WEEKEND SCOREBOARD
GIRLS HOCKEY Albert Lea 2, River Lakes 1 Dodge County 4, Chaska/Chanhassen 1 Eden Prairie 4, Marshall 1 Hutchinson 9, Red Wing 1 Luverne 5, Minnesota River 1 Moose Lake Area 1, Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato 0, OT Prior Lake 2, New Ulm 1 Waseca 5, Worthington 1 Windom 10, Austin 6 [...]
FAIRMONT MAN INJURED IN HIGHWAY 30 ACCIDENT
THURSDAY MORNING AT AROUND 11:40 A.M. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN PLEASANT MOUND TOWNSHIP IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY. A 2002 FORD EXPLORER DRIVEN BY HECTOR ABRAHAM SANTIAGO JUAREZ, 36, OF FAIRMONT, LOST CONTROL ON AN ICY STATE HIGHWAY 30, WENT INTO THE DITCH, [...]
MARTIN COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS
CONTESTED RACES MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF JEFF MARKQUART (INCUMBENT) 4,397 62.95% JAMES KOTEWA 2,117 30.31% WRITE-IN 471 6.74% MARTIN COUNTY RECORDER MICHELLE DUNCAN 3,851 59.91% KAREN KOEHLER 2,559 39.81% WRITE-IN 18 0.28% FAIRMONT MAYOR LEE BAARTS 2,303 62.87% CHARLES PEARSON 1,333 36.39% WRITE-IN 27 [...]
SEMI COLLISION IN WATONWAN COUNTY
A Winnebago man was injured Tuesday night in a collision between two semis on Highway 60 two miles south of Madelia. A 2014 Freightliner Semi driven by David Laverne Alfson, 58, of Winnebago, and a 2006 Freightliner driven by Bruce Mark Koepp, 32, of Belle Plaine collided as Alfson [...]
TWO INJURED IN DICKINSON COUNTY CRASH
The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office responded to a motor vehicle accident Monday afternoon at 3:47 PM, just east of the intersection of Hwy 9 & 71, also known as the Jackson “Y”. Doyle Svoboda, 55, of Lakefield, Minnesota, was driving a 2015 Freightliner semi tractor/trailer eastbound on Hwy 9 when [...]
FAIRMONT COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE
A Fairmont Community Center open house will be held on Wednesday, November 2nd from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus Community Room (lower level), located at 115 S. Park Street, Fairmont. View the Community Center design concepts and visit with the design team. Questions: Please call [...]

