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Changing Fairmont From the Ground Up

The people of Fairmont have an idea about how to make their city a better place. Actually, the people of Fairmont have several ideas. Actually, the people of Fairmont have 1,686 ideas—and they’re still coming. All those ideas are part of “Project 1590,” a citywide project that has brought together everyone from city officials to local businesses to regular citizens.

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Grace Notes

Minnesota is set to increase its minimum wage to $9.50 per hour in 2016, and start indexing to inflation in 2018. But some people are saying that’s not enough for people to survive on, instead lobbying for wages of $10 or even $15 per hour for jobs as simple as flipping burgers.

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The cost of free education

Let me tell you two stories about two vehicles that end in two very different ways. The first takes place my sophomore year of college. As I prepared to go back to school, my parents informed me that they were going to let me take their 2002 Buick Park Avenue to campus with me.

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