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Local High School Football Schedule-Week 5

2025-09-25T14:07:41-05:00

FAIRMONT (3-1) AT         . ALBERT LEA (4-0) 106.5 LAKES FM G-F-W (2-2) AT MARTIN COUNTY WEST (1-3) EMOJI 101.5 HILLS-BEAVER CREEK (4-0) AT GHEC-TRUMAN (2-2) ST. JAMES AREA (3-1) AT  CLEVELAND (4-0) BLUE EARTH AREA (2-2) AT MEDFORD (0-4) MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (0-4) AT JACKSON CO. CENTRAL (4-0) LUVERNE (4-0) AT  PIPESTONE AREA (2-2) TCU (0-4) AT  WASECA (4-0) BELLE PLAINE (2-2) AT ST. PETER (3-1) WORTHINGTON (0-4) AT  NEW ULM (1-3) AUSTIN (1-3) AT PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE (1-3) SIBLEY EAST (0-4) AT LESUEUR-HENDERSON (3-1) REDWOOD VALLEY (3-1) AT NR-H-E-G (1-3) LAKE CRYSTAL-WM (2-2) AT WINDOM (2-2) J-W-P (2-2) AT [...]

Local High School Football Schedule-Week 52025-09-25T14:07:41-05:00

Two Injured In Highway 15 Accident

2025-09-24T11:20:43-05:00

Two area men were injured in a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 15 near Lewisville on Tuesday morning. At 10:45 am emergency personnel responded to the report of an accident at the intersection of Highway 15 and 390th Street, on the south edge of Lewisville. A 2003 Jeep Cherokee driven by Jacob William Mohwinkel, 31, of Truman, was northbound on Highway 15 when it collided with a 2007 Peterbilt Semi driven southbound by Armano Magana Mendoza, 41, of Granada. Mohwinkel was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System of Mankato with what the Highway Patrol report termed non-life threatening injuries. Mendoza was [...]

Two Injured In Highway 15 Accident2025-09-24T11:20:43-05:00

Tuesday’s Local Scoreboard

2025-09-24T11:09:56-05:00

CROSS COUNTRY Fairmont boys win the St. James Invitational 1 Fairmont 51 2 Madelia 71 3 St. James 78 4 LCWM-Nicollet 92 5 Sleepy Eye St.Mary's-Sleepy Eye 96 6 Luverne 118 7 New Ulm 206   3 Cooper Gudahl 18:13.13 6 Devin Hanson 18:48.19 10 Cole Hanson 19:11.65 15 Ethan Siebring 20:22.82 17 Holden Junkermeier 20:37.27 19 Carmyne Hecht 20:45.94 20 Seth Siebring 20:47.14   Girls Results 1 Luverne 28 2 St. James 48 3 Fairmont 56   All other teams incomplete   6 Brooklyn Stone 23:21.87 10 Delaney Klug 24:13.40 16 Natalie Griffey 24:58.94 19 Kendra Blomster 25:43.24 20 Feven [...]

Tuesday’s Local Scoreboard2025-09-24T11:09:56-05:00

Ruby’s Pantry Distribution

2025-09-23T10:21:27-05:00

Ruby’s Pantry will have a food distribution in East Chain, Minnesota on Saturday, September 27th from 10:00A.M.-11:00A.M. at the East Chain Evangelical Free Church, located at 507 280th Avenue in rural East Chain. This will be conducted in a drive thru procedure and you will not have to get out of your car. You are also asked to clean out the trunk of your vehicle before you come.   There are no income or residency guidelines. Ruby’s Pantry is funded by the $25 cash donation per participant for operational costs and they receive an abundance of food.   Ruby’s Pantry continues [...]

Ruby’s Pantry Distribution2025-09-23T10:21:27-05:00

Minnesota Waterfowl Season Opens This Weekend

2025-09-23T10:10:10-05:00

Minnesota’s regular waterfowl hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 27. Spring waterfowl counts were generally higher than last year, with the full report from the spring waterfowl survey available on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources waterfowl management webpage (mndnr.gov/waterfowl). In the report, total breeding duck abundance (excluding scaup) was estimated at 417,000, which is 8% above the 2024 estimate and 32% below the long-term average going back to 1968. Hunters can find important information about required waterfowl stamps, season dates and hunting regulations in the Minnesota Waterfowl Hunting Regulations booklet, available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, [...]

Minnesota Waterfowl Season Opens This Weekend2025-09-23T10:10:10-05:00

Friday & Saturday Local Scores

2025-09-21T12:29:30-05:00

FOOTBALL Fairmont 57, Austin 13 Lester Prairie 16, MCW 6 GHEC-Truman 50, Mountain Lake Area 0 BEA 50, Hayfield 34 St. James Area 39, Southland 20 Waseca 21, Norwood-Young America 0 Albert Lea 42, Worthington 0 St. Peter 39, TCU 0 Luverne 6, LeSueur-Henderson 0 Belle Plaine 27, New Ulm 14 Cleveland 29, GFW 8 Lake Crystal-WM 48, Sibley East 8 Jackson Co. Central 48, Pipestone Area 6 WEM 51, JWP 14 St. Clair/Loyola 42, Medford 15 Maple River 38, Blooming Prairie 12 Windom 22, MVL 20 (Overtime) Lewiston-Altura 49, NRHEG 12 Red Rock Central 12, HL-O-F 7 Marshall 49, Hutchinson [...]

Friday & Saturday Local Scores2025-09-21T12:29:30-05:00

Thursday’s Local Sports Scoreboard

2025-09-19T10:18:23-05:00

VOLLEYBALL   MCW def. Fairmont 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 25-12) TCU 3, St. James Area 0 Alden-Conger 3, GHEC-T-ML 0 Worthington 3, Luverne 1 Redwood Valley 3, Montevideo 2 Kasson-Mantorville 3, St. Peter 2 Marshall 3, New Ulm 0 Cleveland 3, Madelia 0 Mankato Loyola 3, Nicollet 2 Springfield 3, Sleepy Eye 0 Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 3, New Ulm Cathedral 0     CROSS COUNTRY     Jackson Cross Country Meet Girls Team Scores 1 Jackson County Central 53 2 Adrian/Ellsworth 53 3 Fairmont 89 4 MCW/BO 90 5 Luverne 104 6 Windom Area 130 7 Worthington 133     Fairmont [...]

Thursday’s Local Sports Scoreboard2025-09-19T10:18:23-05:00

Week 4 Local Football Schedule

2025-09-18T10:54:16-05:00

FAIRMONT (2-1) AT  AUSTIN (1-2) 106.5 LAKES FM MARTIN COUNTY WEST (1-2) AT LESTER PRAIRIE (0-3) EMOJI 101.5 G-H-EC-TRUMAN (1-2) AT MOUNTAIN LAKE AREA (0-3) NORWOOD-YOUNG AMERICA (2-1) AT WASECA (3-0) ALBERT LEA (3-0) AT WORTHINGTON (0-3) TRI CITY UNITED (0-3) AT ST. PETER (2-1) NEW ULM (1-2) AT BELLE PLAINE (1-2) LESUEUR-HENDERSON (3-0) AT LUVERNE (3-0) ST. CLAIR/LOYOLA AT MEDFORD (0-3) W-E-M (3-0) AT J-W-P (2-1) LAKE CRYSTAL-WM (1-2) AT SIBLEY EAST (0-3) MAPLE RIVER (2-1) AT  BLOOMING PRAIRIE (0-3) HAYFIELD (1-2) AT BLUE EARTH AREA (1-2) MADELIA (0-3) AT MAYER LUTHERAN (2-1) SLEEPY EYE UNITED (1-2)  AT T-M-B (1-2) [...]

Week 4 Local Football Schedule2025-09-18T10:54:16-05:00

Tuesday’s Local Sports

2025-09-17T11:24:48-05:00

TENNIS Fairmont 6, Pipestone Area 1   VOLLEYBALL Redwood Valley 3, Fairmont 2 Martin County West 3, G-H-EC-T-ML 0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-15) Luverne 3, St. James Area 2 Windom Area 3, Jackson Co. Central 2 Pipestone Area 3, Blue Earth Area 0 Alden-Conger 3, Madelia 0 HL-O-F 3, Mountain Lake/Comfrey 1 Wabasso 3, Sleepy Eye 0 Cleveland 3, Nicollet 0 Maple Lake 3, New Ulm 1 Worthington 3, Waseca 0 Belle Plaine 3, St. Peter 2   North Union 3, Algona Garrigan 2 (17-25, 25-19, 24-26, 26-24, 15-9) Algona 3, Storm Lake 2 Cherokee 3, Estherville-LC 0 North Iowa 3, Belmond-Klemme [...]

Tuesday’s Local Sports2025-09-17T11:24:48-05:00

Martin County Historical Society hosting special guest

2025-09-17T09:34:15-05:00

The Martin County Historical Society will be holding their annual meeting on Thursday, September 25 at the Best Western in Fairmont. Guest speaker for the evening will be Blake Davis, a 1985 graduate of Fairmont High School. Davis has had an extensive career in the corrections industry, including time as a warden at the Florence, Colorado supermax facility, where some of the most notorious criminals in our nation's history are held, as well as many leadership positions in the private and public sectors across the nation. Social hour begins at 5, with dinner at 6. Cost is $25 per person. Reservations [...]

Martin County Historical Society hosting special guest2025-09-17T09:34:15-05:00
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