Snowplow Naming Contest Winners Revealed
RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Travelers in northwestern Minnesota can shake off their trepidation about hitting the winter roads knowing Taylor Drift is clearing a path ahead of them. The snowplow named for Taylor Swift was the runaway winner of Minnesota’s fourth annual Name a Snowplow contest, with eight new names announced Tuesday. [...]
Fairmont Area Schools Holding Early Childhood Screening
Fairmont Area School District is continuing monthly Early Childhood Screening (ECS) the first Tuesday morning of each month. The screening dates to be offered for the remainder of this school year are: March 5, 2024; April 2, 2024; and May 7, 2024. Screening will be offered through Early Childhood Family [...]
$50,000 Powerball Winner Sold In Fairmont
A Powerball ticket purchased in Fairmont for the Jan. 27 drawing matched four of the first five winning numbers plus the Powerball to win $50,000. The winning ticket was purchased at Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh, located at 917 South State St., in Fairmont The winning Powerball numbers drawn on Jan. [...]
St. James Man Injured In Rollover
This past Sunday evening, 63 year-old Keith Douglas Romsdahl of St. James was injured in a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 15 in Fieldon Township of Watonwan County. Romsdahl was driving a 2009 Ford Ranger northbound when the vehicle went out of control, entering the ditch and rolling multiple times. The [...]
Fairmont City Council met this Past Monday
On Monday evening, Fairmont City Council and city staff discussed revisions to a city contract with the Kraus-Anderson construction company. On March 17, 2022, the city contracted with Kraus-Anderson for work on the community center, ice arena and refrigeration project at the Martin County Arena. Fairmont Public Works Director, Matthew [...]
Sibley County authorities respond to vehicle crashing into a house
(KEYC) According to a release from the Sibley Co. Sheriff’s Office, at around 8:22 a.m., the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call of a vehicle striking a house in the City of Winthrop. Joshua Ryan Fritz, 38, of Winthrop, was allegedly driving his 2001 red Ford [...]