Author: Kevin Kochmann

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Mahnomen School Board Looks at Early Start to 2023-24 School Year

Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, February 13th. At the meeting the board discussed next year’s school calendar and a possible early start to the school year. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek says they may want to get a jump start on a construction project next summer,…
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February 16, 2023 0

Fertile City Council News & Notes from February 13th Meeting

Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, February 13th. At the meeting, the council got an update from their engineer on a couple of their infrastructure projects awaiting funding from the legislature. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says their water project is still in line to receive…
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February 15, 2023 0

Ada-Borup-West School Board Approves New Football Scoreboard

Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, February 14th, where they approved purchasing a new football scoreboard and sound system improvements to their gym and auditorium. The board reviewed and approved quotes from AIM electronics for a new 8 by 18ft scoreboard and a 4 1/2 by…
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February 15, 2023 0

Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold in Twin Valley

Twin Valley, MN — There’s a lot of buzz around the  city of Twin Valley right now as the locals are trying to figure out who in town might now be a millionaire! A winning Gopher 5 ticket that matched all five numbers was sold on Monday, February 13th at the Lakes Community Cooperative Convenience…
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February 14, 2023 0

Announcements 2-14-23

Sports Ada Borup West vs Breckenridge GBB Postponed GBB/BBB Frazee at Park Christian is postponed 8A Mahnomen Waubun Wrestling at United North Central now 3:30pm Tonight’s LaMoure/Litchville-Marion and Maple River boys basketball game is going to be varsity only and will tip at 4 p.m. Lisbon vs Oakes BBB has been Cancelled


February 14, 2023 0

Ulen-Hitterdal School Board Recap

Ulen, MN — The Ulen-Hitterdal School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 8th where they discussed their athletic complex lights, adjustments to the calendar, a new school bus, and more. There’s been some issues recently with the lights at their football field, and Ulen-Hitterdal Superintendent Dustin Flaten says the board is looking…
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February 14, 2023 0

Mahnomen Health Center Seeking Bonding Dollars for New Hospital & Nursing Home

Mahnomen, MN — The Minnesota Legislature is working on the bonding bill this week, which could include nearly 2 billion dollars’ worth of infrastructure and facility projects across the state. After failing to pass last year, Mahnomen community leaders are hoping that this year their Mahnomen Hospital project will be included  and they will finally…
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February 14, 2023 0

Twin Valley City Council News & Notes from February 13th Meeting

Twin Valley, MN — The Twin Valley City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 13th at the Twin Valley Community Center. It was the first meeting for newly appointed Mayor Michael Bolton, who took over for Ben Fall following his resignation last month. Mayor Bolton says the new position will take some…
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February 14, 2023 0

Norman County Firemen Participate in Grain Bin Rescue Training

Ada, MN — Dozens of firefighters from across Norman County gathered together on Saturday morning to learn more about grain bin entrapment and how to safely rescue or recover a victim of a grain bin incident. The training was led by Jack Volz, who has been working and studying grain bin rescues for nearly 30…
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February 13, 2023 0

Senator Mark Johnson Comments on Carbon Free Energy Bill

St. Paul, MN — Last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law new legislation that would move Minnesota to 100 percent clean energy by 2040. The bill establishes a standard for utilities to supply Minnesota customers with electricity generated or procured from carbon-free resources, beginning at an amount equal to 80% of retail sales…
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February 13, 2023 0