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The 116th Clearwater County Fair in Bagley finished on Sunday. Clearwater County Fair Board member Cheryl Grover thanks everyone who attended the fair. Grover also thanks everyone who bought a fair calendar. The people who bought Clearwater County Fair calendars are also eligible to win cash prizes. Grover announced the first $500 winner on KKCQ’s…
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BEJOU, MN—Wild Rice VFW Post 1226 will be dedicating a veterans monument Tuesday night at the Bejou City Park on Highway 29. Post 1226 Commander Peter Domogalla explains how the Post got the idea to put up the veterans monument. The dedication of the VFW Post 1226 veterans monument will start at 6pm at the…
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The folks who sponsor robotics competitions in schools are having an event on Saturday. The STEM Alliance is holding a STEM Expo at Butler Arena at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in Fargo. STEM Alliance President Rory Held talks about Saturday’s event. Held says the student teams will use robots that were built for last…
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There’s going to be a special election in Polk County Tuesday. Paul Reese and Michelle Cote are running for the District 1 County Commission seat that was left vacant when Gerald (Jerry) Jacobson died on January 15. The winner of Tuesday’s election will fill the remainder of Jacobson’s term until it expires in January 2025. …
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With recreational cannabis now on sale at the White Earth Nation, R&J News had a chance to speak to White Earth Tribal Chairman Michael Fairbanks about the new enterprise. Fairbanks is proud that the cannabis the tribe sells is grown at the White Earth Nation. As for the economic impact of selling cannabis, Fairbanks didn’t…
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A railroad crossing near Perham remains closed after a train derailment late Thursday night. Shortly before midnight on Thursday, August 3rd, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a train derailment on the east side of US highway 10 near the intersection of county highway 60 in Gorman Township. There were no injuries…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—On Wednesday, August 2, the day before the White Earth Nation began selling recreational marijuana, a large amount of marijuana was seized from a Mahnomen business. Mahnomen County Sheriff Josh Guenther tells R&J News what happened. The owner of the shop, 53-year-old Todd Thompson, was not arrested. Guenther says simply belonging to the White…
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Hundreds of Red River Valley Co-op Power customers lost electricity for a brief time Thursday morning. Red River Valley Co-op Power CEO Rich Whitcomb tells us what happened. That outage happened during the 11 am hour Thursday.
Once again, REACH will be giving out school supplies and backpacks to students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Steph Schenck, family support and food pantry coordinator for REACH, tells us when and where the school supplies will be given out. Schenck says you can donate school supplies for REACH to give out. You have to…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—R&J News has been following the legalization of marijuana in Minnesota. Starting Thursday, the White Earth Nation will be selling recreational marijuana to anyone age 21 or older. The White Earth Nation also opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Mahnomen on Monday. A statement from the White Earth Nation says “this is a significant…
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