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The City of Fertile filed defense motions Friday in its upcoming court case regarding the dismissal of Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting last June. Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens, City Administrator Lisa Liden, and Council Members Amanda Bosman, Mary Kiefert, Todd Wise and Matthew Massman have all signed affidavits saying they “have great respect…
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Ada-Borup-West School has announced its students of the month for January. Macie Cavett from grade 12, Kiera Hegreberg in grade 11, Nayeli Prunenda is the 10th grade student of the month, Payton Eggen in grade 9, Mick Wilson in grade 8, Reagan Monk in grade 7 and the 6th grade student of the month at…
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Republicans in Minnesota’s Congressional delegation aren’t happy with the idea that the North Star State becomes a sanctuary state. This week, DFL lawmakers in St. Paul pushed for passage of The North STAR Act, which would protect rights of illegal immigrants by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agents. The bill would also…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A new judge has been appointed to hear Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against the City of Fertile. Judge Jeffrey Remick was originally assigned the case in Polk County Court. But in papers filed this week, Remick recused himself. Judge Corey Harbott was assigned the case,…
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An announced candidate for the Minnesota House District 1B seat says he’ll run as a Republican. Travis “Bull” Johnson of Beltrami had considered running as a third party candidate, but announced Wednesday that he’ll run as a Republican in November’s election.. Johnson joins East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander as announced Republican candidates for the…
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Wednesday was the first day that Division 2 colleges and universities could sign high school seniors to football national letters of intent. Two teammates at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton will remain teammates at Minnesota State-Moorhead: offensive lineman Josh Dudgeon and defensive back Brody Friend. Brayden Spears, a kicker and punter from Thief River Falls, has also signed a…
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The US Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting in Redby next week about its water control plan for the Upper and Lower Red Lakes. The meeting will be at the Redby Community Center Monday, February 12 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Water managers from the Corps are updating the current water control plan…
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Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is fighting back against a federal rule that would ban gas furnaces. Representative Fischbach, along with Texas Congressman Pat Fallon and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, has introduced a Congressional Review Act, or CRA, to repeal the Department of Energy’s Final Rule that would ban gas furnaces. In a statement,…
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This coming Wednesday, February 7th, is Winter Walk Day in Minnesota. Tina Sanders, a safe kids specialist with Safe Kids Grand Forks, talks about the day. Sanders goes on to talk about the Fisher School’s plans for Winter Walk Day More than 60 Minnesota schools are expected to take part in Winter Walk Day on…
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Law enforcement has determined that a threat made against the Bagley School Thursday was unfounded. School officials posted on Facebook Thursday that they had received a report that a student was planning to bring a gun to school. The school district made a welfare check on the person who made the threat and said that…
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