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A Winnebago man narrowly escaped serious injury Tuesday when his electric wheelchair became stuck in the railroad tracks at Highway 169 and 4th Avenue SE in the city. 57 year-old  Darryl David Garman of Winnebago crawled from his wheelchair and off the tracks before a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Train [...]

At 9:42 p.m. Monday evening the Martin County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a report of an automobile accident in the 1700 block of 120th Street (County Road 26) west of Fairmont. A Pontiac sedan was located was located, rolled over in a field off the roadway. The driver was [...]

NOTICE TO FAIRMONT RESIDENTS   The City Council will be submitting a list of candidates to be appointed by the Chief District Court Judge to fill vacancies and to serve as alternates on the Fairmont Charter Commission.  The Charter Commission reviews and studies the present Charter and makes recommendations for [...]

At 9:42 p.m. Monday evening the Martin County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to a report of an automobile accident in the 1700 block of 120th Street (County Road 26) west of Fairmont. The daily calls service summary lists the incident as Motor Vehicle Accident - Fatality. We will have more [...]

United Hospital District and Clinics (UHD) is pleased to announce a purchase agreement with Dulcimer Medical Center (DMC) of Fairmont, MN, a privately owned, multi-practice medical facility. The purchase transferred ownership of DMC’s land and buildings to UHD effective December 30, 2021. Dulcimer Medical Center’s owner and President Dr. Steven [...]

(JACKSON, MN) — More than 2,000 Federated members lost power overnight in Jackson and Martin Counties due to the strong winds causing outages, but all were restored by 4 a.m. The first major outage affected Martin County when the East Chain, Wilbert and Ceylon substations lost the transmission line feeding [...]