Letter to the Editor: C4aSF at fair The “Citizens for a Strong Fairmont” group (C4aSF) will be at the fair again this year. Stop by and visit us at our booth in the arena and register for chamber bucks. There will be one drawing each day of the fair. We would like your thoughts and ideas, so fill out our survey and qualify for more chamber bucks, one big drawing, on the last day of the fair. Hope to see you there. D.Lutz Fairmont, Minn.
Letter to the Editor: Want a Strong America? Join a Civic Group There are big concerns across our country about the divisions within our country. Republicans and Democrats are at each other’s throats. Red and blue states are struggling for dominance. Urban and rural people seem to live in different worlds. Some say the cause of this mayhem are “elites” or the rich with sinister motivations. Others feel technology, the media, foreign adversaries or other causes are to blame. We feel these forces right here in Martin County. An antidote to all this is our local civic ...
Appreciate community support To the editor: The Fairmont Police Department would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Fairmont Hy-Vee and Culligan of Fairmont for generously donating the food and drink for our annual Fairmont Night Out. We served 600 free pork chops on a stick, chips, cookies and refreshing Culligan Water to show our appreciation for the community support we receive throughout the year. Thank you to KFMC for the live radio coverage to help promote the event. Thank you to the Martin County Pork Producers for being the grill masters. Thank you to the Fairmont ...
Trio of businesses open downtown Anyone who tries to say there’s nothing downtown really hasn’t looked recently because almost every storefront is now full. The downtown area has seen a few new businesses offering various services move in and they’re all a welcome addition. Council revisits arena, community center For the first time in awhile, the Fairmont City Council talked about the Martin County Arena and the proposed community center project during its meeting on Monday. However, the conversation went much the way it’s been going on and off for the past few years and no ...
Disappointed with councilor’s survey reaction I read with mixed emotions the article in the June 24, 2025 edition of the Sentinel on the City Council’s proposed Blue Earth Avenue street median project. Some of the factors that had to be considered with the proposed beautification of the median were: the extra cost of the project; snow removal issues; maintenance of the median; safety of city employees working between two lanes of traffic pruning, watering and weeding; probability of future damage from tree roots to sewer and road surface; and disruption of traffic when recycling ...
Political harassment, violence needs to stop To the editor: I am hurt to my soul to hear of the killing of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband in an extreme act of political violence. The threats against me, my family, my property and in one case a threat against my dogs placed in my mailbox came flooding back. I have been politically active in my district for 20 years and have seen the political discourse become more and more divided over time, but nothing like I experienced when I ran for State Representative for the second time in 2024. I ran on the issues of rural ...