3 days ago · FAIRMONT — Shirley M. Cochran went to be with the Lord on Jan. 27, 2025, at the age of 96 in Fairmont, Minn. Shirley was born Aug. 1, 1928, to Donald and Lucille Erickson in Rockford, Illi. She was six years old when her grandmother Hilda Erickson took her to Sunday School at the Swedish […]

4 days ago · FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Cardinals put on a solid defensive showing against the Marshall Tigers Monday night in a 5-1 loss. With a reconfigured line the Cardinals looked the most promising performance of the season thus far. Fairmont head coach Dylan VanBrocklin said the effort by his Cardinals, who dropped to 0-16 on the year […]

ELMORE — Memorial Service for Michael “Mike” C. Terhark, 73, of Elmore, Minn., formerly of Fairmont, Minn., will be 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Inurnment with military honors will be in Riverview Cemetery in Elmore at a later date.

Dec 26, 2024 · FAIRMONT— Once she got bit by the travel bug, Elizabeth Vineyard started checking destinations off her list. Last month she just reached an accomplishment as she visited her 50th state, Hawaii, for her 50th birthday. Vineyard grew up in Texas but had family in both New York and Florida so she did a little traveling […]

4 days ago · FAIRMONT – In the second meeting of the season between the Fairmont Cardinals and the Belle Plaine Tigers, Fairmont was able to sweep the series, first with a 54-40 victory and in the Tuesday night game taking a 61-44 win, moving to 13-5 overall and 9-4 in conference play. “We started off well,” said Fairmont […]

Nov 16, 2024 · FAIRMONT— The Fairmont Opera House (FOH) is deep in fundraising efforts and currently capitalizing off of early giving ahead of Give to the Max Day, which is Nov. 21. In late July, the Opera House launched its fundraising campaign and at that time announced that $4 million was needed by the end of 2025 in […]

Nov 9, 2024 · Co-Director Sarah Gudahl said it took two weeks just to hammer out the casting. Usually, they alternate between a classic and a modern. While they did a classic in “Wizard of Oz” last year, Gudahl said they decided to do a second classic this year. “We look at who we have coming back from senior class, what talents they have, who they are as people, and then we try to find shows that fit ...

Nov 19, 2024 · FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council met on Monday evening and Administrator Matt Skaret was absent, though in approving the consent agenda, the council approved the minutes from the Nov. 7 meeting which was a six month performance evaluation for the administrator which was held in closed session. That meeting ran from 5 to 7:15 p.m. […]

FAIRMONT — Funeral services for Ardella H. Nagel, 96, of Story City, Iowa, formerly of Fairmont, Minn., will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial will be following the service in Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery in Fairmont. Visitation will be one hour prior to the time of […]

Dec 18, 2024 · FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss allegations against three individual council members. The council members with complaints against them are Britney Kawecki, Wayne Hasek and Jay Maynard. Per state statute, the council members with complaints against them had the opportunity to hold the discussion in closed session. […]