Fairmont News

Services for Raymond G. Dreke, 88, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Fairmont, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Fairmont.

Fairmont Mayor Randy Quiring called for all to remember the real reason for Memorial Day during a program at Lakeside Cemetery.

Fairmont's Alex Kopischke overcame two hurdles Thursday to reach the Section 2A individual tennis meet's singles-bracket semifinals.

With Fairmont Area Schools closing Lincoln School at the end of June, two programs that use the building will move to Winnebago.

If today's weather were a song, the classic T-Bone Walker blues jam "Stormy Monday" would do...even on a Wednesday.

When care providers take too many children, dangers multiply. Several sites of child-care deaths had been cited for capacity violations.

Heaven's Table Food Shelf began having regular open hours on Tuesday, May 15. Hours the food shelf will be open are Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5-7 p.m., and Saturday mornings from 9-11 a.m. The food shelf is located at 909 Winnebago Ave.

When care providers take too many children, dangers multiply. Several sites of child-care deaths had been cited for capacity violations.

Parents may assume their child-care providers carry liability insurance in case of an accident, but Minnesota law doesn't require it and regulators don't always track which providers have it.

What we keep hearing coming out of Fairmont Area Schools is that kids, parents and some staff are buying into the use of school-provided laptops for the freshmen class.

The Fairmont Police Department and Martin County Sheriff's Office will begin their spring "Click It or Ticket" seat belt enforcement campaign Monday.

For thousands of orphans in Uganda, the act of sleeping is dangerous. Lying for hours on broken-down, bug-infested mats leaves the children prone to poor rest and disease, translating to trouble in school.

Gerald Bergt went to Concordia Teachers College to please his father, a Lutheran school principal.

Fairmont, who made the climb from the No. 8 spot to No. 4 in this week's Class AA state baseball poll, earned the No.

Heavy truck traffic on County Road 39 west of Fairmont means the road needs to be redone, which will include closing the Interstate 90 exit.

Adam Adamson and Justin Zoch grew up watching the races at Fairmont Raceway. But unlike other boys, who imagined driving the cars, they dreamed of organizing the races.

Potter has served District 5 - the northwest corner of Fairmont and the northwest corner of the county, including Northrop and Trimont - since 2001.

Marcia Wallace began life as a small-town Iowa girl before making her name as Carol Kester on The Bob Newhart Show, and then in her Emmy award-winning role as Bart's teacher Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons." But life has not been all fame and fortune for Wallace, 69.

The city of Fairmont is taking on one major street project this summer: overlaying Woodland Avenue from Lake Park Boulevard to Fairlakes Avenue.

Last weekend, troops from the Jackson/Fairmont National Guard Red Bulls brigade came home after serving in a deployment overseas.