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A 76-year old Rochester man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on I-90 in Faribault County on Wednesday morning. A 2005 Chevy Silverado was eastbound on I-90 in Jo Daviess Township near mile marker 117, when the driver lost control and rolled into the median. The accident, reported at 8:32 a.m., was responded to by the Faribault County Sheriff, Blue Earth Police, Fire & Ambulance. The victim's name will be released upon notification of next-of-kin.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRIMARY ELECTION   DISTRICT 1   Kevin Kristenson 272 57.6% Michael Anderson 102 21.6% Brad Buhmann 98 20.7%   DISTRICT 5   Billeye Raabe 235  51% Tyler Ask 171 37.1% Tiffany Nelson 55 11.9%   U.S. Senator 37 of 37 precincts reported in  Martin County. Republican Candidate Totals Percent John Berman 108 10.35% Joe Fraser 324 31.06% Patrick D. Munro 63 6.04% Christopher Seymore Sr. 22 2.11% Raymond D. Petersen 110 10.55% Loner Blue 23 2.21% Royce White 296 28.38% Alycia R. Gruenhagen 97 9.30%   D-F-L Candidate Totals Percent Amy Klobuchar 444 97.16% Steve Carlson 6 1.31% Ahmad [...]

The Fairmont City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 5:30 pm in the Fairmont City Hall Council Chambers. The agenda for the meeting can be accessed at the following link: https://fairmont.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CCA072224.pdf Also, The Fairmont City Council will meet in special session to hold a closed meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm in the Fairmont City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room. The agenda for the meeting can be accessed at the following link: https://fairmont.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CCA0722241.pdf The Fairmont City Council will meet on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 4:30 pm in the Fairmont City Hall Council Chambers for [...]

CREST is holding a Low Vision Support Group that provides reassurance and assistance to people living with vision related problems.  You are free to share what’s bothering you and learn about ways to combat and/or live with low vision. You are not alone! Working together can make our lives much brighter.       The Low Vision Support Group will be meeting on Monday, July 29th at 1:30pm at the CREST office, located at 820 Winnebago Avenue in Fairmont. The topic of the day will focus on aids to help get you around the house. Please consider sitting in on this meeting if [...]

A fishing event titled "Cops And Bobbers" will be held in Fairmont on Tuesday, July 30th at Gomsrud Park. The event is open to kids age 10-14 with all equipment, bait and tackle provided. Pre-registration is required, sign up at the Fairmont CER website. Space is limited for the event, which will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. that night.   Fairmont Night Out will be held at the Fairmont Aquatic Park on the evening of Tuesday, August 6th. There will be free swimming, snacks. and other events for the kids. Look for further details to be posted soon.

A special screening of the 1984 Prince movie "Purple Rain" is scheduled for July 27th at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. Members of Prince's estate are hosting the showing on July 27th, which is the 40th anniversary of the icon film's release. Tickets for the Purple Rain celebration cost 19-99. The event is from 4pm to 8pm in the Timberwolves arena and some of the movie co-creators will speak and Purple Rain memorabilia will be on display. Prince's sister, Sharon Nelson, said in a statement, "We are thrilled to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain, a film that continues to [...]

The Sinn family of Trimont has been named Martin County’s “2024 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. Dean and Cindy both grew up in farming families near Trimont. Dean‘s parents were Ervin and Vivian Sinn and Cindy’s were Bob and Katy Olson. After college and their marriage, Dean began farming with his brother Jim. Six years later, the Sinns purchased a farm site in Elm Creek Township where they raised their three children, Jeff, Ryan, and Kelly. Currently, Dean and Cindy farm with their son Ryan and nephew Cory. They raise corn and soybeans and have a [...]

The annual Fairmont Fireworks display is set for the night of Friday, July 5th.  The event is set for dusk, beginning approximately 10:00 to 10:15 p.m. over the west side of Sisseton Lake. Beginning at 6:00 p.m., a salute at the top of every hour will be fired as a countdown to the show.   Boaters are reminded to keep 500 feet away from the west point shoreline of Sisseton Lake to avoid fallout from shells. The trails on the west side of the lake will be closed at 8:00 a.m. Thursday to allow for the safe set-up of the show. [...]

The Fairmont High School Speech team recently completed a successful season with impressive results at the National Speech Competition in Des Moines.   Freshman Leon Yang made it to the quarterfinals, finishing 15th in a field of 258 contestants. Yang was this season's MSHSL Champion in the Humorous category.   Juniors Grace Simpson and Oliver Thedens finished in 46th place in the field of 254 contestants in their category, Duo Interpretation.   Junior Dominick Lund-May finished in the top 120 of the Impromptu category.   Allie Streit and Bel Lutterman competed in the supplemental Prose and Expository categories.   Fairmont coaches [...]

The Fairmont Economic Development Authority usually meets on the second Monday of each month, however, this month the meeting will be moved to Monday, July 15th. FEDA will meet that day at 4:30 p.m. at the Fairmont City Hall second floor conference room. If you have any questions about this month's meeting, contact Fairmont EDA director Ned Koppen at 507-238-9461.