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If you’re planning to be in the Grand Forks area on Friday, keep this in mind. The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office and Grand Forks Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the county. Besides the sobriety checkpoint, there will also be extra patrols in Grand Forks County on Friday…
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HALSTAD, MN—The Halstad City Council moved one step closer to solving the city’s wild turkey problem. As R&J News has previously reported, people have been feeding wild turkeys in Halstad…which has led to more turkeys coming into the area and some turkeys have damaged homes. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson says at Monday’s regular meeting, the…
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FERTILE, MN—In Fertile, you have to be 16 years old with a valid driver’s license to drive an ATV, UTV or golf cart on a city street. At Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting, City Administrator Lisa Liden says the City wants to tweak that ordinance a bit. Liden says there will be a public…
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HILLSBORO, ND—One of the biggest events on this weekend’s Hillsboro Days schedule is the Draft Horse Pull, which will be Saturday afternoon at Woodland City Park. Paul Geray, the draft horse pull’s organizer, tells us what a horse pull is. Geray says draft horse pulls are featured in events like the Calgary Stampede and are…
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Mahnomen County’s annual Breakfast on the Farm will take place this Saturday, June 17 at the Steinmetz Robotic Dairy Farm northeast of Mahnomen. Jimmy Steinmetz, who owns the farm, says they’ll be serving pancakes, ham, strawberries and ice cream. And he’ll have plenty of people to prepare the food. Steinmetz says they fed between 900…
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Three candidates are running for two positions in Tuesday’s (June 13) Hillsboro School Board election. Incumbent Brooke Duval, Carly Theis and Todd Carlson are contending for the two positions. The two candidates who receive the most votes will begin three year terms on the Hillsboro School Board starting in July. Paul Kozojed, a nine year…
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Sonrise Evangelical Free Church in Ada is holding a block party on Tuesday night, June 13. Pastor Dave Ingraham of Sonrise tells us details. Ingraham says you’ll have the chance to play some games. This block party is also free of charge. The block party will be at Sonrise Evangelical Free Church at 510 West…
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The annual Gary Days celebration is coming up this weekend. Lori Thronson, one of the Gary Days organizers, says the festival will begin with a movie and music Friday night. Then from 7 to 10pm, Rhoda Habedank will sing at Who’s Place. There will be many more things going on Saturday and Sunday. We’ll go…
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June is Dairy Month…a time to remember the benefits of including dairy products in our diets. On last Saturday’s Access Health program, Alyson Fendrick of Midwest Dairy talked about why dairy products are good for us. Fendrick goes on to talk about the essentials we get from dairy foods. Another benefit from dairy foods is…
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One of the items discussed at this week’s Ada City Council meeting was hiring a reserve police officer. Ada Mayor John Hintz says the idea has merit. There was also discussion about buying a new police car for the city. No action was taken on either item and there will be further talks at the…
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