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LAKE PARK, MN—A woman from Lake Park is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after her SUV collided with a tractor Tuesday morning in Lake Park. The Minnesota State Patrol says a tractor driven by 22-year-old David Bjerke of Lake Park was westbound on US Highway 10 around 8:30am and was trying to make a right turn. …
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CROOKSTON, MN—The University of Minnesota Crookston athletics department and volleyball program announced the hiring of Sarah Dryburgh as the top assistant coach for the Golden Eagles. Dryburgh, who was the head volleyball coach at Fosston High School for more than a decade, will be the top assistant for the Golden Eagles under first year head…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting covered several items. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says the Council considered an ordinance that bans parking in front of any official mailbox. The ordinance will be posted on the City of Mahnomen website for ten days and then will be considered at a future City Council meeting. …
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HALSTAD, MN—Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson said last Monday’s City Council meeting was rather quiet, as they often are in the summer. He says the biggest item was about the installation of solar panels. Johnson says the solar panels should be installed in mid-July. In other business, the Halstad City Council approved a new lease for…
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ADA, MN—Several motorcycle riders took part in Saturday’s Honoring Heroes on Wheels Run in Memory of Cody Holte. Holte is the Norman County native and Grand Forks Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty. The caravan made stops in Hillsboro, Georgetown, Felton and Twin Valley before returning to Twisted Sisters Pub 21…
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN—A sign of the times means a new sign on Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. On Friday, University officials announced a ten year partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield that renames the arena “The Barn by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.” The arena had been known as Williams Arena…
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LAKE PARK, MN—Two people were injured in a five vehicle chain reaction accident Thursday afternoon in Lake Park. The Minnesota State Patrol says four vehicles were eastbound on Highway 10 around 12:30pm Thursday and another vehicle was westbound on Highway 10. A rear-end chain reaction crash occurred at the intersection of Highway 10 and 2nd…
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ROY LAKE, MN—A one vehicle crash near Roy Lake left an elderly woman with serious injuries and two children with minor injuries. Mahnomen County Sheriff Josh Guenther says a witness called 911 Thursday after seeing a vehicle go into the ditch and hit a tree along County Road 7, about a mile north of Roy…
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Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach and three other Minnesota Republicans are calling on Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign. Fischbach, along with Representatives Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber and Brad Finstad sent a letter to Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison demanding they resign immediately. This after a report from the…
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Challenger Jacob McArthur defeated incumbent Michael “Mike” LaRoque to win the White Earth secretary-treasurer position. McArthur received 1065 votes to 664 for LaRoque. There were also two races for seats on the White Earth Tribal Council. In District 1, incumbent Henry G. Fox received 198 votes to defeat challenger Andy “Jack” Auginaush, who had 185…
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