Fairmont Schools Offering Free Early Childhood Screenings
(FAIRMONT) – Fairmont Area Schools is offering free early childhood screenings during MEA break on October 13th and 14th.The screenings check children’s vision, hearing, speech, motor skills, social development and immunizations to help identify concerns before they enter school.Appointments are available October 13th from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and [...]
Area School Districts Take Different Approaches to A.I
(MARTIN COUNTY) – Area school districts are taking different approaches to artificial intelligence, student cell phones and classroom technology. Fairmont, Martin County West and Granada-Huntley-East Chain all allow some use of artificial intelligence, but prohibit students from submitting AI-generated work as their own. Fairmont uses a green, yellow and red [...]
Temperance Lake Ridge in Sherburn Keeps Cornerstone Management through 2027
(Sherburn) The Sherburn City Council has voted to keep Cornerstone Management in place at Temperance Lake Ridge through 2027. During Monday’s meeting, Cornerstone representative Ryan Ravallette reported the facility’s financial situation has improved significantly. The shortfall is now about 4-thousand dollars over budget, compared with a roughly 275-thousand-dollar shortfall earlier [...]
Update on MnDOT’s 10 Year Capital Highway Investment Plan Given at County Commissioners Meeting
(Fairmont) The Martin County Board of Commissioners heard an update Tuesday on MnDOT’s 10-year Capital Highway Investment Plan, including several projects affecting the area. MnDOT officials said the Truman sidewalk project is receiving engineering and construction funding through the agency’s Local Partnership Program, which provides about 700-thousand dollars a year [...]
Accident Claims Life of 80-Year-Old Mountain Lake Man
A head-on collision Monday evening on Highway 71 near Windom has claimed one life. The Minnesota State Patrol says an 80-year-old Glen Edward Letellier of Mountain Lake was turning southbound on to highway 71 when their vehicle collided with a northbound semi driven by 24-year-old Colin Hooley of Plymouth. Hooley [...]
Martin County EDA Hears Report from Region Nine
(Fairmont) The Martin County Economic Development Authority heard a report Monday from Region Nine as the organization works on a five-year economic development roadmap for the region, including Martin County. Region Nine is collecting input to identify challenges and opportunities for the future. The group is updating its Comprehensive Economic [...]
