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Five vehicles were involved in an accident Tuesday that left an Arizona man with life threatening injuries. At 5:40 PM Tuesday, an accident involving multiple northbound vehicles was reported at State Highway 15 and Torgerson Drive in Fairmont. The driver of a 2018 Cadillac XT5, Paul Mokelbust, 91, of Yuma, Arizona, was the most seriously injured in the accident. He was given CPR at the scene and transported to Mayo Clinic Health System Fairmont with what the State Patrol report termed life-threatening injuries. He was apparently not wearing a seat belt and the report stated alcohol was involved. The others involved [...]

A vehicle and a school bus collided on Highway 109 west of Easton Tuesday afternoon, injuring both drivers. Donald Lee Madden, 65, of Amboy, who was the driver of the 2016 Transit School Bus, was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Marylou Sophia Alger, 72, of Minnesota Lake, who was the driver of a 2017 Chevy Equinox, was taken to United Hospital District in Blue Earth. Both had non life-threatening injuries. The Minnesota State Patrol stated the school bus was southbound on 480th Avenue and the Equinox was eastbound on Highway 109 when they collided at 4:17 p.m. The [...]

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A Celebration of Life Service for Charles V. (Woody) Woodward III, age 76, of Fairmont, MN, will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 10, 2025, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Fairmont. Following the lunch there will be military honors provided by the Lee C. Prentice American Legion Post 36 and Martin County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1222 and ringing of the bell at the Martin County Veterans Memorial in Fairmont. Burial will then be held at Westford Cemetery in rural Truman, MN. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at the [...]

The Prairie Star Quilt Guild will meet on Monday, October 13, 2025 at the Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church, 901 Woodland Ave., Fairmont, MN 56031. The Quilt Board will meet at 12:30 pm and the regular meeting will begin at 1:30 pm. The program will be a presentation on the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Show and Share and lunch will follow. For more information, contact PSQG President Kathy Wilkening.   The Martin Luther Jr/Sr High School National Honor Society students are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, October 20 from 12:30-5:30 p.m. To make an appointment call 1-800-Red-Cross [...]

On Friday evening, September 26, at approximately 6:05 pm, Fairmont Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian that struck by a motor vehicle in the 600 block of East 4th Street in Fairmont. A 64-year-old female was crossing East 4th Street when she was struck by the motor vehicle traveling westbound on East 4th Street being driven by a 56-year-old female. Lifesaving efforts were attempted, but the 64-year-old female was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver was taken into custody. Kristin Carol St. John of Fairmont, 56. was booked into custody at the Martin County Jail Friday [...]

Two area men were injured in a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 15 near Lewisville on Tuesday morning. At 10:45 am emergency personnel responded to the report of an accident at the intersection of Highway 15 and 390th Street, on the south edge of Lewisville. A 2003 Jeep Cherokee driven by Jacob William Mohwinkel, 31, of Truman, was northbound on Highway 15 when it collided with a 2007 Peterbilt Semi driven southbound by Armano Magana Mendoza, 41, of Granada. Mohwinkel was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System of Mankato with what the Highway Patrol report termed non-life threatening injuries. Mendoza was [...]

Ruby’s Pantry will have a food distribution in East Chain, Minnesota on Saturday, September 27th from 10:00A.M.-11:00A.M. at the East Chain Evangelical Free Church, located at 507 280th Avenue in rural East Chain. This will be conducted in a drive thru procedure and you will not have to get out of your car. You are also asked to clean out the trunk of your vehicle before you come.   There are no income or residency guidelines. Ruby’s Pantry is funded by the $25 cash donation per participant for operational costs and they receive an abundance of food.   Ruby’s Pantry continues [...]

Minnesota’s regular waterfowl hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 27. Spring waterfowl counts were generally higher than last year, with the full report from the spring waterfowl survey available on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources waterfowl management webpage (mndnr.gov/waterfowl). In the report, total breeding duck abundance (excluding scaup) was estimated at 417,000, which is 8% above the 2024 estimate and 32% below the long-term average going back to 1968. Hunters can find important information about required waterfowl stamps, season dates and hunting regulations in the Minnesota Waterfowl Hunting Regulations booklet, available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, [...]