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SHELLY, MN—The Shelly City Council held its first meeting of the new year Monday night. Mayor Ron Cakebread and Council members George Swenson and Thomas Keeney, who were all re-elected in November, all took their oaths of office. Cakebread talks about the main topic at Monday’s meeting. Cakebread also talked about what he’d like for…
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A Detroit Lakes business is one of nine in Minnesota that is receiving funding from the US Department of Agriculture to improve regional food systems. Manna Food Cooperative of Detroit Lakes is receiving around $304,000 to create and outfit a new commercially licensed processing kitchen, buy processing equipment and expand food-grade storage capacity for the…
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The attorneys for the two men convicted in a deadly human smuggling case along the US/Canada border are filing for new trials and/or acquittal. Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand were found guilty in November of human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally and experiencing commercial or financial gain. The case is…
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Monday’s (January 6) scheduled Mahnomen City Council meeting has been canceled because of a lack of a quorum. The next Mahnomen City Council meeting will be Tuesday, January 21.
A man from Red Lake Falls has died after his vehicle rolled over Saturday afternoon northwest of Red Lake Falls. The Minnesota State Patrol says 25-year-old Wyatt James Sauve was going east on County Road 13, a half mile west of the intersection with County Road 9, when his car left the road, went into…
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LAKE PARK, MN—There’s going to be a fundraiser this week for a Lake Park man who’s recovering from a stroke. Tabitha Olsen-Bergman talks about what happened to her father, Tim Olsen. Olsen-Bergman talks about the fundraiser, which will be held Saturday in Lake Park. Again, the fundraiser for Tim Olsen is this Saturday, January 11…
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An Ada tradition will continue on Sunday when the Ada Boy Scouts will be selling wreaths door to door. Scoutmaster Pat Pfund has the details. Pfund says you can also order a wreath in advance. Pfund also says proceeds from the wreath sales will go toward several Scouting activities. The Ada Boy Scouts will begin…
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FOSSTON, MN—Essentia Health in Fosston is holding its 20th annual Tree Walk for Hospice this coming Sunday, December 1st. Shannon Netland, the home care and hospice manager at Essentia-Fosston, talks about the event. You can also buy angel tree ornaments in honor or memory of a loved one. The suggested donation is $10 per ornament. …
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It’s Thanksgiving Day and there’s going to be a great deal of cooking going on in many households. We’d all like our Thanksgiving meal to be remembered as delicious..and not as something that gave us food poisoning. Dr. Julie of the Florida Wellness Institute has some advice on how to avoid food borne illness. Dr.…
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ADA, MN—If you’re alone this Thanksgiving and want to share a meal with other community members, Grace Lutheran Church in Ada will be serving a meal that’s free will offering. Abby Korte is the Grace Lutheran Fellowship Board Chair. Korte says Grace Lutheran has had good turnouts in the past. Again, that’s from noon until…
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