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New initiative brings free well water testing

FAIRMONT – Thanks to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Freshwater is launching a free well water testing program for arsenic. The program covers Rice, Steele, Freeborn, Waseca, Faribault, Blue Earth, Watonwan and Martin counties. Recently, they sent out 4,000 postcards in ...

Klobuchar listens to child care needs

MARSHALL — Rural Minnesotans have struggled with a lack of available child care for years. This week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it’s become even more urgent to take action now. “It’s really important to make the economic case for child care,” Klobuchar said during a visit to Marshall ...

Welcome City Council hears audit report

WELCOME — During the Welcome City Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Dan Schmidtke said the school building has been sold and he expected some demolition soon. The old football field was not sold because of a title information problem. It is being worked on. Auditor Greg Burkhardt explained ...

Welcome Legion meets Monday

WELCOME — The Welcome Burn Site will be open for Welcome residents from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 9. Please only bring wood, grass, branches and leaves that are no larger than six inches in diameter to the site. Garbage is prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation. Mother's Day is on ...

ACE continues to provide education, opportunities

FAIRMONT – Despite having to move the Area Career Exploration (ACE) event to May from April due to state testing, the same opportunities for over 460 10th graders from nine school districts to learn about the workforce around them were bountiful during the event on Wednesday at Fairmont High ...