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Sherburn hears details of Rails to Trails

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Tuesday evening and Jordan Niles and Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services Representative Luke Ewald presented a report about the Rails to Trails project in Martin and Jackson counties. Jackson has many trail developments and two trails ready to go. They are discussing one trail to the Fort Belmont site. The grant for Martin and Jackson Counties has 67 miles of the Union Pacific Railroad proposed for trails. From Jackson to Sherburn, there would be 12 miles of trails. The group is working with Alpha now. The Canadian Railroad lines ...

Farmers market Saturday in Truman

TRUMAN — Patriot Day is on Friday, Sept. 11. It is observed in the United States to commemorate the lives of those who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia and those who perished in the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93. A ...

Sherburn Theatre rebooted

SHERBURN – With the money having been raised in only two weeks, the server replacement for the Sherburn Theatre has been delivered, and movies will be starting again soon. The theater opened in 1940 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration as both a theater and community hall, ...

Summer school work recapped

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Area School Board learned from Buildings and Grounds Director Tyler Garrison about the full status and information regarding this summer's projects at their Tuesday board meeting. The biggest piece is the mill and overlay tennis court project, which fixes the ...

Steak Fry Night on Saturday

SHERBURN — Coffee Hours continue from 8:30 to 10 a.m. each Tuesday in September at St. Paul's Community Church in Welcome. Join friends and neighbors for good coffee, treats and fellowship. Today, the ladies' group LWML in St. John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn will meet at 2 p.m. All ...

First Disability Pride art show in Fairmont

FAIRMONT — The very first Disability Pride Artwork show in Fairmont, “Our Stories in Color”, which aims to promote pride in creators with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is being displayed now through Sept. 24, at the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Fairmont. “[The ...