MAYO ENCOURAGES BOOSTER SHOTS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mayo Clinic Health System are encouraging those eligible to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to get it now before respiratory viruses begin heavily circulating. "The bivalent booster vaccine is a new vaccine that provides protection against the original [...]
CREST CELEBRATES 25 YEARS IN FAIRMONT
CREST is celebrating 25 years of service to the aging population of Martin County. The public is invited to an open house on Sunday, October 23rd from 2-4pm at the CREST office, located at 820 Winnebago Avenue in Fairmont. You are welcome to come tour the offices and meet the [...]
HERITAGE ACRES FALL FESTIVAL
Fairmont—Live music and a lot of family fun will be hosted by Heritage Acres on October 16 during their Fall Festival. Apple pressing, corn shelling, train rides, model trains, blacksmithing and so much more will be going on from about 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event is free and [...]
FAIRMONT WOMAN INJURED IN HIGHWAY 60 ACCIDENT
A Fairmont woman was hospitalized following a crash with a Freightliner tanker truck southwest of Lake Crystal Tuesday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Ana Lorenzo, 24, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester with non-life-threatening injuries following the 9:35 a.m. crash in Lincoln Township between Lake Crystal [...]
OPEN HOUSE AT NEW FHS VOCATIONAL WING
Fairmont Junior/Senior High School is very excited to have the new CTE building expansion completed and housing students. They want to take this opportunity to thank community members for their strong support in helping to make this new building a reality. All are invited for the ribbon cutting ceremony, which [...]
TWO TEENS INJURED IN HIGHWAY 15 COLLISION
An accident Thursday night on Highway 15 north of Fairmont injured two teen girls, one of them seriously. The incident, which occurred just after 10 p.m., happened just before the curve south of Northrop, when a 2001 International 9100-tractor truck driven by David Eugene Zellmer, 60, of Fairmont, was slowing [...]
