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It’s curtain time for Bagley’s One Act Play group as they perform Friday morning at the State Class A One Act Play Festival in St. Paul. Last year, Bagley earned a star rating…the highest you can get at the festival. This year, Bagley will perform “The Perfect Ending.” It will be the second of eight…
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ERSKINE, MN—Friday night’s boys high school basketball game at Win-E-Mac has the Patriots taking on Fosston—while also taking on cancer. It’s the second annual Coaches versus Cancer Night at Win-E-Mac. Patriots’ assistant boys basketball coach Nate Johnson talks about the event. KKCQ Radio’s Tom Lano is also taking part in the event, starting at 3pm.…
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WASHINGTON, DC—Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach met with US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently to discuss the economic problems that sugar beet growers are facing…and to advocate for a fair share of a billion dollars of economic relief recently announced by the USDA. In a statement, Fischbach said “Our sugarbeet farmers are facing collapsing…
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LAKE PARK, MN—Two Catholic churches in Lake Park, St. Francis Xavier and St. Mary of the Lakes, are teaming up for a free community fish fry Friday night. Monsignor Mike Foltz of St. Mary of the Lakes talks about the event. Monsignor Foltz has details on Friday’s fish fry. This is the second year St.…
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Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth addressed several issues Monday during her campaign for Governor in Crookston. One of those was Minnesota’s paid leave law, which took effect in January. The Republican also supported requiring Voter ID. And she reminded voters to get out and vote in November. Demuth campaigned Monday in Crookston, Moorhead…
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BEMIDJI, MN—With the Minnesota girls high school hockey playoffs getting under way Thursday, we spoke to Bemidji State University Women’s Hockey Coach Amber Fryklund. She skated for the Hibbing/Chisholm teams that won the State Championship in 1997 and finished second in 1998. Fryklund talks about how girls high school hockey has changed over the years.
CROOKSTON, MN—The Crookston School District has named six finalists to become its new fulltime superintendent. They are Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk; South Koochiching/Rainy River Superintendent Jeremy Tammi; Tara Lere, Superintendent for the Plummer-Worley, Idaho, School District; Bemidji High School Principal and Career Academies Director Jason Stanoch; Renville County West Superintendent Brad Johnson; and Red Rock…
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BAGLEY, MN—For the ninth consecutive year, Bagley has qualified for the Minnesota Class A State One Act Play Festival Friday in St. Paul. Marilyn Hood, the play’s director, says she’s happy about qualifying for State again. Hood says she, the cast and crew will get a sendoff Wednesday afternoon as they go to the Twin…
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ST. PAUL, MN—The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and White Earth Nation have come to an agreement on natural resource management in the White Earth State Forest. At a ceremony at the State Capitol Tuesday, Governor Tim Walz and members of the White Earth Tribe sent a memorandum of understanding to formalize the long-term relationship…
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CROOKSTON, MN—Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth brought her campaign for Governor to Crookston on Monday. The Republican spoke to supporters for about an hour about changes that need to happen in the state. Demuth tells R&J News how things would be different under her leadership as Governor, as opposed to current Governor Tim…
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