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FERTILE, MN—Monday night, the Fertile City Council approved a preliminary budget for 2024, as well as a preliminary levy increase. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden talks about the levy. The levy increase and budget for 2024 will become official at the Fertile City Council’s December meeting. In other business, the Council approved an amendment to…
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Beaulieu has its annual fall dinner and bazaar this coming Sunday. Pastor Dave Super has details. Pastor Dave says food isn’t the only thing on the menu Sunday. Cost of the roast beef dinner is $12 for adults and take-out, $6 for kids 12 and under, and pre-schoolers can eat…
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A music teacher with the Fertile-Beltrami Public Schools has his first court appearance today in Todd County on sex charges involving a minor. 30-year-old Richard John Schrom was charged last month with one count of first degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of third degree criminal sexual conduct. According to court documents, the alleged…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you earlier this week. The deaths of three people at a resort in Breezy Point were a murder-suicide. Investigators concluded that 59-year-old Michael Charles Toner of Maple Grove shot his girlfriend, 54-year-old Melanie Michele Jansen of Maple Grove and her daughter, 29-year-old Hannah Nicole Parmenter of…
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There’s going to be a benefit dinner Sunday in Dilworth for Chris Jacklovich. Chris’s wife, Carleen Jacklovich, says Chris has had health problems for several years. The Jacklovich’s continue to seek out new treatment options for Chris. This Sunday, September 10, there will be a benefit spaghetti dinner for Chris Jacklovich at the Dilworth Community…
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Many police departments across Minnesota have chosen to remove school resource officers from their local schools because of new language passed during this year’s Legislative session regarding physical restraint in schools. There have been calls for Governor Tim Walz to call a special session to solve the problem. Likewise, about 40 DFL lawmakers in the…
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The dispute between the City of Fertile and Angie Leiting, the former administrator of the Fair Meadow Nursing Home is moving into the courtroom. A statement released Thursday by Leiting’s attorney says Leiting has filed suit against the City of Fertile, Mayor Daniel Wilkens and Fair Meadow Nursing Home and Assisted Living–which is owned by…
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There’s going to be a pasta feed benefit Sunday in Climax for Julie Cakebread. Rebecca Koropatnicki, one of the benefit’s organizers, talks about the fundraiser. Koropatnicki says there have been several generous donations for a silent auction. The lunch is free will offering and there will also be a bake sale, besides the silent auction. …
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On Wednesday’s Farm and Field Show on KRJB, Ag Reporter Nick Revier spoke with Dustin Hahn of Valley United Co-op of Reynolds, North Dakota about the wheat harvest in that area. Hahn also spoke about the quality of the wheat harvest. The Farm and Field Show airs Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5pm on KRJB.
HILLSBORO, ND—The school year has just begun in Hillsboro and already students are thinking about homecoming. Hillsboro High Principal Terry Baesler says homecoming is less than two weeks away. Baesler says thoughts are also on the homecoming parade. You can catch up with the Hillsboro School News Tuesday afternoons at 1:06 on KRJB 106.5 FM.