Fire In Fairmont Claims One Life
A house fire Monday evening has claimed the life of a Fairmont man. Responders were called to a fire at a home in the 300 block of South Park Street around 4:45 p.m. Heavy smoke was already filling the structure. Personnel were able to locate one man in the basement. [...]
Injury Accident In Fairmont
Five vehicles were involved in an accident Tuesday that left an Arizona man with life threatening injuries. At 5:40 PM Tuesday, an accident involving multiple northbound vehicles was reported at State Highway 15 and Torgerson Drive in Fairmont. The driver of a 2018 Cadillac XT5, Paul Mokelbust, 91, of Yuma, [...]
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 [...]
