, ...
Manage your own household To the Editor: I was able to sit in and listen to Fairmont City Council question the city administrator’s ability to train, welcome, communicate and manage the city staff. The biggest issue they mentioned was communication. If our own city staff can’t ...
Human Services of Martin County issues a weekly report of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the county. When they have come out lately, the reports are not encouraging. Martin County has passed the 3,000 COVID cases mark. We sit at 3,218 total cases with 112 new cases recorded last week. The ...
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been stalwart in his concerns over inflation and Democrats’ desire to spend trillions to fund new social programs: “An overheating economy has imposed a costly ‘inflation tax’ on every middle- and working-class American. At $28.7 trillion and growing, ...
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee is held a hearing Friday with a very interesting question for the Department of Public Safety. When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the state shut down a lot of businesses, of course, and it also closed down some government offices, including the ...
FACT presents comedy The Fairmont Opera House is putting on a comedy, ‘Drinking Habits’, which shows tonight and Sunday. The cast is made up of local talent, many of whom have done several shows with the Opera House in the past. We thank the Opera House for continuing to put on shows for ...