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Determination of who should seek interim legal services for the city stirred up discussion among the Fairmont City Council Monday. After the council and mayor split evenly over the City Attorney's recent evaluation,with three people very satisfied with her performance and three dissatisfied. Mayor Debbie Foster then announced that the city would negotiate with Elizabeth Bloomquist on a separation agreement. On Monday, after authorizing the mayor and City Clerk to sign the agreement, the council then had to secure interim legal services for the city’s criminal and civil cases. Turning over criminal cases to the Martin County Attorney received [...]

TWO FAIRMONT MEN FACING MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO ALLEGED STORAGE LOCKER BREAK-INS. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS 27 YEAR OLD RYAN JOSEPH JARROD STETLER FACES THREE FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO THAT AND ONE FELONY CHARGE FOR METH POSSESSION IN A PARK ZONE. HE FACES A 3RD DEGREE BURGLARY CHARGE, A FELONY THEFT CHARGE AND FELONY POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY CHARGE. ALL THREE COUNTS EACH CARRY 5 YEARS IN PRISON/$10,000 FINE CHARGES IF CONVICTED. 37 YEAR OLD JERIMIAH JACOB NYE-CONTRERAS FACES THREE FELONY COUNTS FOR 3RD DEGREE BURGLARY,THEFT AND POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY/ PENALTIES FOR EACH CHARGE ARE 5 [...]

THE FAIRMONT AREA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS AT 5 PM TUESDAY. THE BOARD WILL RECOGNIZE 25 YEAR EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS GAINING TENURE.EARLY RELEASE FOR SENIOR STUDENTS, A MEDICAL LEAVE, TERMINATION OF A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, HIRING SUMMER COMPUTER HELP AND ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS WILL BE A PART OF TUESDAY'S 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 ACT ON A SEPARATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WILL ACT ON INTERIM LEGAL SERVICES AND CRIMINAL POSECUTIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT SEPARATION. THE SALE OF 2019 IMPROVEMENT BONDS ,AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE 2019- E IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ,A STATE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR AIRPORT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR LIME POND CLOSURE WILL ALL BE ACTED ON AT MONDAY'S MEETING AT THE FAIRMONT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Paste In or Write Your Content Here!!!!!!!!! [...]

The Fairmont Childcare Action Plan was unveiled on Thursday .The Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP), is a community engagement process designed to develop right-sized solutions to address the needs of early care and education in Minnesota’s rural communities. The goal of RCCIP is to help communities identify the scope and size of their child care challenges, and to empower and support communities to develop solutions to address these challenges. The Community Solution Action Plan for Fairmont, Minnesota, intends to outline the child care challenges identified in the community, and the proposed solutions to improve the state of child care [...]

Martin County Commissioners have approved a lease agreement with the Martin County Fair for office space at the fairgrounds for the 4-H program. The lease, set at $6,000 annually for a five-year period, is a plan that has been in the works since December. Commissioner Steve Flohrs offered his opinion. “I think it’s incredibly important to get them out there,” he said. “There’s a number of issues going on, and they spend an incredible amount of time hauling stuff out there during the fair. Then they haul it all back there again. Commissioner Kathy Smith commented: “I understand the [...]