Category Archives: Local News

The Fairmont Public Works Department started removing some of the dead geese from the shorelines of Fairmont's lakes on Wednesday. The carcasses began showing up in early December and after testing se...

Rep. Brad Finstad said he will seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026.   Finstad has represented Minnesota's 1st Congressional District since winning a special election in A...

From expanded tariffs and a potential trade war to firing USDA employees and potential cuts to Medicaid, there's a lot of news pouring out of Washington, D.C. The Minnesota Farmers Union is sponsoring...

The man accused of shooting a woman in Truman last week has been formally charged in Martin County District Court.   Thirty Two year old Kyle Johnathan Liford is charged with five felonies, inclu...

Greenfield Global is looking to sell it's ethanol plant in Winnebago. That's according to a report in the trade publication Ethanol Producer Magazine. Canada based Greenfield Global purchased the form...

The Green Plains Ethanol Plant in Fairmont has stopped operations. The plant closed at 7pm Thursday, laying off 55 employees. Green Plains had operated the plant, located at 1125 Bixby Road, since 201...

The Department of Veteran Affairs and the Faribault, Freeborn and Mower County Veterans Service Offices will host a Veterans Resource Fair and Claims Clinic on Thursday, January 23rd, providing local ...

Minnesota's 2025 Legisialative session officially began on Tuesday as Representative Bjorn Olson, R-Fairmont, and 66 other state representatives took the oath of office during a ceremony at the State ...

Samples taken by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed avian influenza in birds in southern Minnesota, although the peak infection period seems to have passed as waterfowl migrated s...

The Faribault County Recorder's Office has released the Vital Statistics Report for December 2024.  According to the report, there were 11 births in the County in December, 3 more than in 2023.&n...