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Special meeting touches on hiring hiccup

FAIRMONT— A special meeting to discuss the liquor store manager hiring process was held by the Fairmont City Council on Tuesday. Mayor Lee Baarts said the meeting was called for by two council members, Randy Lubenow and Britney Kawecki. The city has been in the hiring process for a liquor store manager following the recent retirement of former manager, Tom Donnelly. To start the meeting, a labor attorney with Flaherty and Hood, Nico Garcia Lisle, encouraged the council to avoid talking about any specific candidates or employees during the meeting. Lubenow asked why this meeting ...

Chamber eager to keep long-running education program going

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Area Chamber of Commerce has brought Junior Achievement to Fairmont students longer than anyone there can remember, but the program is now in need of volunteers to keep it going. The program goes through grades K-6, teaching students about financial literacy, work ...

County hears of 10 year road plan

FAIRMONT— On Tuesday the Martin County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) on the District Seven 10 year Capital Highway Investment Plan (CHIP). In addition to giving a general overview of projects and funding sources, a few local projects were touched on, including the Truman sidewalk project, which is being funded in part through MnDOT’s Local Partnership Program. “We do keep about $700,000 a year for locally-led projects in the trunk highway right of way,” Sam Parker explained. “We appreciate Kevin (Peyman) ...

Sherburn hears Temperance Lake Ridge report

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday and Ryan Ravallette from the Cornerstone management company gave a virtual report concerning Temperance Lake Ridge. He answered questions from the last council meeting, including what is causing the shortfall at TLR. He reported that the shortfall was now only $4,000 over budget and the revenue was up $48,000. Although not what it should be, it is a lot better than the report at the beginning of the year. The large shortfall of $275,000 was mostly from lower occupancy. He said the expenses have been cut and August had the lowest ...

Chest drive underway in Sherburn

SHERBURN — CREST Lunch and Learn program for Martin County seniors will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. Please call (507) 235-3833 prior to the program date for a lunch count. CREST appreciates a free-will ...

Smooth start for new Fairmont clinic

FAIRMONT— The start of October brought with it the opening of the new Windom Area Health clinic in Fairmont, which opened its doors to patients on the first of the month after several weeks of remodeling its new space inside the Victoria State Crossing building. So far, Outreach and ...