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2022 graduates represent our future

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Spring is in the air and summer is just around the corner. It’s a special time of the year. Not only are we enjoying the warmer weather, but it’s also a time to celebrate new beginnings such as graduations. From kindergarten to college, students can express a sigh of relief as they are handed diplomas that signify overcoming long journeys in education and advancing to the next stage in life. For some, that next stage means a long awaited career. For others it means they can take the next step in the education process. For most students, the COVID pandemic has presented challenges ...

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Looking for Volunteers To the Editor: On Monday June 6, 2022, the Fairmont Area Chapter of Let’s Go Fishing begins our 13th year. We are a 501c 3 nonprofit organization founded with the purpose of enriching the lives of senior citizens, 55 years of age and older, veterans, and the disabled, through fishing and boating activities that build relationships and create memories. Our fishing and boating trips are free and our volunteers operate based on donations. We serve Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa with boating or fishing trips on the Fairmont lakes twice daily Mondays, ...

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Med Spa opening soon Rewind Med Spa will be opening at 120 West 1st. St. in Fairmont later this month. The new business will offer a host of unique services. Thank you to Kaci Paradis and Shelli Gibson for choosing Fairmont as your business location. We hope you see great success in this endeavor! Annual events make ‘normal’ return The first full weekend of May proved to be busy with multiple events happening around Fairmont. That trend will continue the rest of this month and into the summer. You can’t deny that things are happening in Fairmont. Get out and enjoy the various ...

Pay homage to those who died in protecting, serving

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Police officers in Massachusetts have been running and walking a 425-mile foot beat this week to honor Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia, who drowned last year attempting to rescue a drowning teenager last June. The officers honoring Familia are headed to Washington, D.C., where the journey will end at the National Law Enforcement Memorial, where Familia’s name was recently inscribed. Officers will attend National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15 to honor Familia and other officers who have died in the line of duty. As with Familia’s story, that line of ...

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Red, White and Benda To the Editor: For those concerned about the current course of our country, we have a unique potential to have our very own southern MN graduate represent southern MN at the United States Congress. Matt Benda was raised on a farm between Jackson and Alpha, graduating in 1988. Matt got his law degree and has been a partner in a successful law firm for 25 years in Albert Lea, specializing on representing farmers. Matt is setting aside his career to run for our next Republican Congressman. I want to make you aware not only that Matt is running to be our ...

Support protection of water resources

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Clean and abundant water remains a natural gem for Minnesota. It also is threatened from an increasing number of sources. Better protecting our groundwater and surface water is something that easily garners support from Minnesotans. The Legislature is considering two pieces of legislation that deserve support. HF 3888 by Rep. Kelly Morrison, DFL-Hopkins, and SF 3633 by Sen. Jennifer McEwen, DFL-Duluth, would provide $650,000 to the Water Council that would help ensure Minnesota has clean water for the next 50 years. The bill would appropriate $650,000 to be used by the Water ...