Trimont Votes for Change
Bruce Borntrager will be the new Mayor of Trimont. He won 57.7% of the vote. Josh Paulson and Jon Holtz were the winners in a six candidate field for city council. They will now work in turning around a city that has seen some turmoil in recent years. Just recently [...]
Local School Board and Referendum Results
(Undated) In local school board elections the MCW school district elected Paul Schoen, Sam Meixell and Brandon Clarke to the board. In Fairmont there were three running for the School board so Michael Edman, Jen Harris and Betsy Tino will serve the Fairmont School District. Jackson County Central elected Kylla [...]
Klobuchar and Flannagan Win Their Respective Races. Johnson and Finstad Race Goes to Automatic Recount
(Minnesota) Amy Klobuchar is becoming the first woman elected governor of Minnesota. Klobuchar campaigned on lowering costs, fighting fraud in state programs and restoring public trust. In her victory speech, she pledged to audit the state government and to use technology to detect and prevent fraud. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy [...]
Results Are In for Local Mid Term Election
(Fairmont) – Jerome Niss will be the next mayor of Fairmont, winning 50 percent of the vote in a six-candidate race. Tabitha Johnson will join the Fairmont City Council, winning the Ward One seat with 59 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Jay Maynard. In Ward Three, incumbent Randy Lubenow [...]
They All Came Home: The Nolte 36 – Book to Be Released Soon in Fairmont
(Fairmont)– A new book is shedding light on the remarkable World War Two history of a Martin County family, in which all 36 members who served in the war made it home alive. Paul Wessel, a member of the Nolte family, spent about two years researching and writing They All [...]
Early Voting Numbers are Up this Year
More than 728-thousand Minnesotans had already voted as of Friday, setting a new state record for early voting in a non-presidential election. Early voting is especially strong in the Twin Cities, where counties have already exceeded their 2022 absentee totals by 16-percent. However, political experts say it's too early to [...]
