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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 [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

(AP) The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.” Dylan Butler’s parents said [...]

A Fairmont woman was injured and several properties were damaged in a one-vehicle incident on the afternoon of December 26th. 65 year-old Jerene Ann Zwaschka of Fairmont was taken by EMS to Mayo Clinic Health System Fairmont for treatment of possible injuries after the car she was driving struck several [...]

St. Paul, MN: Farmers and agricultural landowners looking for assistance in creating succession plans for their properties have a new support available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA has hired Jim Molenaar as its farmland access and succession teams coordinator. In this newly created role, Molenaar will [...]