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34th Annual Family Fun Fair – Friday, March 29, Fairmont Elementary School The 34th Annual Family Fun Fair will be held on Friday, March 29, 4:30-7:30 pm, at the Fairmont Elementary School Gyms, 714 Victoria Street, Fairmont. The public is invited to this festival of activities to delight young children featuring family entertainer Brian Richards with his “ACME Magic Factory” and Remarkable Reptiles. The ACME Magic Factory performances for children will be held at 5:45 pm and 7:00 pm in the Cafeteria. Enjoy a close-up chance to meet a variety of fascinating reptiles including a friendly boa constrictor at [...]

The Fairmont School Board on Tuesday made more changes in their administrative staff for the coming school year. They approved the employment of current high school principal Kim Niss, as principal of curriculum, instruction and research for grades E-12 for the 2019-20 school year. The board approved the employment of Alex Schmidt and Jake Tietje to serve as co-principals at the Fairmont High School next school year. Both Schmidt and Tietje are past graduates of Fairmont High School. Alex Schmidt previously served as dean of students at the Fairmont Elementary School and then served as vice principal from 2015-2017 [...]

One Fairmont City Council member cast a no vote on Monday against the 2019 street improvement program to protest the omission of Lake Avenue from the list of roadways scheduled for repairs. I just want to say I’m disappointed we are not doing Lake Avenue. In my opinion, that is a higher priority than Lynn Street,” Randy Lubenow said. At previous council meetings, the Ward 2 councilor has pushed for the repair of the western part of Lake Avenue to the fairgrounds road, citing its need to be in good condition as an entrance to the city. Troy Nemmers, [...]

THE FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 5 PM. THE BOARD WILL ACT ON PERSONNEL ISSUES , HEAR A FOOD SERVICE UPDATE AND ACCEPT DONATIONS DURING THE MEETING AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Paste In or Write Your Content Here!!!!!!!!!

THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY AT 5:30 PM. THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2019 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, ACT ON A STATE OF MINNESOTA JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, COURT DATA SERVICE SUBSCRIBER AMENDMENT, AND AN APPLICATION FOR RE-ZONE, PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR LAKEVIEW METHODIST EXPANSION. COMPREHENSIVE ROAD AND TRANSIT FUNDING WILL ALSO BE ACTED ON AT MONDAY'S MEETING AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

After a search process that took 66 days to complete, the Blue Earth Area School District has a new Superintendent. On a unanimous vote, the Board approved the hiring of Mandy Fletcher; Fletcher accepted the offer from the District. The next step in the process will have the Board Chairman and the South Central Services Cooperative negotiate with Fletcher the terms of her contract. The Board is expected to approve the contract at a meeting on April 1st. Fletcher, who is currently Superintendent at the Granada-Huntley-East Chain School District, is scheduled to begin her new job at Blue Earth [...]