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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council discussed having their meetings televised during Monday’s monthly meeting. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells R&J News no action was taken. Nephew says the Council did take action regarding the city’s website. The Fertile City Council also discussed possibly holding an auction to dispose of surplus items.
HALSTAD, MN—Several Halstad residents approached the City Council at Monday night’s regular meeting and asked the Council for permission to raise chickens. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson tells us more: Johnson complimented the group for being organized and having an example of an ordinance used in other cities. Also at Monday’s Halstad City Council meeting, the…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday was a good day for music students at Fertile-Beltrami. Fertile-Beltrami activities director Maria Bruggeman says there was an ensemble competition Monday where several students received high marks. Bruggeman says Fertile-Beltrami also had students in choir who performed well. It should be pointed out that Fertile-Beltrami choir director Emily Giannotta just started her job…
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March is Sleep Awareness Month. Dr. Anastasia Ristau, a psychologist and director of psychotheraputics with PrairieCare in the Twin Cities, speaks about how poor sleep affects our mental health and gives advice for new parents, overnight shift workers and others who have frequently disrupted sleep schedules. For more information, visit http://Prairie-care.com
FOSSTON, MN—The Firefly Center for Art and Wellbeing in Fosston is asking for donations to support their various programs. Bonnie Stewart is the center’s vice chair. There’s more information at the Firefly Center’s website: http://FireflyCenter.org. Or you can call them at 218-209-2002.
ERSKINE, MN—Administrators at the Win-E-Mac School District are looking ahead to the next school year. Win-E-Mac Principal Casey Reierson is asking parents of children who will be five years old by September 1 to register for kindergarten or pre-school. You can get more information by calling the Win-E-Mac School office at 218-687-2236.
ERSKINE, MN—Younger students at the Win-E-Mac School have been reading a lot this week. Win-E-Mac Principal Casey Reierson has an explanation. Reierson was speaking on the Win-E-Mac School News program, which airs Thursdays at 2:05pm on KKCQ 96.7 FM.
Two people were injured when their pickups collided Thursday morning four miles south of Northwood. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a 2004 Ford F-350 driven by a 31-year-old man from Hatton was westbound on 1st Avenue SE when it ran a stop sign around 7:40am and struck a 2004 Ford F-150 driven by a…
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A licensed practical nurse at Cornerstone Residence of Fosston has been fired after an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health found neglect by that nurse. According to a public report released Wednesday, the unnamed nurse was supposed to change a resident’s catheter and documented she had done so. But an investigation by Cornerstone showed…
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