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Bagley High School will be holding its annual Veterans Day Program and Luncheon on Wednesday, November 11th at 9:15 A.M. in the Bagley High School gymnasium, and the Bagley High School’s Student Council is planning to make this year’s program their most patriotic and ambitious to date. All veterans and active duty military members along…
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Fosston Superintendent Derek Gieseke recently spoke with R&J News regarding the Halloween slate of events that include the school’s tailgate and football games that led directly into Trick or Treating in the town and what’s on the calendar coming up in early November. Here is what Gieseke had to say about Saturday’s lineup. Gieseke also…
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With colder weather arriving, Minnesotans are encouraged to check whether they qualify for heating assistance. Energy Assistance Program director Michael Schmtiz says it helps income-eligible households pay heating and energy bills during the winter months. Minnesota’s Energy Assistance Program helps more than 100,000 households each year. Schmitz says higher heating costs and colder temperatures make…
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Bemidji State University was one of the Minnesota universities listed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system that would receive assistance via the money redistribution designed to help struggling universities in 2028.Bemidji State qualified for the assistance thanks in large part to the project put in place to move Northwest Technical College onto the…
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The Book Fair is coming to the Win-E-Mac school district on November 6th-12th at the Win-E-Mac school library before and after school during conferences.Parent-Teacher conferences will also be taking place the evening of November 12th and the Fair will be open to explore for anyone already at the school for that. Brady Langemo, Activities Director…
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On October 20, 2026, students from across Polk, Norman, and Mahnomen counties gathered atthe University of Minnesota Crookston for the Second Annual PNM Youth Leadership Summit.The day was an exciting opportunity for youth to connect with peers, build leadership skills,share ideas, and explore ways to prevent substance use and make a positive difference in theirschools…
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Polk County residents are fast approaching the deadline for second half of real estate taxes for properties classified as agriculture, which are payable now and due by the deadline date of November 16th. Payments will be payable to the Polk County Government Center in the Taxpayer Service Center from 8am to 4:30pm every weekday. Payments…
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The Hallmark Channel recently released its list for the top 25 Christmas Towns across the United States with the winner even be announced to have a Hallmark Christmas Movie to be filmed there. The contest received over 1,500 submissions from various towns around the country and the submissions were accompanied by a 500 word essay…
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Nicole Kiesow, a PA-C at Headwaters Health, recently spoke to R&J News about what October awareness campaigns have meant to improve health across the country and what the big focuses were through October including the most famous campaign, Breast Cancer Awareness. Kiesow also spoke about Headwaters Health’s involvement in October as Mens Health awareness month.…
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Highway 59 south of Erskine will be closed for the next couple of weeks as of yesterday as emergency repairs begin on a section of shoulder for the road near Lake Bensen. Crews are scheduled to repair a section of the roadway embankment that has started eroding away and they will be installing deeper sheet…
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