KSUM News

Retail store chain Bomgaars has acquired the former Shopko building in Fairmont. Bomgaars offers supplies for homes, farms and families. The company currently operates 86 stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, employing approximately 2,400 people. Minnesota has six stores including one in Blue Earth. The corporate office and distribution center are located in Sioux City, where the company began in 1952. The company says will work over the next few months to hire employees, change the signage and stock the shelves at its new location. The company says it plans to hire local workers, [...]

Martin County Commissioners on Tuesday heard from several employees of CHS Inc. who were present to discuss the details of their proposed $100 million project at the Fairmont site and to request a tax abatement from the county. The abatement is being proposed to be for up to 10 years beginning with real estate taxes payable in 2022 and continuing through 2031, inclusive and shall not exceed $423,930. If the abatement is approved, construction would start this fall and is expected to be completed by fall 2021. The project is due to the fact that they need to replace [...]

The Martin County Board Tuesday: Reviewed the of CY2020 Preliminary Budget. At the last workshop a proposed tax levy increase was left at 9.4 per cent. This time commissioners whittled that down to 6.43 per cent. They are hopeful of lowering that to 6 or maybe even a 5% increase before the end of September, after which the levy can be decreased but not increased before the final levy is ratified in December. Approved a letter in support of BevComm’s Border to Border Broadband Grant Application for the proposed project in portions of rural Huntley. Approve and authorize Board [...]

A MARTIN COUNTY COUPLE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF A FAMILIAR SCAM THAT IS SURFACING AGAIN. THIS ONE HAS A CALLER CLAIMING THAT THEIR GRANDCHILD IS IN JAIL AND NEED THEM TO BAIL THEM OUT. THE CALLER SOMEHOW KNEW THE CHILD'S NAME AND WAS ASKING FOR $2000 THEN $4,000 TO BAIL THEM OUT. AS LAW ENFORCEMENT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE RECEIVING THIS TYPE OF CALL TO DO IS TRY TO CONTACT THE GRANDCHILD WHICH THIS COUPLE EVENTUALLY DID AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE SAFE. THE COUPLE WANTED THE WORD TO GET OUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS ARE VERY PUSHY AND URGES EVERYBODY [...]

The Lutz Cancer Center opened its doors Monday at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, with an open house and ribbon cutting after two years of planning, construction and preparation for a $1.7 million facility that doubles the size of the existing treatment space., according to Mayo Clinic Health System- Fairmont Administrator Amy Long.. The new Lutz Cancer Center-instead of having the infusion chairs lined up in a row as they are now, the chairs are now paired up in pods of two, with a privacy curtain to separate them, if desired. The pods are separated by partial walls [...]

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 9 AM. COMMISIONERS WILL HEAR THE S T S QUARTERLY REPORT,CONSIDER A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A BEVCOMM BORDER TO BORDER GRANT APPLICATION EXECUTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF AN C V S O OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT. THE BOARD WILL REVIEW MORE INFORMATION ON A PROPOSED C H S TAX ABATEMENT REQUEST AND HOLD ANOTHER PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AT THE MARTIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. Paste In or Write Your Content Here!!!!!!!!!

Red Cross urgently needs blood donations before summer ends With many regular donors delaying giving to take final summer vacations and prepare for school to start, the American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood and platelet donations to help end a summer blood shortage. While thousands of donors have rolled up a sleeve this summer, blood and platelet donations aren’t keeping pace with patient needs. More donations are urgently needed to replenish the blood supply and be prepared for patient emergencies. Make an appointment to donate blood now by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting [...]

A FAIRMONT MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES OF ASSAULT 2ND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON,AND TWO FELONY DOMESTIC ASSAULT COUNTS FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN FAIRMONT ON TUESDAY. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 32 YEAR OLD BLAKE LOUIS BANGSUND FACES MAX SENTENCES IF CONVICTED OF 7 YEARS IN PRISON/ $14,000 FINE FOR THE 2ND DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGE AND 5 YEARS/$10,000 FINES FOR EACH OF THE TWO DOMESTIC ASSAULT CHARGES. BANGSUND HAS PRIOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT CONVICTIONS IN 2011 AND 2015 ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT. 28 YEAR OLD BRANDON GERALD ROSS OF FAIRMONT IS FACING THREE FELONY COUNTS FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT LAST MONTH. ACCORDING TO [...]

The 22nd annual Martin County Blue Ribbon Pork Cook Off was held Wednesday night at the Martin County Fair. Green Mill Restaurant of Fairmont won first place in the connoisseur division with a German pork spaetzle topped with sundried tomato pesto and garnished with a pumpernickel crumble. The Blazer Bar placed second. Butcher Block was third with butter garlic pork cutlets The Blazer Bar took first place in the people’s choice division with a pulled pork corn chowder made with local meat.Marina Lodge placed second with pork carnitas enchiladas, topped with queso fresco and a cilantro lime sauce. Scotty Biggs [...]

AN IOWA MAN WAS INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 90 NORTH OF FAIRMONT JUST AFTER NOON WEDNESDAY. A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 63 YEAR OLD ADRIAN LEE ULLESTAD OF SCARVILLE,IOWA ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE BETWEEN CONES. A SEMI DRIVEN BY 29 YEAR OLD KENARD LONZELL KELLY OF MANSON,IOWA SWERVED TO AVOID THE TURNING CAR BUT STRUCK THE FRONT END ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND WENT ACROSS THE MEDIAN INTO LANES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ADRIAN ULLESTAD WAS TRANSPORTED TO MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM -FAIRMONT FOR TREATMENT OF WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES ACCORDING [...]