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Hillsboro Community Events Recap/Preview

The Hillsboro Business Association met Wednesday afternoon to recap community events from March and look forward to what’s on deck for spring and summer. HBA President Tiffany Findlay fills us in on the turnout of the Bean Bag Tournament in March.  The next major event is this weekend with the community member appreciation Pancake Feed…
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April 9, 2025 0

Barbershop Back in Hillsboro

The closing of Custom Cuts Barbershop in 2014 began an 11 year absence of having a barbershop in Hillsboro. This March, Jason Nelson brought an official location of In the Cutz to Downtown Hillsboro, filling the location previously occupied by Sweet Sips. Nelson, a California native, moved to North Dakota during COVID to continue his…
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March 28, 2025 0

NoKota Packers Celebrate 45 Years

NoKota Packers in Buxton, ND celebrated 45 years of processing, packing and shipping potatoes nationwide. The local processing plant celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the new technology and equipment used to keep efficiency at its highest, while retaining all of their full-time and seasonal employees. President and CEO of NoKota Packers…
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March 27, 2025 0

Heritage Insurance Services Cuts the Ribbon in Hillsboro

Heritage Insurance Services in Hillsboro cut the ribbon to officially dedicate the start of their service to the community of Hillsboro at their Wednesday Open House. Heritage started servicing customers in the new Hillsboro location at the beginning of the year. Agent Luke Faleide fills us in on how the new location came to fruition.…
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March 26, 2025 0

New Soybean Plant Providing Jobs and Convenience

Today, local soybean farmers celebrate the completion of the new soybean crushing plant near Casselton, North Dakota. Bill McBee, the Commercial Manager at the North Dakota Soybean Processing Plant in Casselton speaks about the benefits of having this new local location. McBee also says the new plant provides flexibility, producing multiple soybean products. With soybeans…
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August 7, 2024 0

Holiday Vacations Recap

Jim Birkemeyer chats with guests returning home from the Alaskan vacation.


August 5, 2024 0

Ada Legion Baseball Fundraiser Lunch

Ada Legion Baseball Post 26 will be holding a Fundraiser Benefit Wednesday, July 10th from 11am-1pm at Supermarket Foods. Lance Kritzberger fills in the details on what the team is serving and how to donate. Kritzberger also shares what the previous fundraisers have provided for the team. Burgers and hot dogs will be served at…
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July 5, 2024 0

4th of July Fun at the Fair

The Red River Valley Fair is in its first year of the three weekend format with lots of fun yet to be had July 4th-7th and July 10th-14th. With the new format comes some newly added features. Red River Valley Fair’s Erin Fonz shares what new features you’ll find at the fairgrounds this year. The…
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July 1, 2024 0

Making Malts with Abby Savage

The Norman County Fair kicks off Wednesday night and you can find Ada Borup West FFA Advisor Abby Savage there serving malts all week long. The funds raised at the fairgrounds this year will go towards helping students in the FFA program attend multiple events. The roots of the FFA program run deep in the…
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June 19, 2024 0

New Benefits for Local Organic Farmers

Norman County FSA Executive Director James Kruize reminds local farmers and homeowners of two programs that could benefit them. The first being the Organic Certification Cost Share program, offering financial benefits to organic growers. And an announcement to homeowners about the Conservation Reservation Program (CRP) and nesting season. You can listen to the full Kaleidoscope…
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June 13, 2024 0