FAIRMONT— At the conclusion of the Martin County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Commissioners Steve Flohrs and Elliot Belgard announced that they would be retiring and not running for re-election later this year. Flohrs, who represents the fifth district of the county, said that ...

BLUE EARTH— The Blue Earth City Council approved a bid at their meeting on Monday night for this summer’s street and utility construction project. “We opened bids this morning,” city engineer Ben Rosol, of Bolton and Menk, reported to the council. “There were two bids ...

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday and heard from Deputy Clerk, Andrea Ballard, who reported on the conference she attended and thanked the council for the opportunity to learn many things about the city clerk position. She reported that the City had good election judges. Most ...

SHERBURN — The month of March went out with cold rainy weather and Mother Nature gave everyone an April Fools with the cold rain on Monday. Hope all had a pleasant Easter. The farmland could sure use the rain. ** CREST will have a Lunch and Learn program about games which will begin 11 ...

FAIRMONT— The Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) on Monday considered making some revisions to the county tax abatement policy for new construction of single and multi-family housing. Before discussing changes, County Assessor Mike Sheplee updated the board on the progress ...

FAIRMONT— The search to find funds for the unfinished child care center inside Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont is still in the works. The space intended for Building Blocks Learning Center and and Child Care has sat empty for over two years as advocates have struggled to ...