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A former lawyer from Warren who’s accused of beating his wife to death in front of their five young children, was back in court Monday following his competency evaluation. Doctors say Anders Odegard is competent to proceed. A competency evaluation was ordered for Odegaard in August. He was scheduled to be sentenced in Marshall County…
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FERTILE, MN—A church in Fertile will celebrate its 100th birthday this weekend. Concordia Lutheran Church will have a special dinner Saturday night and a special worship service Sunday morning. Elaine Erdahl is head of the committee organizing the church’s 100th anniversary. If you’d like to attend Saturday night’s catered dinner, call Concordia Lutheran Church at…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Mahnomen County residents can get rid of household hazardous waste and old electronic items for free this Thursday. The items can be dropped off at the Mahnomen County Highway Department at 1440 State Highway 200 from 2 to 6pm Thursday, Sept. 28. Assistant Mahnomen County Engineer Ryan Fielding tells us what waste items will…
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HILLSBORO, ND—Voters in Hillsboro will decide on a school referendum Tuesday. Hillsboro Public Schools is asking for an $11.8 million bond to pay for a new building near the elementary school for music classes, a high school career and tech center and consumer science classes; as well as renovations at the high school, including replacing…
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WAUBUN, MN—With many Minnesota cities and/or school districts dropping school resource officers, Mahnomen County Sheriff Josh Guenther met recently with Mahnomen School Superintendent Jeff Bisek and Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Superintendent Jordan Spaeth to talk about the issue. Spaeth tells R&J News he and his school board agree there are benefits to having a resource officer in…
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Minnesota State Community and Technical College, better known as M State, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week. M State combined the Detroit Lakes, Moorhead and Wadena campuses of the former Northwest Regional Technical College with the community college in Fergus Falls. M State President Carrie Brimhall tells us what M State is doing to…
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Last weekend, Hillsboro-Central Valley activities director Dave Nelson was inducted into the Mayville State University Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame. Nelson spoke to R&J News’ Joe Lancello about the honor. And we at R&J Broadcasting extend our congratulations to Dave Nelson on this honor.
There’s a new face on the Waubun-Ogema-White Earth School Board. Superintendent Jordan Spaeth says a move was made at Wednesday’s school board meeting. In other business Wednesday, the Waubun-Ogema-White Earth School Board hired Kelly Arthur for a human resources position. She replaces Josh Kent, who became a business education teacher in the district.
The Traill County Historical Society is holding its annual Fall Festival on Saturday. LeAnn Beck, the historical society’s curator, says there will be plenty to see and do. The Fall Festival is at the Traill County Historical Society Heritage Park in Hillsboro, south of the Goose River Bank.
All this week, R&J News has been talking about National Farm Safety and Health Week. This year’s theme is “No One Can Take Your Place.” Today, we wrap up our series with Friday’s theme: brain health. Megan Schossow is outreach director for the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center. You can find the webinars…
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