23+ hour, 45+ min ago  (609+ words) NEW ULM " A wide slice of humanity saluted and held hands over their hearts from Bloomington to New Ulm on Friday as the Willibald Bianchi welcome home procession brought him home 85 years after he left to to serve gallantly in…...

19+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1014+ words) FAIRMONT " Any thoughts of off-season rust for the 2026 Fairmont flag football team were out the window immediately, specifically, on the fourth play from scrimmage. Fairmont finished Week One of the season splitting the two contests. They started the afternoon by…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (425+ words) NEW ULM " Fairmont native and author Ross Bernstein had a long seven days last week before speaking at the 72nd Annual New Ulm Club Athletic Banquet last Saturday at Martin Luther College. "This last week was rough " I had speaking engagements…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (672+ words) WELCOME " Martin County West's Friday afternoon victory over Nicollet came at the hands of two freshmen. Kade Fennern held onto MCW's one-run lead and wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning. In return, Kaleb Kennedy gave his…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (808+ words) MARTIN COUNTY " Students from multiple FFA groups in Martin County made their talents known and found success at the State FFA competitions earlier this week. Fairmont brought 18 students to state, which ag teacher Nick Pease said was a bit down…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1450+ words) ABOVE: Deb Barnes, Administrator at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont, is retiring next week after a dozen years of service to the campus and community. FAIRMONT" Deb Barnes, administrator of Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont, is…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (690+ words) FAIRMONT " One phrase to use when describing Fairmont softball's effort during Thursday afternoon's doubleheader matchup against Redwood Valley is battling through adversity. On top of the Game 1 intermission caused by peculiar weather patterns, the home team was forced to score…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (607+ words) FAIRMONT " Though lightning postponed the game for nearly an hour, the Fairmont Cardinals kept their eye on the ball en route to a 13-0 win in five innings over Waseca. The game was moved up to 4: 30 to get in as much…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (873+ words) ABOVE: Jason Baker, Fairmont's new city administrator, pictured in his office at city hall. Baker just started with the city earlier this week. FAIRMONT" Jason Baker is just finishing his first week as Fairmont's city administrator. Baker comes most recently…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1305+ words) There's a growing impulse in American politics to blame the free market" and the technologies it produces" for every bout of economic indigestion, as if a shadowy cabal of innovators is deliberately dismantling the middle-class way of life. That impulse…...