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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 ...

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TRUMAN — On Friday, Jan. 14, Private Kaden Moon from Truman, Minn., graduated from Marine Corps boot camp. While this is an accomplishment in itself, Private Moon fired one of the highest shooting scores in Marine Corps history. He fired a 247 in his Table One course. As a retired Marine ...

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Easy Automation Inc. Bruce Larson Memorial Scholarship WELCOME — Bruce P. Larson was a long-time employee of Easy Automation Inc. In his over 20 years of service to EAI, Bruce was instrumental in developing the electrical/controls department at EAI. Bruce lost his battle with cancer on May 3, 2015. In honor of his commitment to excellence, EAI is providing a $1,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a degree in a program from his area. This scholarship is for the 2022-2023 academic year. Students attending a two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school are ...

Fairmont’s Thompson nets 200th career win against St. James Area

ST. JAMES — No. 200. Fairmont edged St. James Area in a 56-52 nip-and-tuck Big South Conference boys basketball clash to help Cardinals’ mentor Jared Thompson reach the career coaching milestone on Friday night. Jacob Crissinger connected on four 3-pointers to fuel his 14-point performance and also pocketed three steals to pace Fairmont’s winning ways. Sawyer Tordsen neared double-double territory by netting 12 points to go with pulling down eight rebounds for the Cardinals, while teammate Zach Jorgensen contributed 11 points and eight boards. Armando Hernandez supplied six ...