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Fairmont Speech completes Minneapple tournament APPLE VALLEY — The Fairmont Speech Team competed at the Minneapple Speech Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 7, in Apple Valley. Novice Finals: Freshmen Sophia Streit and Hannah Gries took fifth in Duo. Eighth grader Addie Lintelman took fifth ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Operate vehicle with expired registration — Shawna J. Burns, 38, of Fairmont; fined $115. FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT German D. Garcia, 48, of Frost, was convicted of careless driving-operate any vehicle carelessly on street or highway; fined $200. ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Friday, Feb. 6 8:17 a.m. — Police investigated an assault complaint in the 500 block of North Hampton Street. 11:16 p.m. — A driving complaint in the 300 block of South State Street. 11:52 a.m. — A disturbance/disorderly conduct/nuisance was reported in the 800 block of ...

Water’s Edge to expand in new space

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FAIRMONT— A small local business has big plans to grow now that it’s moving into a new space. Garrett Myren of Water’s Edge recently purchased the former Hertzke Construction site at 1533 Albion Avenue in Fairmont and is already thinking of ways to utilize the space, which is five acres ...

Math League having turnaround season

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FAIRMONT – This time last year, Fairmont’s Math League team was in 113th place in their class and only had seven students. Now, they have nearly two dozen students and have risen 68 spots to 45th in their class. Math Teacher David Miller is in his first year at Fairmont High School. After ...

Local cancer survivor gives back to blood drives that saved her life

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FAIRMONT – After receiving blood that helped save her life, Fairmont Special Education Teacher Elizabeth Lowry is taking on a crucial role to ensure others can be assisted as well. Lowry has been involved in Red Cross work since her teens. “My mom worked at a nursing home,” she said. ...