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The Fairmont School Board on Tuesday approved waiving five of nine inclement weather days for staff. There will be no requirement for students to make up inclement weather days. For teachers, June 4-5 will be required in-service days. The remaining 16 hours will be made up through individual staff development or curricular development, as directed by building administrators. “Even with us losing nine days, we are still over in hours required for students because we have longer days than most public schools in Minnesota,” according to Superintendent Joe Brown. The Fairmont Area School Board approved the 2019-20 school year [...]

Thirteenth Annual Youth Activities Expo - April 25, 5-7 pm Healthy Youth and Fairmont Community Education and Recreation (CER) are co-sponsoring the 13th annual Youth Activities Expo. The Theme for this year's Youth Activities Expo is "COME TO THE GREAT ESCAPE AND UNLOCK YOUR SPARK!" The expo will be held on Thursday, April 25th, 2019, 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Fairmont Elementary School Five Lakes (Main) Gym. Free admission and a free light meal will be served to all who attend. The purpose of the Youth Activities Expo is to assemble local organizations which serve families with Youth in Elementary and [...]

The Fairmont City Council made a decision after a closed session Monday to end its agreement with Elizabeth Bloomquist, who has served as City Attorney for more than 30 years. “The council is split, and that includes me,” Mayor Debbie Foster announced at the end of the closed session to evaluate the attorney’s job performance. Foster and council members Bruce Peters and Wayne Hasek confirmed they are the three who support Bloomquist’s job performance. Tom Hawkins, Randy Lubenow and Ruth Cyphers are dissatisfied. No explanations were given as to why there is satisfaction or dissatisfaction. This comes a week [...]

The public is encouraged to attend an open house for the construction of Interstate 90 from Fairmont to Blue Earth on Wednesday, April 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 1291 Torgerson Drive, Fairmont. Staff from the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the contractor will be present at the open house to answer questions about the project and traffic impacts. Weather permitting, preliminary work for this two-year project will begin soon with intermittent shoulder and lane closures.  Major traffic restrictions are expected to follow in mid-May with ramp closures and I-90 traffic carried in a two-way, head [...]

LOCAL NEWS 4/22 CITY COUNCIL THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY AT 5:30 PM . MAYOR DEB FOSTER STARTS THE MEETING WITH A PROCLAMATION OF FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH AS ARBOR DAY IN FAIRMONT. FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD AND SEVERAL PERMITS AND/OR LICENSES FOR SUMMER EVENTS WILL BE APPROVED AT THE MEETING MONDAY AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

FAIRMONT POLICE OFFICERS, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A THREE VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 39 AND LAKE AVENUE JUST BEFORE 3:30 PM THURSDAY. OFFICERS LOCATED TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED. A 26 YEAR-OLD MALE PARTY WAS TRANSPORTED TO MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM-FAIRMONT AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO ROCHESTER. A 28 YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM-FAIRMONT AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED THURSDAY NIGHT. INITIAL INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES AND INVESTIGATION SHOW A VEHICLE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON COUNTY ROAD 39 AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED NEAR THE [...]

The Martin County Board Tuesday approved a motion for a sheriff’s deputy to be assigned as the school resource officer at Granada-Huntley-East Chain. The school district will be responsible for 66 percent of the cost of the position, with the county responsible for the other 34 percent. Martin County Sheriff's Offic Captain Corey Klanderud said he would work with County Attorney Terry Viesselman to draft a contract. The board approved a motion to appoint Jessica Korte to the Martin County Auditor/Treasurer position to fill the remaining term of James Forshee, who will be retiring in July. The effective date [...]