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On Tuesday, Martin County Commissioners approved a second round of County CARES Act Small Business Grants on Tuesday. The board had allocated $750,000 for small businesses within Martin County. After the first round of grant awards, there was approximately $382,376 remaining of the funds. After the second round, $28,716 remains. Businesses that qualify are eligible for up to $10,000 Commissioners pproved changing the time of the regular County Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to more closely meet with the scheduled 2020 Truth in Taxation Hearing which is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. The [...]

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 250 CONFIRMED CASES. 18 ACTIVE. 2 CURRENTLY KNOWN HOSPITALIZED. 223 RECOVERED 9 COVID RELATED DEATHS. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 119 CONFIRMED CASES. 6 ACTIVE. 113 RECOVERED. WATONWAN COUNTY HAS 452 CONFIRMED CASES. 10 ACTIVE. OUT OF ISOLATION 438. 4 COVID RELATED DEATHS. The Minnesota Department of Health reported on Tuesday 387 new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.  The total number of cases in Minnesota is 81,608. There has been 2 additional deaths associated with COVID-19, putting the state’s death total at 1,862.  Deaths among cases that resided in long term care or assisted living facilities increased to 1,361. As [...]

Martin County Commissioners approved disbursement of federal coronavirus relief funds Tuesday. The county has received $2.442 million. The funds are to be used for necessary expenditures incurred because of the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19. The expenses need to be incurred from March 1 to Dec. 1. Allocations approved include: $803,965 for county expenses and Human Services; $600,000 for area public and private schools; and $750,000 for business economic relief. This leaves $250,000 remaining. First respondsers are included but an amount has not been determined yet. Commissioner Richard Koons voted against the measure only because he wanted a portion [...]

GIRLS TENNIS FAIRMONT 7 NEW ULM 0 CROSS COUNTRY Fairmont Triangular 4K  Girls 1  Laura Thompson   F  15:31  Course Record 2  Macy Hanson  F  16:54 3  Tabitha Thatcher  F  17:08 4  Hadley Stuehrenberg  StP  17:17 5  Hannah Neusch  F  17:55 6  Emma Gudahl  F  18:19 7  Breely Ruble  STP  18:23 8  Ellie Ortega  F  18:31 9  Eleanor Hamlet  F  18:34 10 Diana Rodriguez  StJ  18:57  Team Scores:  1  Fairmont  17 2  St.Peter  54 3  St.James  65   Boys 1  Caleb Rivera  StJ  13:34 2  Marco Crispin  StJ  14:16 3  William Saari  F  14:33 4  Connor Artner  F  14:43 5  Juan Castaneda  [...]

Martin County Commissioners heard from County Attorney Terry Viesselman on Tuesday regarding a policy update for county employees. He said “The sheriff had called me and inquired about one of our employees who wanted to know if it was OK to carry a handgun when he was in the courthouse, so we looked at that and the statute says that any employee or agent of an employee for a political subdivision, which would be the county, is forbidden from having a firearm while performing their official duties.” The law makes an exception for law enforcement and the county attorney, [...]