Local Radio
MILWAUKEE, WI—North Dakota Governor and presidential hopeful Doug Burgum was rushed to an emergency room in Milwaukee, the night before the first GOP presidential debate. Gov. Burgum was taken to the hospital Tuesday for an injured leg suffered during a pick-up game of basketball with staff. His campaign manager says it’s unclear if the governor…
Read more
A celebration of Native American and French-Canadian culture returns to the region this weekend. The annual Chautauqua and French-Canadian Metis Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday southwest of Red Lake Falls. Virgil Benoit, president of the Association of the French of the North (the festival’s sponsors), talks about the festival. Benoit says it’s not…
Read more
Two food shelves in Norman County got a boost recently from the Norman County Soybean and Corn Growers. The growers donated meat to the Good Samaritan Food Shelf in Twin Valley and the Norman County Food Shelf in Ada. Austen Germolus, vice president of the Norman County Soybean and Corn Growers, talks about the donation.…
Read more
MAHNOMEN, MN—At Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the City’s audit was reviewed. City Administrator Taylor Guenther says the audit went well. Olivia Morton, who performed the audit, says the City of Mahnomen will have to hold a public hearing because the City’s municipal liquor store had one year of financial losses in the last three…
Read more
A music teacher with Fertile-Beltrami Public Schools is in custody in Todd County on sex charges involving a minor. The Todd County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster for Monday shows 30-year-old Richard John Schrom is in custody for third degree criminal sexual conduct. He was formally charged Monday with one count of first degree criminal sexual…
Read more
On August 18, former Minnesota Governor Al Quie died of natural causes at his home in Wayzata. He was 99. Known as a moderate Republican, Quie served in the U.S. House of Representatives for southeast Minnesota from 1958 to 1979, then as governor from 1979 to 1983. Quie’s single term as governor turned rocky amid…
Read more
ULEN, MN—The city of Ulen is holding its annual Ulen Days festival this weekend. Sarah Rikhus tells us what’s on the agenda for Thursday. And there’s more on tap for tonight. Rikhus talks about Friday’s events. Ulen Days has plenty going on Saturday. There’s an alumni softball game, a car show, a parade at 11am,…
Read more
The White Earth Nation is looking forward to a good wild rice crop this year. Cliff Crowell, wild rice manager for the White Earth Natural Resources Department, gives R&J News a prediction on this year’s harvest. And how long will it be before the wild rice harvest begins? There’s more information at the White Earth…
Read more
HALSTAD, MN—Last week, the Halstad City Council learned they would have a tenant at Landmark. Mayor Darin Johnson has more. Also at the Halstad City Council August meeting, Johnson says the Council voted to purchase a property with a house that Johnson calls “a long term blight.” The purchase price was $500. Johnson says it’s…
Read more