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SHELLY, MN—On Monday night, the Shelly City Council looked at photos of dilapidated properties in town and decided action needed to be taken. Shelly Mayor Ron Cakebread says four properties in town will be getting written notice to clean up. The Shelly City Council also received the results of an audit. Cakebread says financially things…
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FOSSTON, MN—Essentia Health in Fosston is going to have a new hospital administrator. Last week, First Care Medical Services Board Chair Bob Overmoe was told that administrator Callen Weispfenning would be let go as of last Friday, June 28. Weispfenning has been administrator at Essentia Health Fosston for two years. No reason for the change…
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CROOKSTON, MN—One man is dead after a shooting late Sunday night in Crookston. Crookston Police were called to the Care and Share homeless shelter around 11:45pm for a report of a fight. When officers arrived, they found a man who would not respond to the officers. Less lethal ways were used to subdue the man,…
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The Essentia Health EMS teams from Ada, Fosston and Detroit Lakes have received EMS Clinical Excellence Awards from the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for providing exceptional clinical care in 2023. Joe Newton is emergency medical services senior director for Essentia Health. This is the second consecutive year that Essentia Health Ada and Fosston have…
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With July 4th just around the corner, people are excited about seeing fireworks. Sometimes in their excitement, people can get carried away and get injured….or even killed. Clearwater County Chief Deputy Vern Wittenberg reminds us to be safe. Out of control fireworks have been known to set homes on fire. Wittenberg also says you shouldn’t…
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FOSSTON, MN—The Fosston Police Department has had a place where you could drop off old and unused prescription medications. Fosston Police Chief Phil Juve says that drop box has a new location The drop box will be available during Nord’s regular business hours. Chief Juve was a guest on KKCQ’s Food For Thought program.
ADA, MN— The Ada A’s won their sixth consecutive game Friday night, defeating Fosston 13-1 in 7 innings at Tony Sipe Field. The A’s used two doubles, an error and a walk to take a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Fosston got on the board in the third inning as Bryer Strem scored on…
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June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Hanna Bryan, an occupational therapist at Benedictine Living Community, says Alzheimer’s is a difficult disease for both the person suffering with it and that person’s family. There will be more on Alzheimer’s Awareness Month Saturday morning at 8 on Access Health on KRJB and KRJM Radio.
Summerfest in Clearbrook is continuing Friday and Saturday has many activities planned. Lucie Thompson is Clearbrook City Clerk. Then on Saturday afternoon, there will be bounce houses, free open swim and a bike drawing. There will be dinner and family bingo at the Clearbrook Community Center, and finally, music by Pete Garcia at 8pm at…
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In the final part of our week-long series with Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach, she talks about keeping tax cuts in place. When President Joe Biden was running for President in 2020, he said he would not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year. In his current campaign, Biden has talked…
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