Trimont News

Funeral services for Ruth M. Olson, 97, St. James, Minn., will be held Saturday, Nov.

Sudden illness can take a toll on a family in more ways than one. Bruce Borntrager of Borntrager Auto Body in Trimont and his wife Heather have not been able to work for nearly a month after Bruce was suddenly struck with severe headaches that progressively got worse.

When my phone rang the other day, it was Carol Brandt who is in charge of CREST in the Trimont area.

It was a perfect fall day, and many students from Martin County West were happy to spend the afternoon outside.

Officials from throughout the region, on both sides of the Minnesota-Iowa border, responded en masse Friday night when a Fairmont, Minn., man was reported missing after his canoe tipped over on Iowa Lake.

Shirlee M. Peterson 1928 - 2009 OWATONNA - Shirlee M. Peterson, 80, of Owatonna, died peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, Sept.

Memorial service for Robert "Bob" S. Schroeder, 86, of Fairmont will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

Following a heated meeting last month, Trimont's council gathering Monday centered on parliamentary procedures, explanations and an attempt to resolve a personal conflict between Mayor Thomas Eckmann and Councilman Thomas Hage.

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 9 AM. THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TRAIL RIGHT- OF- WAY NEAR TRIMONT, WILL CONSIDER A GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND GRANT APPLICATION WITH MNDOT FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

GE Energy announced that it has launched new technology for E-class gas turbines, which will lead to cleaner, efficient, more affordable power that will help save fuel, cut costs and enable reduced greenhouse gas emissions at Great River Energy's Lakefield Junction Station in Trimont, Minn.

GE Energy announced that it has launched new technology for E-class gas turbines, which will lead to cleaner, efficient, more affordable power that will help save fuel, cut costs and enable reduced greenhouse gas emissions at Great River Energy's Lakefield Junction Station in Trimont, Minn.

GE Energy announced that it has launched new technology for E-class gas turbines, which will lead to cleaner, efficient, more affordable power that will help save fuel, cut costs and enable reduced greenhouse gas emissions at Great River Energy's Lakefield Junction Station in Trimont, Minn.

A third wind farm in western Martin County is being planned, with permitting processes already under way.

MORE WIND POWER GENERATION IS PLANNED FOR MARTIN COUNTY. THE PERMITTING PROCESS HAS BEGUN FOR A THIRD WIND FARM IN THE WESTERN PART OF MARTIN COUNTY AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.

A new 201-megawatt wind farm will be built near Lakefield next year, according to an announcement Monday by enXco.

You hear about 5-year cancer survivors, 10-year survivors, even 20-year survivors.

Thousands of participants at the Trimont Chocolate Festival were on hand to dedicate the Elm Creek Wind Power Project on Saturday, July 11.

Iberdrola Renewables: WHAT: Ribbon-cutting to celebrate the second commercial-scale community wind plant in Minnesota, the 99-megawatt Elm Creek project in Jackson County and the economic benefits for the community.

As the "Sundaes In the Park" entertainment series ties in with the Trimont Chocolate Festival this weekend, performer Allison Kerr talks about why she's making the trek all the way from Nashville, Tenn., for the occasion: "My mother grew up in Fairmont, and my grandparents were from Trimont," she explained.

Katherine Elaine Helms of 411 E. Fifth St., Albert Lea, announces the birth of a daughter, Aurora Leisa Helms, on June 24, 2009, at Albert Lea Medical Center.