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FIRST DISTRICT MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN REPUBLICAN JIM HAGEDORN VISITED FAIRMONT ON THURSDAY. HE TALKED TO US ABOUT HIS TAKE ON THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT DEBATES EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT HIDING ANYTHING ANYMORE ABOUT LEFT WING NOTIONS LIKE THE NEW GREEN DEAL,OPEN BORDERS AND SINGLE PAYER MEDICARE FOR ALL PLANS CONGRESSMAN HAGEDORN IN LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEARS ELECTIONS COMMENTED THAT THERE IS A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. CONSERVATIVES COUNTER WITH PLANS FOR SECURE BORDERS,ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND FAIR HEALTH CARE FOR ALL WITH COMPETION,TRANSPARENCY AND COST EFFICIENCIES. AFTER HIS VISIT WITH US JIM HAGEDORN [...]

Former Fairmont City Council member  Darin  Rahm will serve more than three years in prison for theft by swindle. A Lyon County District Court judge ruled this week and  the 49 year old Rahm was sentenced for crimes related to his work as the former director of the Marshall Convention and Visitors Bureau. Rahm was sentenced on seven counts of theft. Each count carried a separate sentence, ranging from 366 days to 68 months in prison. The judge ruled that Rahm will serve all the sentences concurrently. He will serve at least two thirds of the five-plus year sentence in [...]

A  Le Center man has been charged in Faribault County District Court with felony criminal vehicular operation following a collision between a pick-up truck and a motorcycle last week.. Authorities were called to a motorcycle crash on highway 109, west of Delavan early last thursday morning. 36 year old Tyler Neal of Delavan was found lying in the road, with significant injuries. There was no other vehicle at the crash scene, but a license plate was discovered the plate was registered to a pick up truck owned by Andrew Holm. The pick up was found abandoned on County Road 13. [...]

A Fairmont man is sentenced to 15 years of probation for a fatal crash that happened in March of 2018. Last month, Tyler Richard Byers pleaded guilty in Martin County to one count of Criminal Vehicular Homicide. Three counts of criminal vehicular homicide and three counts of third degree DWI were dismissed. Authorities say Byers was driving on Highway 263 in Rolling Green Township just after midnight on March 11, 2018, when he rolled the vehicle. His passenger, 26–year–old Myra Guzman, died in the crash. The Minnesota State Patrol crash report listed roads as snow and ice covered, with alcohol [...]

Winnebago Avenue reconstruction in Fairmont from TH 15 to the east end of the pavement will begin this week with full closures beginning on Friday, July 26th. Winnebago Avenue will be closed to eastbound traffic beyond the end of the pavement. Traffic will be directed to 10th Street where a truck route will be signed to provide access to all of the businesses in the east industrial park area. Access to the businesses along TH 15 on Winnebago Avenue in  Fairmont will be maintained throughout the project. The project will be completed in phases and access will be adjusted as [...]

A PICKUP/MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN FARIBAULT COUNTY SENT A DELAVAN MAN TO A ROCHESTER HOSPITAL EARLY THURSDAY  MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORT, A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 29 YEAR OLD ANDREW PAUL HOLM OF WINNEBAGO APPARENTLY REAR-ENDED A MOTORCYCLE OPERATED BY 36 YEAR OLD TYLER DAY NEAL OF DELAVAN WHILE BOTH WERE EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 109 IN DELAVAN TOWNSHIP. TYLER NEAL WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL WITH UNDETERMINED INJURIES ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. ANDREW HOLM SUFFERED NO APPARENT INJURY. DELAVAN FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDERS, WINNEBAGO AMBULANCE,BLUE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT,WELLS POLICE DEPARTMENT,WINNEBAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FARIBAULT COUNTY SHERIFF'S [...]