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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council made a renewed push to hire an administrator for the City-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home at Monday night’s Council meeting. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says the nursing home’s advisory board made a suggestion that would fill a position that’s been open since Angie Leiting resigned under duress in June 2023.…
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HILLSBORO, ND—The Hillsboro School Board voted at last Tuesday’s meeting to change the school district’s cell phone policy. Hillsboro Superintendent Jon Dryburgh explains. Dryburgh tells us there will be consequences for students who don’t follow the new cell phone policy. Dryburgh says for a third offense, an elementary school student will have to turn their…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you Friday. The pedestrian who was killed early Friday morning on Highway 59 south of Mahnomen has been identified. The Minnesota State Patrol says 40-year-old Lee Edmond Defoe of Waubun was walking southbound on Highway 59 around 6:30am Friday when he was struck and killed…
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ADA, MN—The Norman County Fairgrounds will be going to the dogs later this month. Norman County Extension educator Linda Houglum has the details. Once again, that will be Monday, July 28 at the Norman County Fairgrounds in Ada.
ADA, MN—There were four American Legion Baseball playoff games Saturday at Tony Sipe Field in Ada. The day started with Ada blanking Roseau 3-0 as Ames Fassino and Austin McCraven combined on a no-hitter. Fassino threw the first 6 ⅔ innings, with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts. McCraven moved to the mound in the top…
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The lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home Administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens has been settled. According to a letter from Leiting’s attorney, Sarah Jewell, to Polk County Judge Anne Rasmusson that was delivered Friday, a settlement agreement has been reached…and Jewell…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that a body was found in a ditch just south of Mahnomen Friday morning….the victim of what appears to be a car vs. pedestrian crash. A release from the Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of a man lying in the ditch near the intersection of…
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A woman and child from Devils Lake were injured when their SUV rear-ended a Peterbilt carrying a gravel trailer Thursday morning east of Finley. The North Dakota Highway Patrol tells R&J News the Peterbilt, driven by a 53-year-old Hillsboro man, and a SUV driven by a 31-year-old woman from Devils Lake were both northbound on…
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ADA, MN—One activity associated with Boy Scouts is camping. Coincidentally, Pat Pfund, leader of Boy Scout Troop 624 in Ada, says her Scouts just returned from a camping trip. They had a fantastic time learning about outdoor survival skills and teamwork. The Scouts are already looking forward to their next adventure.
HILLSBORO, ND—There’s a move in Hillsboro to put up a fence in Railroad Park. Terra Provost, co-owner of the Hillsboro Cafe, explains why. Provost says the fence they want to put up won’t be an ordinary chain link fence. For more information on how you can sponsor part of this fence at Hillsboro’s Railroad Park,…
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