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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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Two members of Congress from Minnesota have re-introduced a bill that aims to support hospital-based nursing schools. Representatives Michelle Fischbach and Angie Craig, along with Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood, have re-introduced the Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act. Fischbach says the bill will allow federal nursing and allied health students to receive training in rural…
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A nun from Moorhead who lived over a hundred years ago is being considered for sainthood. Sister Annella Zervas was born in Moorhead in 1900. A letter from the Diocese of Crookston was sent to the Vatican on her behalf. Father David Baumgartner of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston tells us about…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—If you’ve looked at the City of Mahnomen’s website lately, you’ve probably noticed some changes. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther talks about the new website. Here’s a link to that website: https://www.mahnomenmn.org/