TWO JUVENILE FEMALES INJURED IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENT NEAR ST. JAMES
A one-car rollover early Saturday morning on Highway 4 near St. James sent two teenage girls to the hospital. The accident was reported at 1:30 a.m. Saturday on State Highway 4 near mile marker 33 in St. James township in Watonwan County. A 2015 Lexus RX driven by 17 year-old [...]
BLOOD DRIVE IN FAIRMONT
The American Red Cross is returning to Fairmont for a three-day blood drive. Donations will be taken September 6, 7, and 8 at the Best Western Hotel, 1201 Torgerson Drive in Fairmont. Times for donations are 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday the 6th, Noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday [...]
FEDERATED REA SEEKS ROUND UP APPLICATIONS
(Jackson, MN) — The next deadline is September 23 for Operation Round Up funds from Federated Rural Electric’s Trust Board. Operation Round Up involves 77 percent of Federated's members in Jackson and Martin Counties who allow their monthly electric bills to be rounded up to the nearest dollar [...]
FAIRMONT MAN INJURED IN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT
A Fairmont man suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash which caused damage to several addresses along Albion Avenue. At 1:21 AM Monday, first responders were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident in the 1500 block of Albion Avenue in Fairmont. A vehicle driven by 37 year-old [...]
MINNESOTA MAN KILLED IN CRASH NEAR BUFFALO CENTER
One man is dead and two others are injured after a two-vehicle crash in Winnebago County on Saturday afternoon. The crash happened on County Road R20 near the intersection of County Road A30 north of Buffalo Center just before 3 p.m. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 78-year-old Richard Hensel [...]
SMIF awards grants to local communities
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently approved 22 grants totaling $190,215 to support small towns of 10,000 or less in SMIF’s 20-county region. The Small Town Grant program was launched in 2017 to support smaller communities which can benefit from additional financial resources to help them grow and address challenges. Since then, SMIF [...]
