FAIRMONT – Even though schools were postponed two hours, two students from Fairmont High School and 11 from Martin Luther High School still got to learn about the many facets of county government on Student Government Day on Tuesday. The first 45 minutes were spent at the Law Enforcement ...

FAIRMONT— The Martin County Board of Commissioners heard a review of the facility conditions assessment report for the Security Building/ Law Enforcement Center (LEC) at its meeting on Tuesday. According to Oleson & Hobbie Architects, it would cost $6.3 million to $7.2 million for all ...

FAIRMONT— Kyle Redenius, a crew leader with Sentence to Serve (STS), gave an update on what those in the program have been working on to the Martin County Board of Commissioners during their meeting on Tuesday. He started by saying crews have done a lot of work at the Veterans Memorial and ...

SHERBURN — On Monday evening, the Sherburn City Council appointed a mayor, Warren Olson. Olson took the oath of office and joined the council that evening. The public works employee reported that his water training was helpful and that he is trying to implement some of the ideas brought out ...

SHERBURN — CREST’s Lunch and Learn program will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, March 18, at First Lutheran Church in Trimont. The program will be presented by a representative of Interfaith Caregivers from Blue Earth about the Alertlink Medical Alert System. This program is for Martin ...

FAIRMONT – A mid-March snowstorm with six inches of snow and winds gusting at over 40 mph closed schools, roads and caused several minor accidents. National Weather Service Meteorologist Eric Ahasic said Fairmont was near the tail end of the storm, hence the lower snow total amount in ...