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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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MAHNOMEN, MN—At Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the Council approved three measures in advance of the city’s Wild Rice Days. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther explains. Wild Rice Days in Mahnomen will be August 24.
Two people from Bemidji have been indicted for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in and around the Red Lake Indian Reservation. According to court documents, 28-year-old Derek Jon Paddy and 20-year-old Robyn Lea Lussier conspired to distribute fentanyl between October 2023 and November 2023. On November 2, 2023, the two were found in possession of more…
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CASSELTON, ND—North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is among those who will take part in a ribbon-cutting at the North Dakota Soybean Processors’ new Soybean Crush Plant in Casselton Wednesday. The new facility has a 125,000 bushel per day capacity and will produce soybean oil, soybean meal and soyhull pellets. It’s estimated the plant will produce…
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Last week on KKCQ’s “Food For Thought” program, Chet Carlson with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department spoke about the course of study one would need to get into law enforcement. Here’s Carlson’s recommendation. A new Polk County Deputy, Titan Engen, recently completed his schooling at Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls.