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A Crookston Police Officer has been cleared for his part in a deadly shooting at a homeless shelter last summer. You’ll remember Christopher Ray Junkin was shot and killed at the Care and Share Shelter last June 30. Police had been called to the shelter for a report of men fighting and property damage. Officers…
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BAGLEY, MN—The Clearwater County branch of Minnesota Citizens Concerned For Life will hold their annual March For Life in Bagley this Saturday morning. LeRoy Sundbom of MCCL runs down the day’s events. Sundbom says he was involved in the first March For Life 35 years ago. He looks back on the first march. Sundbom was…
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LAKE PARK, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you last week. There was a dinner, bake sale and silent auction to raise money for Tim Olsen of Lake Park, who suffered a stroke last June. Tim Olsen’s daughter, Tabitha Olsen-Bergman, says there was a great turnout. While Tim Olsen couldn’t attend the…
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HALSTAD, MN—The Halstad City Council held its first meeting of 2025 on Monday. Only three of the five Council members were present, so no action was taken on a couple of matters. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson says one of them is a proposal to put up video cameras in town. Johnson talks about why there’s…
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BISMARCK, ND—North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong has ordered US and state flags to be flown at full staff next Monday for the inauguration of Donald Trump as President. Flags have been at half staff since December 29, following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Armstrong says, “the inauguration of a U.S. president is a…
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FOSSTON, MN—Next Wednesday, the Firefly Center for Art and Wellbeing in Fosston will be hosting a breakfast workshop about wellbeing at work. Bonnie Stewart with the Firefly Center has details. You’re asked to RSVP for this breakfast on Wednesday, January 22 from 8:30 to 9:30am. You can RSVP through this link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=5unBIbbYlkyvg8N8kU7aDNTPgk8MZ7VJiumN9vpe2DhUMEIwSE5QU08xV1MyNElURkw2RUFFUElMVy4u&route=shorturl
The University of Minnesota Extension’s annual Cow/Calf Days workshop will be held in Fosston next week. It will be held at 5:30pm at Ventures Bar and Grill in Fosston on Tuesday, January 21st. Heather Dufault with the Polk County Extension Office talks about Cow/Calf Days. Dufault tells us who should attend Cow/Calf Days. You’re asked…
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Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session gets under way Tuesday. State Representative Jim Joy of Hawley tells R&J News about his priorities for this year. Our talk with Rep. Joy also covered an executive order Governor Tim Walz issued last week that creates a new fraud investigations unit…following the Feeding Our Future scandal where over $250 million…
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ERSKINE, MN—Win-E-Mac School Principal Casey Reierson has an idea for students to help other students: peer tutoring. Reierson says the tutoring will be offered through community education, which offers a benefit for the tutors. You can hear the Win-E-Mac School News Thursdays on KCCQ 96.7 FM.