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Mayo Clinic Health System offers tips to cope with fear of vaccination injections With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming more available in the community, Mayo Clinic Health System is offering advice to those who might be afraid of the needle poke. "A fear of needles can manifest itself in many ways depending on each individual," says Jessica Wadium, certified child life specialist at Mayo Clinic Health System. "Just the sight of a needle, a phobia called trypanophobia, can cause sweating, nausea, fainting, dizziness and even heart palpitations." Immunizations using a needle have been around for centuries. Vaccinations protect people from preventable diseases, including [...]

THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL HAS A SPECIAL MEETING SET FOR TODAY AT 5 PM. THE PURPOSE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021 FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND TO DISCUSS FUTURE BONDING STRATEGY.

WRESTLING MARTIN COUNTY RED BULLS 60 NEW ULM 15 ST.PETER 36 BE A 32 B E A 50 MAPLE RIVER 17 ST.PETER 50 MAPLE RIVER 24 GIRLS HOCKEY WINDOM 4 FAIRMONT 2 MINNESOTA RIVER 2 NEW ULM 0 LUVERNE 11 WASECA 0 MARSHALL 9 PRAIRIE CENTER 0 BOYS HOCKEY LUVERNE 5 WASECA 4 REDWOOD VALLEY 6 MARSHALL 5 NEW ULM 7 MINNESOTA RIVER 1 GIRLS BASKETBALL GHEC /TRUMAN/ML 43 NICOLLET/LOYOLA 41 M C W 48 ST. CLAIR 36 L C WM 74 J W P 34 ADRIAN-ELLSWORTH 36 MT. LAKE /COMFREY 32 W W G 53 HL-O/FULDA 41 WORTHINGTON 59 ST.PETER [...]

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 3 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,812. ACTIVE 41. NEWLY LISTED AS HOSPITALIZED 2. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,795 COVID RELATED DEATHS 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 1 NEW CASE. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,198. ACTIVE 29. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,168. COVID RELATED DEATHS 16. Minnesota health officials reported on Tuesday 513 new cases of the coronavirus and 1 more death.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health 6,434 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,038 of those deaths occurred in long term care facilities.  A total of 480,091 cases have been confirmed in [...]

BOYS HOCKEY WINDOM 7 FAIRMONT 3 BOYS BASKETBALL FAIRMONT 68 ST.JAMES 59 L C W M 48 M C W 46 LUVERNE 88 J C C 47 NICOLLET 73 MADELIA 56 KENYON-WANAMONGO 79 ST. PETER 63 W W G 60 MT. LAKE /COMREY 45 HL-O /FULDA 79 ADRIAN -ELLSWORTH 50 CLEVELAND 56 MANKATO LOYOLA 54 PIPESTONE 76 WINDOM 69 GIRLS BASKETBALL J C C 90 MAPLE RIVER 57 MARSHALL 100 NEW ULM 53 WINDOM 64 LUVERNE 60

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 3 NEW CASES OF THE CORINAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,809. ACTIVE 45. NEWLY LISTED AS HOSPITALIZED 1. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,786. COVID RELATED DEATHS 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 3 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,197. ACTIVE 35. CASES BEYOND ISOALTION PERIOD 1,161. COVID RELATED DEATHS 16. Minnesota Health Officials reported 561 new cases of the coronavirus and 1 more death.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,433 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,038 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.  A total of 479,591 cases have been confirmed in the [...]

The Armstrong,Iowa City Council moved to place Police Chief Craig Merrill and City Clerk Tracie Lang on unpaid administrative leave, Monday night at a special public meeting. There was no vote for Greg Buum, as the now-former mayor resigned from his position before the meeting. Earlier this month, three city officials and two former city officials were arrested on 21-joint charges stemming from a multi-year investigation into misappropriation of city funds. City council spent much of Monday’s meeting filling the gaps in responsibility left by Buum and Lang. Now, council members are scrambling to fill empty positions and finalize their budget, [...]

THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL MONDAY REJECTED BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE A NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. TOTAL COST WAS JUST UNDER 7.5 MILLION DOLLARS WITH SOFT COST AND CONTINGENCIES BRINGING THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST UP TO 9.8 MILLION. THE COST WAS TOO MUCH FOR COUNCILORS RANDY LUBENOW, BRITNEY KAWECKI AND MICHELLE MILLER WHO VOTED DOWN ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID WHILE COUNCILORS BRUCE PETERS AND WAYNE HASEK VOTED TO APPROVE. COUNCILORS DID APPROVED A BID FOR PHASE 1 OF THE LIME POND CLOSURE PROJECT WHICH WAS $ 654,220 FROM U.S SITEWORK OF ELK RIVER. THE BID WAS WELL UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE [...]

Gymnastics Martin Co. Area 135.375, St. Peter 133.25 Wrestling Martin County Red Bulls 45, Tri-City United 26 BEA 50, Pipestone 20 Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 36, Blue Earth Area 36 (KMS wins on criteria) Northfield 60, Maple River 18 Maple River 39, Mankato East 39 (East wins on criteria)

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 5 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED NOW 1,806. ACTIVE CASES 51. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD. 1,077. COVID RELATED DEATHS NOW 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 7 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,194. ACTIVE 42. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,151. COVID RELATED DEATHS 16. WATONWAN COUNTY REPORTED 26 NEW CASES LAST WEEK. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,125. ACTIVE 25. CURRENTLY KNOWN HOSPITALIZED 14. CASES OUT OF ISOLATION 1,101. COVID RELATED DEATHS 8. Minnesota health officials on Sunday reported 891 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths, raising the state’s totals to 479,036 positive tests and 6,432 fatalities since the start of [...]