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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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HAWLEY, MN—The Clay County landfill in Hawley is accepting empty pesticide containers this week through Friday. Shannon Thompson with Clay County Solid Waste says all containers must be rinsed three times before being brought in. Thompson says containers up to 55 gallons are accepted and this container collection is only for agricultural containers, not residential. …
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There’s going to be a community gathering at Ada-Borup-West School this coming Wednesday evening…where everyone is invited to meet at the flagpole and pray. Ada resident Josh Visser talks about the event. There was a similar gathering at Ada-Borup-West last year before school started. Visser says there was a good turnout last year. Visser says…
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A man from Fisher has been charged for allegedly sending sexual messages to a teen girl. One charge of luring minors by computer has been filed in Traill County Court against Kyle Jon Ness. Court records say a woman contacted the sheriff’s office in January 2024 after discovering messages between Ness and her daughter. Court…
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WHITE EARTH, MN—The White Earth Nation is hosting a new event Tuesday afternoon. The White Earth Apple Festival will be held at the White Earth Community Center from 2:30 to 5:30 pm. Maria Satz, community extension coordinator at White Earth Tribal and Community College, tells us how the Apple Festival came to be. There will…
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Most everyone likes to take pictures of their kids on the first day of a new school year…..and then post those pictures on social media. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson says posting those back to school pictures may not be such a good idea. Sheriff Halverson was a guest on KKCQ’s Food For Thought program…
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