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Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan will be in East Grand Forks Thursday afternoon. Flanagan, who is also running for US Senate in 2026, will speak at a meeting of the Polk and Red Lake County DFL. This meeting will be at the VFW in East Grand Forks with doors opening at 2:45pm.
FERTILE, MN—Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting featured discussion of two familiar topics. One was the lack of a permanent administrator for the city-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says there haven’t been many candidates for the job coming in from HDG, the search firm the City hired well over a year…
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Sugar beet growers are starting to plant this year’s crop. According to American Crystal Sugar as of Monday, 553 acres have been planted in the Hillsboro area, with another 264 acres planted in Crookston and 208 in East Grand Forks. A thousand acres in total may sound like a lot, but growers for American Crystal…
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FARGO, ND—Three people were injured after a collision between a motorcycle and a car Saturday night in Fargo. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened around 7:30 Saturday night. A motorcycle driven by 20-year-old Avery Quiner of Moorhead was going east on 52nd Avenue South and approaching the intersection of 31st Street South. A…
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ADA, MN—Dozens of students from across the region attended the Good Student Award banquet Sunday at Ada-Borup-West School. These students had received R&J Broadcasting’s Good Student Award during the current school year. Jacobson Body Shop, the presenting sponsor, presented a $750 scholarship to senior Isaiah Wright of Fertile-Beltrami. Isaiah tells R&J News why he thinks…
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LENGBY, MN—With Easter coming up next Sunday, there will be opportunities for kids to go Easter Egg hunting. The Lengby Improvement Club held its first Easter Egg hunt last year…and Kayla Heller with the Improvement Club says the response was so great, they’re holding another one this year. Heller tells us how Lengby’s Easter Egg…
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WASHINGTON, DC—This week, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach was able to speak to US Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer about the sugar program and export markets. Greer told Fischbach and other members of the House Ways and Means Committee there are possible trade partners for the US. Fischbach told Ambassador Greer that it’s important for farmers to…
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BISMARCK, ND—North Dakota’s spring turkey hunting season begins Saturday. And with that comes a reminder from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department about the risk of fire danger during the spring. Levi Jacobson, wildlife resource management supervisor for Game and Fish in Bismarck, tells us why there’s high potential for wildfires. Jacobson says there’s…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A teenage boy from Bagley who ran away earlier this week has been found safe. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says 16-year-old Chase Allen Ronning has been located and is safe. You’ll remember Ronning ran away from his home in rural Bagley on…
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R&J News wraps up its series on Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota. Friday’s focus is on extreme heat. Norman County Emergency Management Director Garry Johanson says he’s concerned about a warm summer. When the temperature gets into the 90s and above, it’s important to stay hydrated and take breaks in the shade or indoors. …
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