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Project 1590 to offer mother-son event

FAIRMONT — Kids Just Want to Have Fun, a subcommittee of Project 1590, is gearing up for its Mother-Son event, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Bowlmor Lanes in Fairmont. “We have really enjoyed being able to offer our two annual events. We do the Father-Daughter Dance in February, and that stayed steady in what we offer, but we’ve tried to switch up the Mother-Son event a little bit over the years, just trying to catch a bigger range of ages and find what the families enjoy doing,” said Kids Just Want to Have Fun chair Laura Olsen. After utilizing the ...

Sherburn addresses theatre facility concerns

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening. The first agenda item was a request from Martin County West Schools and MCW Community Education and Recreation about use of Sherburn Community Building/Sherburn Theatre bathrooms. Three school representatives attended the meeting. Sherburn Elementary Principal/MCW CER Director Nickole Bowie addressed the Sherburn Community Building/Sherburn Theatre’s basement bathrooms. The council explained the necessity for those bathrooms to be out of order because of water damage, old pipes and leaks. Bowie expressed concern about ...

Leaf pickup this week

SHERBURN — A CREST Lunch and Learn program will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. Please call (507) 235-3833 to RSVP for a lunch count. The Sherburn Legion will host their Hamburger Night from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, ...

County EDA ponders priority plan

FAIRMONT— The Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) put time into its priority plan for focus areas moving forward at its meeting on Monday. There are six areas of focus: broadband, childcare, housing, EDA marketing, business retention and expansion (BR&E) and community development. Broadband and BR&E are both listed as high priority moving forward. Broadband initiatives include Federated REA partnerships and their Broadband Advisory Committee. For BR&E, the focus is on conducting business visits, hosting business workshops and recruiting businesses through programs like ...

Deer testing, rifle allowance among deer opener changes

MARTIN COUNTY – Firearm deer hunting opens this Saturday, Nov. 7, and will run until Nov. 15, and with it will come plenty of hunters and plenty of changes to take note of and follow. To start off with, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is starting a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Block. It will rotate through the entire state across the next four years, and its first year will cover Southern Minnesota and cover both of the permit areas of Martin County, 252 and 253. “The southwest part of the state is chosen for this particular year, and then we'll ...

Book highlights and explores Fairmont Nolte 36

FAIRMONT – The Nolte 36, named for the fact that every single Nolte family member who served in WWII came home alive, has been explored and researched thoroughly by Nolte family member Paul Wessel for his new book, “They All Came Home: The Nolte 36.” The family, which now has extended ...