WELCOME — Juneteenth has been celebrated on Friday, June 19, commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The American Red Cross blood drive will be on June 29, at St. Paul's Community Church in Welcome, Trimont Covenant Church and Truman Community Building. Call 1-800-733-2767 ...

FAIRMONT— Dustin Schwebke with the Fairmont Police Department has been arrested and is awaiting charges following an investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Schwebke has been with the Fairmont Police Department since 2007. According to a press release, which ...

FAIRMONT— At the Martin County Board of Commissioner meeting on Tuesday, the board considered next steps on the 1200 N. State Street renovation project. The board intends to use the county-owned building in Fairmont as office space for the veteran services office and 4H extension office. Tim ...

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont School Board pored over the numbers at its Tuesday meeting, looking at the revised 2025-26 budget numbers and the preliminary 2026-27 numbers. Business Manager Jessica Korte said state statute requires the district set a budget by July 1 every year. With how ...

LEWISVILLE — Lewisville, a small but big-hearted town, is still going strong in its 125th year. “We’re such a small town, and it’s nice to know that we’re still going strong, even though we don’t have a lot of industry in our community anymore. We don’t really have a lot in our ...

SHEBRURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening. Leeann Swanson, Becky Tish and Mark Gaalswyk from the Theatre Improvement Committee asked the council for help with replacing the server so movies can be shown with the digital projector. In 2025, the city budgeted $24,000 to the ...