FAIRMONT— Martin County Library Director, Jenny Trushenski, shared with the Martin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that overall usage of the county library system was up in 2025. Trushenski had details to share on all four of the libraries within the county system and said that the ...

FAIRMONT— The possibility of sharing IT services between Martin and Faribault counties was discussed by the Martin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. Martin County’s IT Director, Jeramie Jones, said that they were looking at providing comprehensive IT services for Faribault County, ...

SHERBURN — The LWML at St. John's Lutheran Church will meet at 2 p.m. today, April 8. James Klima from Sherburn will celebrate his 85th birthday today, April 8. Cards will reach him at 602 South Hampton Street, Fairmont, MN 56031. Happy birthday, Jim, and many more. Area churches will ...

BLUE EARTH— “We would like to open the county parks by the middle of April if we could,” Denny Wick of the Public Works Department told the Faribault County Board at their meeting on Tuesday. “We will have to see if the weather permits us to open the parks that early.” Wick also had ...

SHERBURN — During the Sherburn City Council meeting on Monday evening, CO-CEDA manager of the EDA in southcentral Minnesota, Dave Schmidt, and the County EDA representative, Nicole Behrens, explained that Sherburn asked them to report on possible contracting to help get developers for the ...

FAIRMONT – The Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved attending a broadband summit on April 29, sending a CEDA member to attend and report back. CEDA Specialist Amber Patten said this came across her desk and is being led on a large scale. “Some state leadership is ...