School Bus Accident Injures Two
A vehicle and a school bus collided on Highway 109 west of Easton Tuesday afternoon, injuring both drivers. Donald Lee Madden, 65, of Amboy, who was the driver of the 2016 Transit School Bus, was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Marylou Sophia Alger, 72, of Minnesota Lake, [...]
Local Election Results
Fairmont School District Question 1 No - 1,247 Yes - 647 GHEC School District Question 1 Yes - 253 No - 188 Question 2 Yes - 264 No - 177 Jackson County Central School District Question 1 No - 939 Yes - 734 [...]
Woody Woodward 1949-2025
A Celebration of Life Service for Charles V. (Woody) Woodward III, age 76, of Fairmont, MN, will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 10, 2025, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Fairmont. Following the lunch there will be military honors provided by the Lee C. Prentice American [...]
Community News for October 6
The Prairie Star Quilt Guild will meet on Monday, October 13, 2025 at the Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church, 901 Woodland Ave., Fairmont, MN 56031. The Quilt Board will meet at 12:30 pm and the regular meeting will begin at 1:30 pm. The program will be a presentation on the International [...]
Fairmont Woman Killed In Pedestrian Accident
On Friday evening, September 26, at approximately 6:05 pm, Fairmont Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian that struck by a motor vehicle in the 600 block of East 4th Street in Fairmont. A 64-year-old female was crossing East 4th Street when she was struck by the [...]
Two Injured In Highway 15 Accident
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 [...]
