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BISMARCK, ND—North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong has ordered US and state flags to be flown at full staff next Monday for the inauguration of Donald Trump as President. Flags have been at half staff since December 29, following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Armstrong says, “the inauguration of a U.S. president is a…
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The University of Minnesota Extension’s annual Cow/Calf Days workshop will be held in Fosston next week. It will be held at 5:30pm at Ventures Bar and Grill in Fosston on Tuesday, January 21st. Heather Dufault with the Polk County Extension Office talks about Cow/Calf Days. Dufault tells us who should attend Cow/Calf Days. You’re asked…
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ERSKINE, MN—Win-E-Mac School Principal Casey Reierson has an idea for students to help other students: peer tutoring. Reierson says the tutoring will be offered through community education, which offers a benefit for the tutors. You can hear the Win-E-Mac School News Thursdays on KCCQ 96.7 FM.
Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session gets under way Tuesday. State Representative Jim Joy of Hawley tells R&J News about his priorities for this year. Our talk with Rep. Joy also covered an executive order Governor Tim Walz issued last week that creates a new fraud investigations unit…following the Feeding Our Future scandal where over $250 million…
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Charges against a Fargo dentist accused of stabbing a man near Fosston have been dropped. In February 2023, 51-year-old Daniel Mengedoth was charged with first and second degree assault after allegedly stabbing a 35-year-old Iowa man in the face and hands at a cabin near Fosston. Both charges against Mengedoth were dropped this week at…
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President Biden has signed into law a bill that renames the Roseau Post Office in honor of Floyd B. Olson, who was Roseau’s postmaster for 25 years. Seventh District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach called Olson “a man of faith, a family man and a true public servant.” Senator Amy Klobuchar added the legislation ensures Olson’s memory…
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Friday is Minnesota Quitters Day. It’s the second annual day set aside to urge Minnesotans to keep quitting commercial tobacco products. Michael Sheldon with the Minnesota Department of Health tells us why the second Friday in January has been dubbed Quitters Day. Sheldon says the Department of Health has set up Quit Partner, which offers…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—A Naytahwaush man has been arrested for allegedly shaking his three month old son. The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office tells R&J News they were called on December 23 about a three month old child who was being taken to Mahnomen Health Center for reportedly not breathing. Medical staff told deputies the child had suffered…
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Young basketball players from the region will be in Clearbrook Saturday for a tournament in what’s called the Snowflake League. Tiffany Kroulik, Clearbrook-Gonvick assistant activities director, talks about the Snowflake League. Kroulik says there’s quite a bit of interest in the Snowflake League. Kroulik says 83 boys and girls in grades three through six in…
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