CARDINALS RANK HIGH ON THE DIAMOND
Fairmont's baseball and softball teams are riding high in their respective state polls. From the Minnesota Softball Coaches Association poll of May 18th: Rank.(prev) School (Section) -(Points) 1.(1) St. Charles (S1)-(84) 2.(3) Fairmont (S2)-(76) 2.(6) Le Sueur-Henderson (S2)-(76) 4.(2) Proctor (S7)-(61) 5.(10) New Ulm (S2)-(58) 6.(11) Belle Plaine [...]
BRANDON WILLIAMSON CALLED UP TO MAJOR LEAGUES
Brandon Williamson, a 2016 graduate of Martin County West High School, has been called up from AAA Louisville and has joined the Cincinnati Reds in Denver. He is expected to start tonight's game for the Reds against the Colorado Rockies. Williamson will become the first Martin County native to play [...]
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, SEVERELY INURED IN FAIRMONT
On Sunday, May 14 at approximately 10:43 pm, Fairmont Police officers responded to a report of a person sleeping in the roadway in the area of Downtown Plaza and 3rd Street in Fairmont. An officer arrived shortly after and quickly determined a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and Mayo [...]
OPERATION ROUNDUP AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
Federated Rural Electric Trust awards scholarships to 9 local graduates (Jackson, Minn.) -- Nine area graduates have a diploma in one hand and a Federated scholarship in the other. The Federated Rural Electric Trust recently awarded nine $700 scholarships. One scholarship was awarded in each of the six Federated [...]
FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
The teams from Dassel-Cokato, Rocori and Fairmont formed this year’s winning alliance at the Robotics State Tournament. That alliance defeated the teams from Bloomington Jefferson/Kennedy, Hermantown and Burnsville 166-153 in a tie-breaker. This was the first title for all three teams in the championship alliance. The Rocori Ratcheteers were part [...]
PURPLE LANES: HIGHWAY RE-NAMED IN HONOR OF PRINCE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. The Senate vote was 55-5 to rename the highway that runs past Prince’s Paisley Park museum and studios. Among those watching was his oldest [...]
