Martin County News

Minnesotans were up to the task this week. "Give to the Max Day," sponsored by GiveMN, raised more than $14 million online for the state's non-profits on Tuesday.

Kim Hansen, chairwoman of the Martin County DFL wrote to "inform" us that Congressman Tim Waltz carried Martin County in the last election and was voted in by the majority to bring health care reform to the nation.

At least four people face felony drug charges following investigations by the Fairmont Police, the Martin County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force.

A trial scheduled to start Wednesday for a Watonwan County sheriff's deputy has been delayed because a key witness is sick.

A union representing some Martin County employees has filed suit against the county board and Engineer Kevin Peyman, claiming unfair labor practices.

It's scary when a person is laid off or their position is eliminated. It's even scarier when their industry is disappearing or a person's job and career skills are limited.

It is every parent's nightmare. A missing child, with no idea as to their whereabouts.

A trial scheduled to begin Thursday in Fairmont was canceled because of a lack of potential jurors.

Long lines, crying children and happy parents are commonplace at H1N1 vaccine clinics across the country.

Eden Valley and Zimmerman are among eight Minnesota communities that will receive a portion of $10.8 million to improve drinking water and wastewater plants.

We congratulate pork producers throughout the region for the recent news that China has agreed to again accept American pork imports.

Last year, the Martin County Library was fortunate to receive a "Young Explorer Learning Center" through the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.

Martin County commissioners have approved a two-year contract with Vetters Catering to provide meals at the Martin County Jail.

A spike in influenza-like illness, along with more H1N1-related deaths in Minnesota, have more people concerned.

A Celebration of Life Service for William L. Coombes, 87, of Fairmont, Minn., will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

State residents clamored for the phone when the Minnesota Department of Health announced its new phone-based service for people with flu symptoms last week, and local hospitals are taking extra measures to keep the crowds away as H1N1 flu activity continues to concern health officials nationwide.

By the time they go to sleep tonight, hundreds of area residents will be just a little warmer.

Martin and Faribault counties have made a list of counties with the highest percentage of unbelted traffic fatalities, a fact Fairmont Police Chief Greg Brolsma calls "less than ideal." The list, compiled by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, lists six south-central counties in which 59 percent of the fatalities involved unbuckled ...

Otter Tail County is set to receive its first shipment of swine flu vaccine for the public.

Three more Minnesota residents have died from complications of the H1N1 flu, including two children less than 7 years old.