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Real Estate tax season is here and Polk county residents have until October 15th to turn in payment for their real estate taxes not classified as agriculture to the Polk County Government Center. The Center, which will be open from 8am to 4:30pm every weekday, requests payment dropoff from Polk county residents to be dropped…
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School is now fully in the thick of its return across the country and with its return comes the added danger associated with trying to cross a busy highway during the commute to and from the building. The speed limit through town has been posted at 30mph for many years now in downtown Fosston, but…
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The Fosston-Lengby Lions are bringing back their Pumpkin Extravaganza for the tenth consecutive year this October which will allow families to come by to the free event and leave with memories and new decorations for the Autumn season. The event will take place on Tuesday October the 27th at the Fosston Fire Hall and run…
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Fosston Superintendent Derek Gieseke has been busy putting together the Fosston Homecoming week and balancing the events and scheduling with the rest of the typical duties of his position. Gieseke recently spoke to R&J News for the school news program and tells us about the extremely busy time of year: Gieseke also talked about the…
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Fosston Superintendent Derek Gieseke spoke on the most recent edition of the KKCQ school news program about the big referendum that Fosston school district is hoping will get passed by the voters come November 3rd. Gieseke has already held a public meeting and has several more public events scheduled, he speaks on that here: Gieseke…
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The Northwest Minnesota Foundation has awarded $82,500 in its latest Building Better Lives Grant round, supporting nine organizations across northwest Minnesota. The awarded projects expand access to essential services, including healthcare navigation, workforce training, transportation support, economic opportunity, and inclusive community planning. The grant round received requests totaling $319,263. Applications reflected strong demand for projects…
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Win-E-Mac Activities Director Brady Langemo has been a busy man over the past week as the Patriots have been celebrating their homecoming week but he found some time yesterday to talk with R&J Broadcasting about the week’s activities: Among other school news, Langemo also talked about the ongoing competition between the classes in regards to…
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Last week at the September 16th United Day in Bemidji, members of the community gathered for a service project at Lueken’s Village Foods North and packed food. At the event the United Way officially announced that their campaign goal for this past year in their annual Campaign for the Community drive was met. Various businesses,…
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Essentia Health-Fargo is announcing a new state-of-the-art electrophysiology procedural suite. The $2 million project — which repurposed a general operating room (OR) — allows both of Essentia’s Fargo-based electrophysiologists to be in the lab doing procedures simultaneously. Previously, Essentia Health-Fargo had one EP space which limited access to these critically important procedures. With both spaces…
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