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Local Breast Milk Depot continues to flourish FAIRMONT — The MN Milk Bank dispatched a special courier from Minneapolis to Fairmont to pick up breastmilk at the South-Central Milk Depot located at the Human Services - Public Health building in Fairmont. The special courier was dispatched to Fairmont because the local storage was overflowing with donated breastmilk. Donating breastmilk is a growing trend among mothers who have extra breastmilk. And by donating breastmilk to the Fairmont Milk Depot, mothers can help those families and infants who are in need. The donated breastmilk ...

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Minnesota‘s townships to hold annual meetings on March 8 ST. MICHAEL — Minnesota‘s 1,780 townships will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March. Residents of the townships will meet to voice their opinions about local issues with other township residents and also vote directly on their annual tax levy -- direct democracy in action. Citizens attending annual meetings also often discuss and vote on other local issues. In addition, many of the state‘s townships will hold ...

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Speech team competes at Crusader Classic FAIRMONT — On Saturday, Feb. 12, the Fairmont Speech Team competed at the “Crusader Classic” Speech Tournament in Mankato hosted by Mankato Loyola with 30 members of the speech team. In the varsity division, Senior Kaycie Brookens was 2nd in prose reading, Junior Lauren Wheeler was 2nd in creative expression, Junior Solveig Senf was the Champion in discussion, and freshman Grace Simpson was 6th in storytelling. In the novice division, Senior Craig Gates was 3rd in discussion, Freshman Zoey Tasseff was the Champion in poetry reading, ...

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Cardinal Speech returns to in-person competition FAIRMONT — Fairmont Speech is back for in-person competition for the first time since February 2020. Last year, the Fairmont Speech Team completed their 2021 season completely virtually in live and asynchronous platforms on Zoom. on Saturday, Feb. 5, the team competed at the Cannon Falls Speech Invitational with 20 members of the speech team. In the varsity division, Senior Kaycie Brookens was the champion of Prose, senior Eleanor Hamlet was the champion of Great Speeches, 8th grader Ella Krahmer was 2nd place in Informative ...

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Senator Rosen receives honor by MN Professional Firefighters ST. PAUL — Minnesota State Senator Julie Rosen (R-Fairmont) has been named 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Minnesota Professional Firefighters. Senator Rosen received the award for her work on the Hometown Heroes Assistance Program, which addresses the alarmingly high incidence of cancer, cardiac issues, and emotional trauma facing firefighters across the state. Minnesota currently has 22,000 firefighters that will benefit from the program. “I am so incredibly grateful for this award,” said Sen. Rosen. Firefighters ...

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SMIF seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants OWATONNA — Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), in partnership with publishing companies Capstone and ABDO, is accepting applications for its Early Literacy Grant program. This grant is designed to support early literacy efforts that enhance school readiness for children birth to age eight by providing children with books. Nonprofit organizations working with these children and their families in SMIF’s 20-county region are encouraged to apply. In 2002, Capstone helped launch the BookStart program, working with SMIF ...