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MAHNOMEN, MN—At Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the Council approved its preliminary tax levy for 2025. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther has the news. Guenther and Council members said they’d like the final levy to be around 5 to 6 percent. That final levy will be determined in December. Guenther says there is concern about…
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ADA, MN—An adult male was injured after an ATV accident Monday northeast of Ada. The Norman County Sheriff’s Office tells R&J News the accident happened on 210th Avenue, northeast of Ada around Noon. The victim, who has been identified only as an adult male, was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
FOSSTON, MN—The new school year has begun and with it come new staff members at Fosston’s Magelssen Elementary School. Magelssen Principal Dan Boushee introduces us to the new teachers on the block. Meanwhile, Boushee says students have been busy with assessment tests. Boushee appeared on KKCQ’s Fosston School News program.
The Minnesota DNR will partially draw down the water level of Lake Bronson, in Kittson County, beginning next week. The partial drawdown, which will reduce the water level by four feet, is necessary to allow DNR engineers to inspect the Lake Bronson Dam and ensure it will be ready if there’s extra fall precipitation. This…
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Climax-Shelly Principal Lucas Soine tells us about the goings on at Climax-Shelly.
Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A special master has been appointed in the lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Mayor Dan Wilkens and Fair Meadow–which is owned by the City of Fertile. You’ll remember a year ago, Leiting sued the…
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Fall doesn’t officially start for another ten days. But one of Minnesota’s favorite fall activities will be here very soon—looking at the fall colors. Sara Berhow, the Minnesota DNR’s public relations supervisor for parks and trails, tells us the leaves should start to change colors in a few days. Berhow will talk more about fall…
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HALSTAD, MN—On Monday night, the Halstad City Council took the first step toward putting a hold on cannabis-related businesses in the city. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson: The second reading of that moratorium ordinance will be at the Halstad City Council’s October meeting. Also at Monday night’s meeting, the Council set its preliminary budget levy for…
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White Earth Police rescued two people from Lower Rice Lake Wednesday morning. Police say they have responded to several incidents, involving lost individuals in the area, in the past 24 hours. Police weren’t able to find the missing people using drones, loud speakers and other search methods. They were found with an airboat later, near…
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