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R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier is attending the Minnesota Watersheds Annual Conference and Trade Show in Nisswa. One person he spoke to was Kim Melton, the soil health coordinator for the Red River Basin Commission. Melton says keeping the soil moist during sugar beet farming season is difficult. R&J’s Nick Revier reporting from the Minnesota…
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Ada Future Leaders is holding its annual Gifts For Youth drive for the Christmas season. Ada Future Leaders President Scott Erickson talks about Gifts For Youth. Erickson says this year’s drive is going quite well. Ada Future Leaders is accepting gift requests through Friday, December 12. If you’d like to make a cash donation, reach…
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Several girls basketball players from the region are on the Minnesota Basketball News Top 50 in each class. The Class A Top 50 includes Morgan Engel of Ada-Borup-West, Peyton Hoffman of Climax-Fisher, Fosston’s Lexi Mahlen; Greta Kuznia and Kadence White from Kittson County Central; Libby Suckert of Park Christian and Lexi Lawrence and Lydia Riskey…
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HENDRUM, MN—Young people will have a chance to get some great deals on Christmas shopping this Saturday in Hendrum. Becky Harrington is a volunteer who’s putting together the 25 Cent Sale. Harrington says there won’t be any clothes for sale Saturday, but there are plenty of other things. Harrington says the sale is for kids…
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This is Giving Tuesday—a day meant to “unleash the power of radical generosity around the world.” Cassie Visser, the Foundation Development Director for the Benedictine Foundation in Ada, talks about Giving Tuesday. Visser says the Benedictine Foundation is accepting donations on Giving Tuesday. If you’d like to donate to the Benedictine Foundation, Visser tells us…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council hired an administrator for Fair Meadow Nursing Home at a special Council meeting Monday night. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells R&J News four candidates were interviewed for the position and two finalists were then chosen. Nephew tells us about the Council’s choice. Nephew says the Council made a corresponding move…
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WASHINGTON, DC—Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach announced that over five and a half million dollars in federal funding has been approved for two projects in her district. The first is a million and a half dollars for sanitary sewer improvements in Plummer. This project will allow Plummer to modernize its sanitary sewer system and…
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ULEN, MN—The sounds of Christmas are coming to the Top Hat Theatre in Ulen. The Copper Street Brass will perform “Christmas on Copper Street” Saturday night at 7. Tim Bradley of the Copper Street Brass talks about the show. Those attending Saturday’s concert are encouraged to wear their ugliest Christmas sweaters or festive holiday attire. …
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HILLSBORO, ND—It’s not an official holiday, but the Saturday after Thanksgiving has become known as Small Business Saturday—a day when shoppers are encouraged to visit local businesses for their Christmas shopping. Jim Murphy, the executive director of the Traill County Economic Development Commission, tells us more. Murphy says there are many activities planned for downtown…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. The woman who was injured in a rollover accident early Thursday morning northeast of Hillsboro has been identified. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Theresa Custer of Hillsboro was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with serious injuries after her pickup rolled over on…
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