Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo Returns To Fairmont
The fifth annual Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo (MYLE) Livestock Show will be held on the Martin County Fairgrounds in Fairmont, Minnesota June 27-30. The event will feature 4-H and FFA members and other youth livestock exhibitors from throughout Minnesota showcasing their top-notch beef, sheep, goats and rabbits. Many of these [...]
Fairmont Summer Run Coming Up
The 45th Annual Fairmont Summer Run coordinated by Fairmont CER and the Fairmont Area Runners is happening on Saturday, July 27th. Once again, the headquarters for this year's run is at the Fairmont High School Field House. The races will be run on quiet streets and asphalt trails. All races [...]
Emmet County Sheriff Arrested
Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens was arrested over the weekend on a charge of Operating While Intoxicated in Dickinson County. The 61-year-old Martens was arrested at around 8:50 pm Saturday at the Marble Beach State Recreation Area, on the west side of Big Spirit Lake. According to the criminal complaint, [...]
Truman Shooters Sentenced
Two men arrested in a shooting incident in rural Truman last July have pleaded guilty to felonies and been sentenced to prison. 19-year-old Lavont Shaw of Owatonna pled guilty to four counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and will serve a total of 144 months. He has started [...]
Schmeeckle Foundation Accepting Grant Applications
The Schmeeckle Foundation is now accepting on-line applications, which can be found on their website, schmeecklefoundation.org. Applications are due July 15, 2024. The grant decision date is November 15, 2024. The Schmeeckle Foundation has three principal interest areas of funding: Early childhood care and education, Serving the elderly and those [...]
Armstrong Shooting
At 6:20 a.m. on May 31, 2024, the Emmet County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a shots fired incident in the 5400 block of 120th Avenue outside Armstrong, Iowa. The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office responded and discovered a male subject who had sustained a single gunshot wound. The subject [...]
