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A woman from Mahnomen was injured Wednesday afternoon after a two vehicle accident in Norman County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a pickup driven by 39-year-old Kyle Bushelle of Bemidji was going west on Highway 200 around 12:45pm when it collided with a SUV driven by 58-year-old Karen Ahmann of Mahnomen at the intersection of…
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It’s Thanksgiving Day and there’s going to be a great deal of cooking going on in many households. We’d all like our Thanksgiving meal to be remembered as delicious..and not as something that gave us food poisoning. Dr. Julie of the Florida Wellness Institute has some advice on how to avoid food borne illness. Dr.…
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ADA, MN—If you’re alone this Thanksgiving and want to share a meal with other community members, Grace Lutheran Church in Ada will be serving a meal that’s free will offering. Abby Korte is the Grace Lutheran Fellowship Board Chair. Korte says Grace Lutheran has had good turnouts in the past. Again, that’s from noon until…
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Members of West Central Ag Services have approved the sale of their cooperative to CHS Inc. The $225 million deal is expected to close within 30 days. WCAS is based in Ulen and has 14 locations in northwest Minnesota. Arthur Companies made a last minute bid for the company, but the WCAS board chose to…
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Students at Clearbrook-Gonvick Elementary School were collecting food for the local food shelf last week. Tiffany Kroulick tells us how much food was collected. Kroulick thanks the community for supporting the food drive. You can hear the latest news from the Clearbrook-Gonvick School District Tuesday afternoons at 2:05 on KKCQ 96.7 FM.
ERSKINE, MN—There’s a free Thanksgiving meal available in Erskine Thursday at the Erskine Community Center. Erin Green, who is organizing the meal, says she’s looking for people willing to deliver Thanksgiving meals. Green tells us how far they will go to deliver a Thanksgiving Day meal. You can call or text 218-280-2992 if you’d like…
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FOSSTON, MN—A dispute between the City of Fosston and Essentia Health over services to be provided reached a boiling point Tuesday. At a special City Council meeting, the Fosston City Council voted unanimously to terminate its 2009 agreement between the City, Essentia Health and First Care Medical Services. In a written statement, the City and…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. You’ll remember back on November 4, a father and his five sons were seriously burned in an explosion and fire at a storage unit north of Bagley. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson has an update on their conditions. The boys range in age from…
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FOSSTON, MN—Essentia Health-Fosston is hosting its 20th annual Tree Walk for Hospice on Sunday. Shannon Netland, home care and hospice manager at Essentia Health-Fosston, tells us about the Tree Walk. The Tree Walk runs from 10am until 1pm at Magelssen Elementary School in Fosston. Before the Tree Walk, the Fosston-Lengby Lions Club will provide a…
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FOSSTON, MN—Back on Halloween, the Fosston and Fertile-Beltrami football teams met for the Section championship. Officials from both schools made a friendly wager on the game’s outcome. Fertile-Beltrami won the game…and this past Thursday, Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk and High School Principal Don Donarski, paid off the bet, as Selk explains. Selk told this story…
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