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ADA, MN—There’s a new event at this year’s Norman County Fair in Ada. It’s the All-American Lumberjack Show, which will be held Thursday through Saturday at 2, 4 and 6pm. Jim Fischer, the organizer of the Lumberjack Show, tells us about the show. Fischer says if you watch the All-American Lumberjack Show, you might get…
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BEMIDJI, MN—The gym at Bemidji State University will get a makeover next year. Construction will begin next March on a renovation that will include new bleachers, a viewing room, accessibility upgrades and a new Buckingham-Baalke Court. Alumni Trent and Beth (Buckingham) Baalke are leading the fundraising drive with a one million dollar lead donation. Beth Buckingham…
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LAKE PARK, MN—A woman from Lake Park is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after her SUV collided with a tractor Tuesday morning in Lake Park. The Minnesota State Patrol says a tractor driven by 22-year-old David Bjerke of Lake Park was westbound on US Highway 10 around 8:30am and was trying to make a right turn. …
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CROOKSTON, MN—The University of Minnesota Crookston athletics department and volleyball program announced the hiring of Sarah Dryburgh as the top assistant coach for the Golden Eagles. Dryburgh, who was the head volleyball coach at Fosston High School for more than a decade, will be the top assistant for the Golden Eagles under first year head…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting covered several items. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says the Council considered an ordinance that bans parking in front of any official mailbox. The ordinance will be posted on the City of Mahnomen website for ten days and then will be considered at a future City Council meeting. …
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HALSTAD, MN—Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson said last Monday’s City Council meeting was rather quiet, as they often are in the summer. He says the biggest item was about the installation of solar panels. Johnson says the solar panels should be installed in mid-July. In other business, the Halstad City Council approved a new lease for…
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ADA, MN—Several motorcycle riders took part in Saturday’s Honoring Heroes on Wheels Run in Memory of Cody Holte. Holte is the Norman County native and Grand Forks Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty. The caravan made stops in Hillsboro, Georgetown, Felton and Twin Valley before returning to Twisted Sisters Pub 21…
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN—A sign of the times means a new sign on Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. On Friday, University officials announced a ten year partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield that renames the arena “The Barn by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.” The arena had been known as Williams Arena…
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LAKE PARK, MN—Two people were injured in a five vehicle chain reaction accident Thursday afternoon in Lake Park. The Minnesota State Patrol says four vehicles were eastbound on Highway 10 around 12:30pm Thursday and another vehicle was westbound on Highway 10. A rear-end chain reaction crash occurred at the intersection of Highway 10 and 2nd…
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ROY LAKE, MN—A one vehicle crash near Roy Lake left an elderly woman with serious injuries and two children with minor injuries. Mahnomen County Sheriff Josh Guenther says a witness called 911 Thursday after seeing a vehicle go into the ditch and hit a tree along County Road 7, about a mile north of Roy…
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