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High Wednesday — 71 Low Wednesday — 41 High Oct. 28, 2025 — 52 Low Oct. 28, 2025 — 44 Total moisture in October — 2.11 Moisture this year — 24.35 Thursday’s sunset — 6:12 p.m. Friday’s sunrise — 7:51 a.m.

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High Tuesday — 59 Low Tuesday — 53 High Oct. 27, 2025 — 59 Low Oct. 27, 2025 — 39 Total moisture in October — 2.10 Moisture this year — 24.34 Wednesday’s sunset — 6:14 p.m. Thursday’s sunrise — 7:50 a.m.

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High Monday — 46 Low Monday — 43 High Oct. 26, 2025 — 64 Low Oct. 26, 2025 — 45 Total moisture in October — 1.74 Moisture this year — 23.98 Tuesday’s sunset — 6:15 p.m. Wednesday’s sunrise — 7:48 a.m.

Sign of the season

Fairmont Public Works employees gather piles of leaves with rakes and a wheel loader and load them into a dump truck during the first day of the City of Fairmont’s 20th annual Curbside Leaf Program on Monday afternoon on Woodland Avenue in Fairmont. Leaf collection South of Blue Earth Avenue/Lake Avenue and north of Lair Road/Cardinal Street continues from today, Tuesday, Oct. 27, to Friday, Oct. 30. Leaf collection for properties South of Lair Road/Cardinal Street will be from Monday, Nov. 2 to Friday, Nov. 6. Leaf collection for properties north of Blue Earth Avenue/Lake Avenue will ...

Is there a doctor in the house?

Payton and Hadley Luitjens check their stuffed animals’ temperatures during the Stuffie Hospital event on Monday afternoon at the Martin County Library in Fairmont. Children and their guardian could bring their stuffed animal, act as a doctor and check heartbeat, lungs, temperature, perform an X-ray and more. For additional information about the Martin County Library offerings, visit martincountylibrary.org.