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For the second straight year, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has a Take Someone New Ice Fishing Challenge. Cayla Bendel with the Game and Fish Department talks about the contest. That fish house was donated by Runnings. Bendel tells us about last year’s contest. There’s more information on North Dakota’s Take Someone New…
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There’s new information available about an officer-involved shooting in Polk County that left one man dead. This past Tuesday, 42-year-old Lucas Gilbertson of rural East Grand Forks was killed while law enforcement was attempting to serve a warrant. The University of North Dakota’s forensic pathologist says Gilbertson died from multiple gunshot wounds. The Minnesota BCA…
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White Earth Police seized almost ten thousand doses of suspected controlled substances during the fourth quarter of 2023. According to a press release, White Earth Police seized 36.51 grams of fentanyl and heroin, 474.4 grams of methamphetamine, 78 grams of marijuana and 403 pills of various types. One tenth of a gram or one pill…
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WASHINGTON, DC—A bill co-sponsored by Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach has passed th House Ways and Means Committee. The bill, called the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, would ensure that pregnancy centers cannot be excluded or restricted from receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, funding. Fischbach says “the Department…
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The Red River Watershed Management Board is holding its legislative open house this coming Tuesday in Moorhead. RRWMB executive director Rob Sip talks about the meeting. Sip says four or five state lawmakers will attend the legislative open house. That will take place at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Moorhead.
BUXTON, ND—Wednesday’s Central Valley School Board meeting was a low key affair. Superintendent Jeremy Brandt tells us about two items that were approved. Brandt says the School Board also awarded a $500 stipend to music teacher Sam Sharpe for helping coach elementary school boys’ basketball.
Ever have to wait a long time to get a Minnesota driver’s license? A new law that took effect January 1st should help get your license sooner…as State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead explains. Kupec also says people who move to Minnesota and already have a valid driver’s license no longer have to take a…
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The Ada-Borup-West School Board has a new chair. Superintendent Aaron Cook says the change was part of the organization that takes place at the first meeting of a new calendar year. Another item of business at Tuesday’s Ada-Borup-West School Board meeting was hiring Kylie Borgen as a second grade teacher. Cook says adding a third…
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You get all sorts of questions at a job interview. Some of them make you uncomfortable. One uncomfortable question became illegal to ask in Minnesota as of January 1st. State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead tells us the question. This new law was one of several that took effect in Minnesota on New Year’s Day.