Fairmont Man Arrested In Connection With Mankato Death
According to a press release from the Mankato Department Of Public Safety: On Sunday, April 26, at approximately 1:36 p.m., 911 dispatch received a call from a person who believed someone was shooting in a neighboring residence on Castle Pines Drive. Officers responded to the scene and approached an [...]
Fairmont Speech Team Wins 10th Consecutive Section Title
The Fairmont High School Speech Team competed at the Minnesota State High School League Section 2A Speech Tournament on Friday, April 10, in Janesville. Twenty-four individuals were Section finalists and 14 individuals advanced to the state tournament. State-advancing Section Finalists: Discussion: Calixta Tessendorf placed third. Dramatic Interpretation: Cooper Gudahl was [...]
Fairmont Man Charged With Felony Assault
A 31-year old Fairmont man is in custody and charged with felony Domestic Assault after an incident last Monday. Police were called to a residence for a report of an assault. According to the police statement, the victim identified the perpetrator as Blake John Lawrence Strait, 31, of Fairmont. Police [...]
Sioux Falls Man Arrested For Felony DWI In Martin County
A 47-year old Sioux Falls man is in jail in Martin County awaiting felony charges after a stop on I-90 last Friday afternoon. According to the criminal complaint, a motorist on I-90 reported a vehicle stopped on the shoulder near mile marker 83, and seeing a man fall into the [...]
Five Dead In Cottonwood County Accident
Five people were killed in a two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on US Highway 71 north of Windom in Cottonwood County. A northbound 2016 GMC Terrain driven by Martin Hanson, 67, of Springfield, collided head-on with a southbound 2019 Ford Transit Van driven by Matthew Arthur Schultz, 42, of Lakefield. [...]
Tri-Valley Head Start Announces New Center Opening in Blue Earth
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council has announced the upcoming opening of a new Head Start center in Blue Earth, Minnesota. This center is made possible through a collaborative partnership with St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center, which will provide dedicated space within its facility for the new early childhood education site. Tri-Valley’s Head [...]
