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Truman looks over sidewalk bids, campground rules

TRUMAN— On Monday the Truman City Council considered three bids for the Highway 15 sidewalk extension project, two of which came in below the engineer’s estimate. The low bid came in at $317,584 from Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete. A second came in at $370,797 from M.R. Paving ...

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Fairmont Speech competes at Woodbury/Eagan Six members of the Fairmont Speech Team competed at the National Qualifying tournament at Woodbury/Eagan on March 13 and 14. Two members broke out to rounds. Drama: Allie Streit broke to Semi-Finals and placed ninth. Us Extemp: Bel Lutterman ...

St. Martin’s to leave building, use Grace Lutheran for services

FAIRMONT— Sometime in its 150th year, the parish at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Fairmont will be vacating its church building at 102 N. Park Street and will instead utilize Grace Lutheran Church for weekly services. The church is the oldest in Fairmont, having been formed by English ...

Pork Producers form Hall of Fame

MARTIN COUNTY – The Martin County Pork Producers have created a new hall of fame to honor the trailblazers and success stories that have made Martin County the stalwart pork producer it is today. The first class consists of Larry Becker of LB Pork, Duane Behrens of Pork Behrens, Daryl Bartz ...

New Head Start Center opening in Blue Earth

BLUE EARTH – A partnership between Tri-Valley Opportunity Council and St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center has paved the way for a new Head Start Center to open on the care center’s grounds. The space on St. Luke’s grounds was originally used as a child care center before the operators of ...

Coffee Lovers meet Thursdays at Lake Belt

CEYLON — A cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. today, Saturday, March 14, at the Welcome Legion Hall. Registration fees are reimbursed as prizes. There will be a cribbage tournament on Saturday, March 21. All area cribbage players are welcome to join the fun. Music ...