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New software helps department with efficiency

FAIRMONT— Martin County has new advanced technology to aid the highway department when its crews are plowing county roads. PreCise Fleet Management Software offers the ability to track the county’s 17 units when they’re on the roads. County Engineer Kevin Peyman said the county did a ...

Returning professional looking to benefit area children

FAIRMONT – Born and raised in Fairmont, Doctor of Chiropractic Andrew Schieber is looking to benefit the community that aided him as a kid. Schieber said he grew up going to chiropractors in Fairmont like Michael Clancy and Timothy Hamp, the latter of whom Schieber now shares office space ...

Welcome looks to do extensive road work

WELCOME — The Welcome City Council met on Tuesday evening and one of the items on the agenda was a public hearing about the Street Improvement Project for 2025, presented by Travis Winter, an engineer from Bolton and Menk. This was the first of two hearings about the project. There were ...

Cribbage tournament this weekend

WELCOME — Today there will be a Red Cross Blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the American Legion in Fairmont. Call 800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767), go online to www.redcrossblood.org, or text ‘BLOODAPP’ to 90999 to make an appointment or to locate a blood drive near you. Give the gift of ...

FEDA boasts successful year

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) has wrapped up a successful year of working toward bringing new businesses, development and residents to the community. Fairmont’s Economic Development Coordinator, Ned Koppen, highlighted some of work that was done over the last ...

Faribault County sets levy at 4.5 % hike

BLUE EARTH— The Faribault County Board of Commissioners held their final meeting of the year on Tuesday. The final item of business was passing the budget and tax levy for 2025 at the Truth in Taxation meeting. A resolution calling for a total net levy of $15,901,136 was passed on a 4-1 ...