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Fosston City Administrator Cassie Heide had good news for local taxpayers following Monday’s City Council meeting. Also at Monday’s meeting, the Fosston City Council held a public hearing on a street project for 5th Street Northeast. Heide says bids for the project will be accepted early in 2025.
Nine organizations in Northwest Minnesota have received grants through the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Fund. The grants, which total $37,500, will go toward projects that support women and girls in the region. The grant recipients include: REACH, for a women’s empowerment summit, Gary Cares, for a women and girls self defense class, BIO Girls, a regional…
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There are always people out there trying to scam you out of money. With the Christmas season here, the scammers are coming out in force. Last week on KKCQ’s Food For Thought program, Polk County Sheriff Jim Tadman described one scam that he received. Tadman says with cold winter temperatures, there’s another scam making the…
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Ulen-Hitterdal Dean of Students Ted Critchley runs down the latest school news.
Two people were injured after a rollover accident Tuesday afternoon in Polk County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a SUV driven by 78-year-old Reha Sansted of Erskine was traveling eastbound on US Highway 2 just before 1pm Tuesday when her vehicle left the roadway and rolled over at mile marker 20. Sansted and a passenger…
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FERTILE, MN—Once again, the Fertile Community Club is asking you to adopt a resident from the Fair Meadow Nursing Home’s Angel Tree. Stacy Erickson, President of the Fertile Community Club, talks about the Angel Tree. Erickson says it’s a simple process for you to adopt a Fair Meadow resident. All you have to do is…
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FERTILE, MN—Another community in the area will be celebrating the Christmas season on Saturday. Stacy Erickson of the Fertile Community Club talks about Santa Day. The Fertile Community Club is sponsoring Saturday’s Santa Day. Again, that’s from 1 to 3pm Saturday at the Fertile Community Center.
With Christmas just around the corner, there will probably be a great many empty boxes in your house. Norman County Environmental Services Director Garry Johanson says the best thing to do with those boxes is recycle them…but there’s something you should do to those boxes before you take them to the recycling center. Johanson tells…
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HALSTAD, MN—The Halstad City Council held its Truth in Taxation hearing at Monday night’s Council meeting. The new levy for 2025 will be up five percent from last year, going from $253,528 to $266,704. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson tells us one reason for the increase. Johnson says the Council also approved a new public nuisance…
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