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A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and accused of scamming a woman from Warren, Minnesota out of over $100,000 in gold bars and cash. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office says it first received information from a police officer in McKinney, Texas about Mutahir Ahmed Kahn. The Sheriff’s Office says Kahm convinced her to send him…
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The Minnesota Department of Administration has ruled the City of Fertile did not properly respond to a citizen’s request for the City’s data access policies. Back on May 23, a Fertile resident turned in a request for a copy of the City’s data access policies. By June 8, the citizen had not received a response. …
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RED LAKE FALLS, MN—The annual Red Lake Falls Summerfest gets under way Thursday and continues until Sunday. Thursday’s calendar includes family bingo at the American Legion starting at 6:30, a junior varsity boys basketball tournament starting at 4 at the Lafayette High Gym, plus a customer appreciation and cruise night car show from 5 to…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A two-year-old boy from Bagley who was drowned earlier this month has passed away. On July 14, Johnny Leavell was found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a home in Nora Township. He was airlifted to a Fargo hospital, but died July 19 at…
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New laws will take effect in Minnesota starting August 1st regarding child safety seats, booster seats and seat belts. The new law says that infants up to age 2 will need to be in a seat that faces the rear. A child at least 2 who has outgrown the rear-facing seat will have to be…
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CROOKSTON, MN—A Polk County Judge has ruled on several motions in Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against her former employer, Fair Meadow Nursing Home, the City of Fertile and Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. Polk County District Judge Ann Rasmusson ruled Tuesday on several motions that had been filed in April. Leiting filed suit against the City of…
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Three retail service stations in the region are among 16 that will receive grants from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to increase access to sales of motor fuels that contain at least 15 percent ethanol. Kenny’s Tire and Auto of Bemidji and the Sabin C Store will both receive $199,000 grants, while Station 59 in…
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In April, a team from Essentia Health-Ada went to the Dominican Republic with Haiti Eye Mission to help provide critical eye care. Angie Skyberg was one of those from Ada who made the trip. Skyberg says they were able to help many people. Skyberg tells R&J News she would be interested in making a similar…
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Left-hander Ethan Opsahl struck out 15 batters and drove in three runs with a pair of hits as the Ada A’s finished League play Sunday with a 6-4 victory over the Sabin Mets at Tony Sipe Field. After allowing a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, Ada got one back in the home…
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