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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. The complaint by former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting has been filed in Polk County District Courts. Leiting, you’ll remember, is suing the City of Fertile, Mayor Dan Wilkens and Fair Meadow Nursing Home for allegedly forcing her to resign or be…
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Band and choir students at Mahnomen are doing something to raise money that will probably make you hungry. Mahnomen Activities Director Aimee Pederson explains. Mahnomen students are also getting into the spirit of Homecoming. Pederson says that will start this Friday with a parade. Also, the Homecoming candidates will be announced at Friday’s parade. Mahnomen’s…
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HALSTAD, MN—Some time around Labor Day, someone visited the Landmark in Halstad—even though it was closed. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson says the incident has been reported to the Norman County Sheriff’s Office, but no word if there has been an arrest. Johnson also had some good news about the Landmark from Monday’s Halstad City Council…
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The Ada-Borup-West School Board held its September meeting Tuesday morning. Superintendent Aaron Cook says the new school year is off to a good start. Cook also says enrollment is up from a year ago. K-through-12 enrollment at Ada-Borup-West is 637, compared to 628 last year. Plus, there’s another 37 in preschool and 24 in early…
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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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Some students at Ulen-Hitterdal will be out of the classroom on Wednesday. Ulen-Hitterdal Dean of Students Ted Critchley tells us why. Critchley was speaking on the Ulen-Hitterdal School News, which is heard Monday afternoons at 1:06 on KRJB 106.5 FM.
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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