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ADA, MN—Ada-Borup-West and Win-E-Mac School Superintendent Aaron Cook visited the State Capitol in St. Paul Tuesday with other school officials from around the state. The goal was to express their concerns to state lawmakers. Cook says one concern dated back to the 2023 legislative session. Another concern Cook has is with Minnesota’s paid family medical…
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BUXTON, ND—The Central Valley School Board received some good news at Wednesday’s monthly meeting. Superintendent Jeremy Brandt shares that news. You might remember Jack Knudsvig was the Central Valley student who was seriously injured in a car/train collision last September. Brandt also reported that the Central Valley School Board gave him a satisfactory rating on…
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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
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.
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—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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