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You may not know it, but Monday is a holiday. June 19th, also known as Juneteenth, is a federal holiday….which means you won’t have mail delivered, federal offices will be closed and most banks will also be closed. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says Juneteenth is now a state holiday, too. Liden says Juneteenth will…
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HILLSBORO, ND—One of Saturday’s attractions at Hillsboro Days is the draft horse pull. Paul Geray, who’s organizing the horse pull, says the horses that will be competing aren’t Clydesdale size, but they’re still pretty big. The draft horse pull takes place Saturday at 1pm at Woodland City Park. Geray suggests you bring a lawn chair…
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GARY, MN—Saturday, June 17 is going to be a busy day in Gary…with the annual Gary Days taking place. Lori Thronson with Gary Days says there will be a kiddie parade at 10:30am and the GGary Days Parade at 11am. You can register for the kiddie parade at 10am at the Gary Park and for…
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HILLSBORO, ND— Thursday is the first day of Hillsboro Days, which runs through Sunday. Dave Thomas, president of the Hillsboro Vets Club, says the Vets will be active in Hillsboro Days. Hillsboro Days kicks off Thursday with free hot dogs and root beer floats at Dakota Heritage Bank from 11:30am to 1pm. There’s a farmers…
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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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