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The Fairmont Childcare Action Plan was unveiled on Thursday .The Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP), is a community engagement process designed to develop right-sized solutions to address the needs of early care and education in Minnesota’s rural communities. The goal of RCCIP is to help communities identify the scope and size of their child care challenges, and to empower and support communities to develop solutions to address these challenges. The Community Solution Action Plan for Fairmont, Minnesota, intends to outline the child care challenges identified in the community, and the proposed solutions to improve the state of child care [...]

Martin County Commissioners have approved a lease agreement with the Martin County Fair for office space at the fairgrounds for the 4-H program. The lease, set at $6,000 annually for a five-year period, is a plan that has been in the works since December. Commissioner Steve Flohrs offered his opinion. “I think it’s incredibly important to get them out there,” he said. “There’s a number of issues going on, and they spend an incredible amount of time hauling stuff out there during the fair. Then they haul it all back there again. Commissioner Kathy Smith commented: “I understand the [...]

A committee of  citizens has filed the necessary papers to initiate a recall election of Tom Hawkins, Fairmont councilman at-large, stating his recent actions constitute “an abuse of power.” The petition is referring to Hawkins initiating efforts to eliminate the current in-house city attorney position, held by Elizabeth Bloomquist for 30 years, without any prior discussion or input from the majority of the other council members. 19 Committee members bear the responsibility of collecting 881 signatures of Fairmont citizens who are registered voters. That number equals 15 percent of the people registered at the end of the voting day [...]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Martin County Emergency Management convened key county departments, city and township representatives, as well as other agency stakeholders in a 2-hour Planning Team Meeting for the update of the Martin County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP). The meeting was held at the Martin County Law Enforcement Center in Fairmont and was facilitated by the University of Minnesota – Duluth Geospatial Analysis Center (GAC) project team who are leading the update of the County plan. The 5-year update of the MHMP is required in order for the county to be eligible for hazard mitigation grant programs [...]

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 9 AM. THE BOARD WILL PROCLAIM PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK AND CONSIDER PROPOSED EMPLOYEE POLICY ON POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN THE WORKPLACE. LAND ACQUISITION FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS IN CEYLON AND CONSIDERATION OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE THE GHEC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SPEED LIMIT DISCUSSION FOR C S A H 26 BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND THE FARIBAULT COUNTY LINE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY AT COMMISSIONERS AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AT THE MARTIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.