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A snow emergency has been declared in Mahnomen. City Administrator Taylor Vonderhaar has the details. Once again, Mahnomen’s snow emergency goes into effect at midnight Tuesday and continues through Saturday morning…meaning no parking on city streets.
This school year is the first that Norman County East sponsored a competitive e-sports team. It turns out there are some good gamers at NCE as the Titans won a state championship over the weekend in Grand Forks. Nick Hanson is the team’s coach. Kane Skow talks about the team’s triumphs. Another team member, Riker…
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GARY, MN—The Gary Fire Department is having its annual fundraiser this coming Friday night. Gary Fire Chief Buck Engen says there will be many great prizes available. Engen has more about the Gary Firemen’s Game Night. There’s more information on the Gary Firemen’s Game Night on the Gary Event page on Facebook.
Five teams from the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference will participate in next month’s Minnesota State Robotics Championship. The final statewide rankings were released Sunday, with Pequot Lakes and Warroad qualifying as the top two teams in Region 8. Three other teams have qualified for State by the overall statewide rankings: Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Perham (pictured) and…
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Five teams from the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference will participate in next month’s Minnesota State Robotics Championship. The final statewide rankings were released Sunday, with Pequot Lakes and Warroad qualifying as the top two teams in Region 8. Three other teams have qualified for State by the overall statewide rankings: Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Perham (pictured) and…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J Broadcasting has been following. The Mahnomen water plant is running again after a broken part Sunday caused a shutdown. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Vonderhaar says things were fixed around 1:30 Monday afternoon. Vonderhaar went on to say there was never a need for a boil water order…
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During an interview on Friday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB, Minnesota State Senator Mark Johnson talked about trying to get a bonding bill passed in the Legislature. Johnson says this means negotiations on a budget bill will have to go back to the drawing board.
There’s still time for high school seniors to apply for a college scholarship. The Laural Capistran Murphy Scholarship was established by her friends and family to recognize her commitment to the 4-H program and her belief in volunteering and community involvement. Sheila Capistran, Laural’s mother, says being involved in 4-H will help your application. Capistran…
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State and federal lawmakers enjoy meeting with their constituents. Minnesota State Senator Mark Johnson of East Grand Forks says a meeting this week with visitors from Warroad made his week. Senator Johnson was speaking on Friday’s Kaleidoscope program. Kaleidoscope airs weekday mornings at 9 on KRJB.
Farmers are going to have to wait to get their spring planting started. NDAWN Director Daryl Ritchison tells R&J Broadcasting he doesn’t think this year’s planting season will start as late as last year’s. Ritchison also says it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing a long stretch of average temperatures in the near future. Remember,…
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