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Coming and Going of our Spring Waterfowl To the Editor: From driving around the countryside within the past few weeks you’ve no doubt noticed the abundance of waterfowl. Personally, I’ve seen thousands of Canadian geese, snow geese, and ducks gathered in the puddles of crop fields and flying throughout the countryside. The snow melt combined with the frost dissipating has caused numerous puddles for waterfowl to occupy. It really is a beautiful sight to see wildlife using habitat. Of course, in our area that will all soon disappear. When the temperatures warm up and the ground ...

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Student fundraises for vets activities Thank you, Sydney, for raising over $11,000 for adaptive sports at the Sioux Falls Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. This program aids veterans who can no longer physically or mentally do things due to injuries suffered during their service to our country. Thank you for the great example you have set. Habitat for Humanity dedicates home Thanks Habitat for Humanity of Martin and Faribault County for donating a home that will house a family who would not otherwise be able to buy a home conventionally. Thanks are in order for all of the ...

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Scouts active in local communities To the Editor: Each year the Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts of America conducts a “Scouting for Food” campaign to collect food for local food shelves. This year, Scouts and Scouters collected 51,373 pounds of food for 20 different food shelves across south central Minnesota. Scouting for Food is Scouting’s largest “good turn” and has a duel purpose. 1) To collect much need food to support local food shelves that help those with a food insecurity. 2) To teach our Scouts about participating citizenship, to “Do a Good Turn Daily” and put ...

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Auction to support worthy endeavor To the Editor: On behalf of the CREST Board of Directors and staff, we would like to invite everyone to the upcoming Knights of Columbus Silent/Live Auction that will take place this Saturday, April 1, at the St. John Vianney School Gym. The silent auction begins at 6 p.m. with the live auction beginning at 8:30 p.m. CREST and ARC Southwest will be receiving the proceeds from this year’s auction to help them with the programs they perform to help people make their lives better. Some of this year’s auction items will include gift baskets, ...

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Trig team earns high score Congratulations to Fairmont High School’s Trig Star team for recently placing second at a regional competition, which was sponsored by the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors. It’s great that the students have the opportunity to see the work they’re doing applied as an actual career. New owners keep business growing Congratulations to Austin Philipp and Anna Mundahl, the new owners of Janzen’s Greenhouse in Fairmont. Congratulations are also in order for long-time owners Jon and LaNette Janzen, who ran the successful and beloved greenhouse ...

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Food aid to sharply decline This month the amount of food assistance given to people will greatly decrease due to a federal program ending. This is something that will impact many of our neighbors in Martin County. In order to fill the need, food shelves like Heaven’s Table Food Shelf are seeking more donations in order to ensure they have stocked shelves. Please think of them and other food shelves as you’re giving charitable donations. FEDA OKs incubator building proposal This past week the Fairmont Economic Development Authority approved the sale of the incubator building to ...