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MARTIN COUNTY HAS 5 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,929. ACTIVE 73. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,881. COVID RELATED DEATHS 29. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS NO NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,313. ACTIVE 56. NEWLY HOSPITALIZED 2. BEYOND ISOLATION 1,252. COVID RELATED DEATHS 18. Minnesota health officials reported Monday 1,152 new cases of the coronavirus and no new deaths.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,782 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,248 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.  A total of 506,376 cases have been confirmed in Minnesota since the pandemic began [...]

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 7 MORE NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,896. ACTIVE 48. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,877. COVID RELATED DEATHS 29. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 13 NEW CASES TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,297. ACTIVE 60. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,239. COVID RELATED DEATHS 18. Minnesota has passed a pair of significant statistics since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Health officials on Thursday reported that more than 500,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed and more than 2 million doses of vaccine have been administered throughout the state. The daily update showed 1,505 new cases in the last day, bumping the total number of positive tests to [...]

The Fairmont Economic Development Authority approved three loan requests on Monday night. One of those includes a new business project that could bring a brewery to Fairmont. The first loan will be made to a startup business project if that business is allowed to purchase the sale of the Senior Center building located at 414 Downtown Plaza. A proposal has been sent to the City Council which it will review and decide on in its next meeting on Monday. The business plan is to create a craft beer with the use of state of the art brewing equipment. They will serve [...]

WRESTLING SECTION 3 AA INDIVIDUAL MEET 11 MARTIN COUNTY RED BULL WRESTLERS HAVE ADVANCE TO SUPERSECTIONAL INDIVIDUAL MEET ON SATURDAY 106 RYAN CUTLER; 120 JESSE POTTS; 126 JAXSON ROHMAN; 132 KAIN SANDERS;138 LUCAS JAGODZINSKI; 145 CONNER SIMMONDS; 152 CARVER ROHMAN ; 160 BLAKE JAGODZINSKI ; 170 GABE CYPHERS ; 182 WYATT WILLIAMSON ; 195 MAX OLSON GIRLS HOCKEY SECTION FIRST ROUND MANKATO EAST/LOYOLA 7 FAIRMONT 1 MARSHALL 4 MANKATO WEST 3 NEW ULM, 3 MINNESOTA RIVER 0 HUTCHINSON 4 LITCHFIELD-DASSEL-COKATO 0 AUSTIN 10 WASECA 1 BOYS HOCKEY SECTION FIRST ROUND LUVERNE 9 FAIRMONT 4 WORTHINGTON 5 MARSHALL 4 2 OT WASECA [...]

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD TUESDAY APPROVED AN ADMINSTRATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL FOR THE 2021 MARTIN COUNTY SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A SUMMER YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUTH RESIDING IN MARTIN COUNTY. TAMMY HESTED FROM M V A C INFORMED THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT REVISIONS TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT INCLUDING : COMPENSATION TO WORKERS INCREASED FROM $10.50 PER HOUR TO $11.50; EXPANDED AGE ELIGIBILITY TO 25 DUE TO COVID SEEING YOUNG ADULTS STILL COMPLETING COLLEGE AND EXPANDED NUMBER ABLE TO SERVE FROM 14-15 INTERNSHIPS. MARTIN COUNTY HAS BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS SUMMER INTERNSHIP EMPLOYMENT [...]

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 7 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,882. ACTIVE 37. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,874. COVID RELATED DEATHS 29. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 6 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,279. ACTIVE 47. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,233. COVID RELATED DEATHS 18. Minnesota health officials reported Tuesday 716 new cases of the coronavirus and 2 more deaths.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health 6,749 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,241 of those deaths have occurred in long term care facilities.  A total of 498,926 cases have been confirmed in Minnesota since the pandemic began in March of [...]

Wrestling Section 3AA Championship Fairmont/MCW 59, Dawson-Boyd-Lac Qui Parle-Montivideo 15 Section 2AA Championship Tri-City United 40, Scott West 25 Class AA State Preliminary Match Fairmont/MCW 39, Tri-City United 28   Section 2A Championship Kenyon-Wanamingo 45, BEA 24 Section 3A Championship Jackson Co. Central 33, Minneota 28 Class A State Preliminary Match Jackson Co. Central 45, Kenyon-Wanamingo 30 Girls Basketball Fairmont 60, New Ulm 26   Girls Hockey Fairmont 7, Morris/Benson 0 IOWA BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS Class 1A Championship Montezuma 44, North Linn, Troy Mills 41 Class 2A Championship Western Christian, Hull 56, Boyden-Hull 50 Class 3A Championship Pella 68, [...]

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 9 AM. COMMISSIONERS WILL CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT WITH M V A C MARTIN COUNTY SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM,ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT UPDATE,PRESENTATION OF PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ANNUAL CAPACITY REPORT AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME TAX ABATEMENT REQUESTS AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AT THE MARTIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING.

MARTIN COUNTY HAS NO NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,873. ACTIVE 33. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,869. COVID RELATED DEATHS 29. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 7 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,267. ACTIVE 47. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,221. COVID RELATED DEATHS 18. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING 997 NEW CASES AND 5 ADDITIONAL DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.

The Minnesota Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to provide substantial tax relief to Minnesota businesses and individuals for federal assistance they received during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Small business owners and their workers have been struggling to survive throughout the pandemic thanks to Gov. Walz’s arbitrary restrictions on businesses,” said Sen. Julie Rosen (R-Fairmont). “They relied on emergency PPP loans and accepted extra unemployment from the federal government to get by, but now they are facing big tax bills from those funds. We need to protect our small businesses and I’m glad we were able to do so with this [...]