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Fellow citizens of Fairmont To the Editor: I had the opportunity to speak at the Fairmont City Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 14th regarding my position on the community center. I contemplated on republishing the entirety of that speech but I have decided to give highlights as I feel some of the pointed words at the city council were heard by who needed to hear them and to continue the use of disparaging words only takes me down to that level where so many people are trying to fight this project. The time to start healing is now. Here are three points made in opposition of the ...

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Smoking off the property at HRA To the Editor: If you drive around the perimeter of Friendship Village (500 Home Street) in Fairmont, day or night, you might be surprised to see people standing out in the parking lot or in the street itself. Some of these people might be in wheelchairs. Some might be with walkers or using a cane. Some are over eighty years old. The reason they stand outside, summer and winter, is because they want to smoke. Up until one year ago, residents of Friendship Village could not smoke in their apartment (a HUD rule) but were allowed to smoke on the ...

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Publicly fund child care To the Editor: The childcare system in Minnesota needs and deserves public funding and the new MN legislature has the opportunity to make this a reality. Every family deserves access to affordable childcare and childcare teachers deserve to earn wages on par with K-12 educators. Children’s brains grow to 80 percent of their adult size in the first five years of life. We need to transform how we do childcare so that we can make sure those brains are getting everything they need to grow into contributing members of our communities. We’re counting on the new ...

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Council OKs engineering services Thank you to long-time City Enginer, Troy Nemmers, who recently ended his employment with the city of Fairmont. Troy did a lot of good work in our city and had a hand in many projects over the last 14 years. He also stepped up and helped us through some tough times. We’ll miss having him part of the city but wish him the best in his next role. In Fairmont, council certifies election results The Fairmont City Council canvassed the results from the recent general election this week. At that time it was shared that an impressive 67 percent of the ...

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Wanting a community that puts forth the effort To the Editor: My name is Hannah Neusch, I am writing today to express my sincere feelings regarding the community center. I am not originally from here. My husband was born and raised here. We had our first child in 2018 while we were living in Sioux City, Iowa, and decided to move back to Fairmont six months after to be closer to family. As a mother of a young family and being an out-of-towner I feel I have a unique opinion. Fairmont’s lakes are truly a treasure. People work very hard to live in communities that have the natural ...

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Family in support of the community center 100 percent To the Editor: We moved to Fairmont to be closer to family from Mankato and used to utilize the YMCA there multiple times weekly. We loved the atmosphere and the opportunity to meet new people of all ages. My kids participated in many sports activities. I took fitness classes with individuals ranging age 20-75 (had a blast bonding and participating with all ages), and it provided us a space to get out in the long winter months. The health of our community and surrounding is important. We have left town countless times to visit ...