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HAWLEY, MN—The 65th annual Hawley Rodeo gets under way this weekend. Bull riders and the bulls, bronco busters and horses will be getting ready to compete Friday and Saturday nights at the Hawley Rodeo Grounds. Rodeo co-chair Jody Jackson says everything will be different each night. Jackson says there are plenty of activities in Hawley…
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Essentia Health announced Thursday that all the steps of diabetes testing will take place at its Fosston facility. Diabetes testing, also known as A1C testing, has been available in Fosston. But blood samples collected locally were then sent to an off-site laboratory, so it took longer to get test results. Now that analysis can take…
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A motion hearing will be held Thursday morning in the lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. Both sides have asked the Polk County Court for summary judgments in the case. Fertile is asking that the case be dismissed;…
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ST. PAUL, MN—There’s a new scam making the rounds. It’s a text message supposedly coming from the Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles…claiming that you have an outstanding traffic ticket and providing a link where you can send your payment. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety–that’s the genuine agency’s name–doesn’t use text messaging to get payment…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther is on a business trip. She tells R&J News where she’s going and why. Guenther and the Mahnomen City Council have been looking for ways to improve the look of Mahnomen’s Main Street.
AUDUBON, MN—There’s going to be a birthday party this Saturday at the Cormorant Lakes Sportsman’s Club in Audubon. Tammy Odegaard, one of the Sportsman’s Club’s directors, has details. Odegaard says there will also be door prizes, as well as meat raffles. And what kind of a birthday party would it be without games, cake and…
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The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the man from Gardner who died in a motorcycle accident over the weekend near Killdeer. 71-year-old Gene Schepp died last Saturday when he failed to make a curve on Highway 22 north of Killdeer and overturned. Schepp died from his injuries.
HILLSBORO, ND—There’s going to be a benefit in Hillsboro Saturday to benefit Carson Funk. Sara Overmoe, who works at the site of the benefit, A&R Bar, tells us about Carson. Overmoe says there will also be a silent auction and bake sale. Registration for the bean bag tournament begins at Noon Saturday, with the bean…
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A woman from Bagley was arrested after her SUV struck an Amish buggy early last Friday in Clearwater County. Court documents say Jamie Harmon intentionally rammed into the buggy while someone was inside it. The collision happened around 1:40am May 30 at the intersection of 189th Avenue and Clearwater Lake Road. A 911 caller reported…
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HILLSBORO, ND—After interviews with three finalists on Monday, the Hillsboro School Board has settled on a new principal. Hillsboro Superintendent Jon Dryburgh talks about the finalists and the selection. Dryburgh went over Theis’s experience. No word on when or how a replacement for Theis on the Hillsboro School Board will be chosen. Theis succeeds Terry…
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