Fairmont News

THE 4TH OF JULY IS A CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY ACROSS THE NATION, STATE,COUNTIES ,CITIES AND TOWNS.

A LAKEFIELD MAN WAS KILLED, A FAIRMONT MAN AND LAKEFIELD TEENAGER INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 86 IN JACKSON COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The suburbs are still growing, but several cities in southern Minnesota including Fairmont lost population from 2007 to 2008.

The Fairmont Women of Today will sell glow items at Ward and Sylvania parks beginning at 7 p.m. before the fireworks on Saturday, July 4. For those going out of town or wanting to buy early, items will be for sale at Friday in the Park on Downtown Plaza and at Fleet and Farm by the front doors from 1:30-3:30 p.m. As usual, we will sell glow ...

It was when his wallet was opened for the first time in 65 years that Bud Shank's story ceased to be family lore and came alive for Jennifer Weaver-Neist. Weaver-Neist, Shank's great-niece, was helping her aunt prepare for a move when she came across a long-forgotten box of memories of the Pennsylvania man who died in a World War II battle at age ...

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS WERE MADE AT THE FAIRMONT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING RECENTLY. FIRST LONG TIME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HELEN GOULD WAS HONORED WITH RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES FROM THE MINNESOTA HOUSE AND THE MINNESOTA SENATE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR HER 26 PLUS YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE FAIRMONT SCHOOL BOARD.

A record 396 donors turned out to donate blood this past week. The daily results are as follows: o Tuesday, June 16: 148 on a goal of 135; o Wednesday, June 17: 160 on a goal of 135; o Friday, June 19: 88 on a goal of 85.

Four people charged with abusing pigs at a farm near Bayard in western Iowa have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to probation.

Members of the William Budd Task Force are recommending closing Budd and Lincoln schools and building an addition to Five Lakes Elementary to house preschool through second grade.

Fairmont Area School Board members passed a resolution making it the first school district in Minnesota poised to take advantage of a federal stimulus program.

The emerald ash borer crept into the discussion Tuesday at Fairmont's park board meeting.

The nursing program at Presentation College in Aberdeen is on probation because too few graduates in recent years passed a national nurse-licensing exam on the first try.

THE FAIRMONT CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO CITY STAFF TO ASSIST THE FAIRMONT TRAILS COMMITTEE IN AN EXTENSION OF THE HOBO TRAIL AND BIKE PATH.

This event I am about to share, took place on June 5th, 2009. My name is Mark Bergeron and here is the fishing story that will amaze all who read it.

Editor's note: On Wednesday, the Sentinel will present its annual Hometown magazine.

Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Cats, Wicked and Hairspray. None of these Broadway hits will be safe from satirical commentary and outright silliness beginning this weekend as Fairmont's Civic Summer Theatre presents "Forbidden Broadway," a musical review taking aim at theatrical big shots.

Some of the most inspiring ways to learn in life do not involve textbooks, lectures or rote memorization.

Presentation College and Minnesota West Community and Technical College, both of Fairmont, would like to extend a thank you to many businesses within this community that helped us unite to paint the student commons at the Southern Minnesota Education Campus.

Bob Cover and his wife believe in splitting things down the middle. Since Bob works inMorgantown and his wife works at WesBanco here in Fairmont, they live halfway between the two towns.

A graveside service for John J. Kuhn, 62, of Fairmont, will be held 3 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2009, at Calvary Cemetery in Fairmont.