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(AP) The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.” Dylan Butler’s parents said [...]

A Fairmont woman was injured and several properties were damaged in a one-vehicle incident on the afternoon of December 26th. 65 year-old Jerene Ann Zwaschka of Fairmont was taken by EMS to Mayo Clinic Health System Fairmont for treatment of possible injuries after the car she was driving struck several [...]

St. Paul, MN: Farmers and agricultural landowners looking for assistance in creating succession plans for their properties have a new support available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA has hired Jim Molenaar as its farmland access and succession teams coordinator. In this newly created role, Molenaar will [...]

An auction for farm land which has been owned by the Fairmont Area School District since being donated to the district by the Hunt Family in 1990 was held Thursday morning. A 38 acre tract of land north of Interstate 90 sold for $525,228, or $13,800 per acre. A 78 [...]

-Thursday morning at 10 am, the Martin County Library-Fairmont Branch will be hosting "Books and Brews: Morning Edition" - So be sure to bring your favorite coffee and join them as staff highlight holiday reads! -Can't make it to the Books n Brews? No worries, because the Library will also [...]

Fairmont – Of the 131 babies born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont in 2023, the top baby names were tied for both boys and girls. The top baby names for 2023 in Fairmont were: Girls: Hazel, Julia and Stella - tied at 2 each Boys: Oliver, Maddox, Owen, [...]