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Opinion

We need this day to give thanks

Local Editorials

What a year in which to have an opportunity to purposefully gather our thoughts and be thankful. We need this day, which like so much else this year is different. We need this reminder to look toward what is good, and that for which we can, still, be grateful. Some have been blissfully ...

Readers’ Views

Letters to the Editor

Meals on Wheels needing help To the Editor: Fairmont Hot Meals on Wheels is seeking a group or groups willing to deliver meals Monday through Friday, Feb. 16-28, 2022, for a total of nine days. The meals are picked up 11:30 a.m. at Ingleside. There are 4 routes requiring 4 drivers. There are ...

Low approval ratings follow VP Harris

Local Editorials

Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating has plummeted to 28%, according to a new Suffolk University/USA Today poll. That is lower than her four predecessors in their first years. It’s also lower than the approval rating for President Joe Biden, who sits at 38%, and former President ...

Et. Cetera

Local Editorials

Teacher of the Year named Heather Stromberg was named the Fairmont School District’s Teacher of the Year by Education Minnesota Fairmont. Congratulations, Heather! This is a great program that recognizes the excellent educators we have. Courthouse roof project This week the Martin County ...

Calling in medical reinforcements

Local Editorials

Governor Tim Walz is calling in reinforcements from the Department of Defense. Because the surge in COVID cases is overwhelming the staff at some hospitals, the department of Defense is sending in emergency medical workers for the Hennepin County Medical Center and Centra Care, which runs the ...

Rittenhouse case complicated by gun

Local Editorials

If you have been following the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with killing two people and wounding a third in the Kenosha, Wis., demonstrations last year, you have to feel for the jury given the task of deciding his guilt or innocence. There’s no doubt that Rittenhouse, ...