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FERTILE, MN—The City of Fertile will be buying more land for the city’s airport. At Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting, the Council approved buying land near the airport’s runway. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden explains. It will cost $67,100 to acquire the land, but the City’s share will only be just over $3355, with…
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Today is Election Day in Minnesota. Polls are open from 7am until 8pm with primary elections for US Senate and the House of Representatives. Here are polling places in the area: In Ada, you can cast ballots at Sonrise Church at 520 1st Avenue West. In Hendrum, at the Civic Center at 309 Main Street…
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The Ada A’s are back in Hibbing Saturday for the resumption of the Region 10C baseball tournament. The A’s will take on Detroit Lakes in a 1pm game. While the A’s defeated Detroit Lakes 11-1 back in June, A’s Coach Mike Erickson says every game tells a different story. Erickson was asked how the A’s…
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For years, health professionals have been telling us fast food isn’t the best nutrition for our bodies. Now a doctor from Florida is saying you get dehydrated just minutes after you start to eat a fast food meal. Dr. Julie Gatza is with the Florida Wellness Institute. Dr. Julie will talk about the effects of…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. There was a status conference this week regarding Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. You’ll remember Leiting resigned her job as Fair Meadow administrator under pressure in August 2023. At the status conference,…
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DETROIT LAKES, MN—Thursday is Senior Citizens Day at the Becker County Fair in Detroit Lakes. There will be a Senior Citizens Awards Program at 12:30 in the tent. There will be 4-H shows throughout the morning. Musically speaking at the tent, Imaginik will play from 1 until 6 and Rachel Inairo performs at 7. Wojo’s…
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The dates for North Dakota’s early Canada Goose season have been set….with bag limits and licensing requirements the same as last year. Opening day will be August 15 in all three zones. Closing dates are September 7 in the Missouri River zone, September 15 in the western zone and September 20 in the eastern zone. …
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The 130th Becker County Fair opens Wednesday in Detroit Lakes. Becker County Fair Board President Travis Schauer tells us what’s new at this year’s fair. Schauer says there’s something else new this year. There are three volleyball tournaments on tap for Wednesday. A teen sand volleyball tournament at 2:30pm, an adult sand volleyball tournament at…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. Thompson High School’s Addison Sage and her Sanford Under 16 basketball team from Sioux Falls recently competed in a national tournament in Rock Hill, South Carolina. While her team went one and four in the tournament, Sage says she benefited from the experience. We…
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ADA, MN— The Ada A’s stayed alive in the Region 10C baseball playoffs with a 7-3 victory over Hawley Tuesday night at Tony Sipe Field. Hawley scored twice in the first inning…Ada responded with a run in the second and tied the game 2-2 in the fourth on Nick Johnson’s home run to right. The…
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