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FOSSTON, MN—Fosston will hold its 29th annual Heritage Days celebration Saturday. Bonnie Stewart tells us where the celebration is located and what’s on tap. Stewart says there will also be several artists demonstrating their crafts. The Sons of Norway will also have a tent set up from 9am to 2pm featuring Norwegian artifacts and more. …
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A group of girls from Ada-Borup-West will be holding a car wash Sunday at Lee Brothers in Ada. Avery Johnson’s FCCLA—Family, Career and Community Leaders of America—group is raising funds for their parliamentary team’s competitions. She tells us what a parliamentary team is. Sunday’s car wash will be from 4 to 7 pm at Lee…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—What happens when you have an election with no candidates? That’s something Mahnomen voters will deal with in November because no one filed to run for mayor. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says voters will have to write in their choice for Mahnomen’s next mayor. At Monday’s City Council meeting, the Council voted to…
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Do you need to stock up on water softener salt? The Fosston-Lengby Lions Club is selling tickets for its annual water softener salt delivery fundraiser. Justin Marquis of the Lions Club says they’re getting help from a group from Fosston High School. Delivery will be on October 2. Marquis says their delivery service aims to…
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This Friday’s Polk County West vs. Mahnomen/Waubun football game will now be played in Climax. The game was originally scheduled to be played in East Grand Forks, but Climax-Fisher Activities Director Mason Grimes tells R&J Sports construction on the East Grand Forks field is causing Friday’s game to be moved to Climax. The Polk County…
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Tuesday is the last day of work for Donna Hanson. She’s retiring from her position as Norman County Auditor and Treasurer. Hanson has worked for the County for 33 years. She tells us how her government career started. Hanson worked her way up to being a deputy auditor-treasurer in 1998 and was appointed to replace…
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FOSSTON, MN—There’s going to be a country music concert Friday night at the Aurora Center for the Arts in Fosston. Curtis Wayne is leader of the group Pier Country. Pier Country will perform Friday night at 7 at the Aurora Center for the Arts in Fosston.
WAUBUN, MN—A new business in Waubun had a visitor from Washington Wednesday. Dr. Basil Gooden is USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. He came to check out B & T Meats in Waubun….a meat processing plant that recently opened its retail store. B & T received a $4.1 million loan from the USDA plus a…
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McINTOSH, MN—Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill in McIntosh will host the fifth annual Hog Fest Friday through Monday. Katie Houle and Tanya Nelson talk about Hog Fest…and Tanya says there’s going to be a special visitor—Elvis. Little Bobby is Bobby Houle, Junior, who passed away in July. He recorded several blues CDs and produced them…
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Saturday is International Overdose Awareness Day. It’s a day meant to show that overdose deaths can be prevented and to acknowledge those who have died without any stigma. Kathy Nevins, a nurse practitioner with Essentia Health, says opioid overdoses are a problem…but so are overdoses of synthetic opioids. Kathy Nevins will speak more about International…
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