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An announced candidate for the Minnesota House District 1B seat says he’ll run as a Republican. Travis “Bull” Johnson of Beltrami had considered running as a third party candidate, but announced Wednesday that he’ll run as a Republican in November’s election.. Johnson joins East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander as announced Republican candidates for the…
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Wednesday was the first day that Division 2 colleges and universities could sign high school seniors to football national letters of intent. Two teammates at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton will remain teammates at Minnesota State-Moorhead: offensive lineman Josh Dudgeon and defensive back Brody Friend. Brayden Spears, a kicker and punter from Thief River Falls, has also signed a…
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The US Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting in Redby next week about its water control plan for the Upper and Lower Red Lakes. The meeting will be at the Redby Community Center Monday, February 12 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Water managers from the Corps are updating the current water control plan…
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This coming Wednesday, February 7th, is Winter Walk Day in Minnesota. Tina Sanders, a safe kids specialist with Safe Kids Grand Forks, talks about the day. Sanders goes on to talk about the Fisher School’s plans for Winter Walk Day More than 60 Minnesota schools are expected to take part in Winter Walk Day on…
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Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is fighting back against a federal rule that would ban gas furnaces. Representative Fischbach, along with Texas Congressman Pat Fallon and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, has introduced a Congressional Review Act, or CRA, to repeal the Department of Energy’s Final Rule that would ban gas furnaces. In a statement,…
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Law enforcement has determined that a threat made against the Bagley School Thursday was unfounded. School officials posted on Facebook Thursday that they had received a report that a student was planning to bring a gun to school. The school district made a welfare check on the person who made the threat and said that…
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Two people are dead and another person was injured after a one vehicle accident early Friday morning in Mahnomen County. At 1:50am, law enforcement, EMS and fire crews responded to a crash on 270th Avenue south of 270th Street, near Beaulieu. 22-year-old Bobby Weaver of Naytahwaush and 19-year-old Aaliyah Ironcloud of Mahnomen were both pronounced…
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The Minnesota State High School League’s board of directors made a few changes at Thursday’s regular meeting. Starting with the 2025-26 school year, girls high school tennis will expand to three classes. At the State Volleyball tournaments, all eight teams will now be seeded; previously only the top five teams were seeded. And when it…
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R&J News continues to go over court documents in the legal action between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile. Leiting resigned under fire in June 2023 as administrator of the city-owned nursing home. According to court documents, Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens began questioning Fair Meadow’s operations since he…
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FOSSTON, MN—Tuesday night’s public meeting in Fosston about Essentia Health’s decision to stop delivering babies at its Fosston hospital drew about 200 people between online and in person visitors. You’ll remember in June 2022, Essentia Health-Fosston stopped labor and delivery services. Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl points out that delivering babies is part of Essentia Health’s…
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