FAIRMONT — Fairmont’s FFA Chapter recently saw positive results at this month’s regional competition, where horse, livestock and dairy judging took place. Two of Fairmont’s teams qualified for the State Convention, which will take place in April. Katie Elder, the school’s FFA ...
FAIRMONT — A new after-school program that explores agriculture and food systems is being offered through Fairmont CER. The classes are being taught by Wanda Patsche. Patsche is a local farmer and agriculture blogger. In the past, she’s been involved with Minnesota Ag in the Classroom. Through that she’s helped local teachers bring ag-related lessons into their classrooms. While Patsche has enjoyed doing that, she said, because of Covid, everything went from in-person and hands-on, to Zoom meetings and webinars, which she understood, but was disappointed with. Then CER ...
FAIRMONT — Funeral Services for Raymond A. Rosa, 79, of Fairmont, Minn. will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. Full military honors will be provided outside the church following the service by the Lee C. Prentice American Legion Post #36 and Martin County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1222. Burial will be held at Calvary Cemetery in Fairmont. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. Raymond passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 at his home in Fairmont. Lakeview Funeral Home in ...
MADELIA — Madelia Health welcomes Jake Redden as their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Redden has replaced Jeff Mengenhausen who left Madelia Health in August. Redden has spent over 15 years overseeing healthcare operations, strategic management, quality, medical staff engagement, and performance improvement. Most recently he has been a Senior Executive Consultant for High Reliability Leaders, LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming, and teaching Health Administration courses remotely for both Rutgers University and the University of Maryland. Prior to that, he was the Vice President, Quality ...
FAIRMONT — Steve Lang will be bringing his Country Show to Heritage Acres Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 17. The event will include an ecumenical church service at 10 a.m., a soup and sandwich luncheon fundraiser for Heritage Acres at 11 a.m., and Steve will provide live music beginning at noon in Prairieville. The new tipi will be put up at noon for those who want to see how the tipi is erected, and a Native American herbalist will be on hand to talk about edible plants. The event is free, and the public is invited. The event has been moved back to the third weekend in October to ...
FAIRMONT— Lori Darlin’s Boutique, located inside Five Lakes Centre in Fairmont, offers a variety of women’s apparel and accessories. The store is owned by Lori DeWall, who opened it in Feb. 2020. DeWall’s background is in retail and flooring. For over 20 years she worked at her ...
