Smooth start for new Fairmont clinic

October 6, 2026

FAIRMONT— The start of October brought with it the opening of the new Windom Area Health clinic in Fairmont, which opened its doors to patients on the first of the month after several weeks of…

Fundraiser bolstering new veterans fund

FAIRMONT – The Knights of Columbus will be kicking off a new project to benefit area veterans, a Veterans Assistance…

County EDA pores over economic development strategy

MARTIN COUNTY – The Martin Economic Development Authority (EDA) heard a report from Region Nine at Monday's MCEDA meeting as…

Torge’s to return to Fairmont area

FAIRMONT— This weekend marks the end for one Fairmont restaurant but the beginning for another as Green Mill will close…

‘Dark’ art show intends to inspire

FAIRMONT — Fairmont artists Caroline Porter, Alexandra Hurney and Sydney Wren are collaborating to present a new group artist exhibition…

Nanobubbles, permitting and carp touched on in lakes workshop

FAIRMONT— A three hour long Fairmont Chain of Lakes water quality workshop took place on Thursday afternoon. Multiple stakeholders were…

Local Sports

Area roundup: Mavericks stomp G-F-W, move to 4-1

PREP FOOTBALL MCW: 38, G-F-W: 0 GIBBON – The Martin County West football team…

TUESDAY PREP TENNIS Fairmont vs. Blue Earth Area/River Valley, 4:00 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Fairmont at…

Fairmont Area handles Mankato Loyola

GHEC/T/ML falls to St. Clair in three sets

Sitting in the Fairmont City Council work sessions last week, I had feelings of Deja Vu. Haven’t we been here before? Are we not repeating conversations that have already taken place? With the roughly $12 million in Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) that council has available, it’s looking to spend about $10 million on…

We’ve all heard that we should not take things for granted, but it never hurts to…

Never take for granted

The Fairmont City Council tabled another project at its meeting this week. This one is for…

Will they or won’t they?

Thumbs Up Council OKs phase two of harvesting The Fairmont City Council approved going ahead with…

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Letters to the Editor

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Asking for your Early Vote To the Editor: Hi, I'm Jaime Bleess, District 2 Martin County Commissioner. Early voting started this week. I'm writing to ask for your support to help me continue to serve as your District 2 Commissioner (Central Fairmont Area). I currently serve on the following committees to represent the best…

Who’s the Captain of the ship To the Editor: In 1981 my Honeywell manager lent me…

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Paulson’s Water You Love! Visioneering May 15, 2026 Denise Elston and Tom Hovey of the DNR…

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It’s all in the name To the editor: When I was a kid, we had a…

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