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THE FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 5 P.M. THE BOARD WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEAD IN WATER REPORT, WILL ACT ON THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, A TAX ABATEMENT ON PROPERTY TAXES FOR 10 YEARS ON NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT, CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED C H S INC. TAX ABATEMENTS AND A BUILDING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN PLAINS EDUCATION COOPERATIVE. PERSONNEL MATTERS WILL BE ACTED ON AND DONATIONS ACCEPTED AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY AT 5;30 PM. THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A TAX ABATEMENT REQUEST FROM C H S INC, WILL ACT ON PERMIT REQUESTS AND ACT ON AN AMENDMENT TO A TASK ORDER FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT. THE COUNCIL WILL ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE LESSARD SAMES OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL GRANT AGREEMENT, APPROVAL OF A LAKE AVENUE VARIANCE RESOLUTION AND WHETHER TO REQUEST A STATE FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT AT MONDAY'S MEETING AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Paste In or Write Your Content Here!!!!!!!!! [...]

FORMER FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOLS EDUCATOR CLIFF JANKE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2019 MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE HALL OF FAME. Cliff Janke, a 1973 graduate of Lead (SD) High School, has demonstrated excellence throughout his career of more than three decades as a coach and professional leader in the areas of Speech and Theater. For 29 years, he served as either co-head coach or head coach of the Speech Team at Fairmont High School. He coached 14 Class A champions, including a four-time gold medalist. Janke has been actively involved and has had an impact on [...]

Retail store chain Bomgaars has acquired the former Shopko building in Fairmont. Bomgaars offers supplies for homes, farms and families. The company currently operates 86 stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, employing approximately 2,400 people. Minnesota has six stores including one in Blue Earth. The corporate office and distribution center are located in Sioux City, where the company began in 1952. The company says will work over the next few months to hire employees, change the signage and stock the shelves at its new location. The company says it plans to hire local workers, [...]

Martin County Commissioners on Tuesday heard from several employees of CHS Inc. who were present to discuss the details of their proposed $100 million project at the Fairmont site and to request a tax abatement from the county. The abatement is being proposed to be for up to 10 years beginning with real estate taxes payable in 2022 and continuing through 2031, inclusive and shall not exceed $423,930. If the abatement is approved, construction would start this fall and is expected to be completed by fall 2021. The project is due to the fact that they need to replace [...]

The Martin County Board Tuesday: Reviewed the of CY2020 Preliminary Budget. At the last workshop a proposed tax levy increase was left at 9.4 per cent. This time commissioners whittled that down to 6.43 per cent. They are hopeful of lowering that to 6 or maybe even a 5% increase before the end of September, after which the levy can be decreased but not increased before the final levy is ratified in December. Approved a letter in support of BevComm’s Border to Border Broadband Grant Application for the proposed project in portions of rural Huntley. Approve and authorize Board [...]

A MARTIN COUNTY COUPLE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF A FAMILIAR SCAM THAT IS SURFACING AGAIN. THIS ONE HAS A CALLER CLAIMING THAT THEIR GRANDCHILD IS IN JAIL AND NEED THEM TO BAIL THEM OUT. THE CALLER SOMEHOW KNEW THE CHILD'S NAME AND WAS ASKING FOR $2000 THEN $4,000 TO BAIL THEM OUT. AS LAW ENFORCEMENT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE RECEIVING THIS TYPE OF CALL TO DO IS TRY TO CONTACT THE GRANDCHILD WHICH THIS COUPLE EVENTUALLY DID AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE SAFE. THE COUPLE WANTED THE WORD TO GET OUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS ARE VERY PUSHY AND URGES EVERYBODY [...]

The Lutz Cancer Center opened its doors Monday at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, with an open house and ribbon cutting after two years of planning, construction and preparation for a $1.7 million facility that doubles the size of the existing treatment space., according to Mayo Clinic Health System- Fairmont Administrator Amy Long.. The new Lutz Cancer Center-instead of having the infusion chairs lined up in a row as they are now, the chairs are now paired up in pods of two, with a privacy curtain to separate them, if desired. The pods are separated by partial walls [...]