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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro School Board held their regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, January 11th. As part of the usual January business, the board approved the annual pledge of assets, records disposal, and reviewed the return to learn plan. They also approved hiring a new 3rd grade teacher and approved starting the process of…
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Mahnomen, MN — Mahnomen County will continue the planning process for two potential major projects in 2023: A new hospital and a new jail. The new hospital and nursing home has been in the planning stages for the last few years. They were hoping to be building it already, but at nearly $40 million the…
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St. Paul, MN — The Minnesota Department of Revenue will open the state Individual Income Tax filing season on Monday, January 23, 2023. This date matches the opening day for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Recently, a bill was signed into law that brings more of Minnesota’s tax code into conformity with the federal tax…
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Halstad, MN — The Halstad City Council held their first regular monthly meeting of the new year last Monday, January 9th. The council made the usual designations and appointments and also welcomed two new council members, Gaylord Christianson and Peter Jacobson, according to Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson. Some updates from the Landmark: Mayor Johnson says…
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Ada, MN — A new nursing assistant course is being offered to area high school students thanks to a partnership between Essentia Health, Ada-Borup-West High School, Benedictine Living Community-Ada and Halstad Living Center. Ten students in grades 10-12 will complete the semester-long course on Jan. 20, receiving credit toward graduation. They will also be eligible…
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Ada, MN — Enrollment for the Second Phase of the Emergency Relief Program will be opening soon, according to Norman and Clay County FSA Director James Kruize. To help agricultural producers offset the impacts of natural disasters in 2020 and 2021, Congress included emergency relief funding in the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance…
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Ada, MN — You can learn a lot about your local history by visiting your local history museum, but now through a partnership with the Minnesota Historic Northwest Consortium, they hope educators will begin including it in their lesson plans. A handful of the local county heritage museums, including Polk County and Norman County, recently…
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St. Paul, MN — Could the state of Minnesota be the next to legalize recreational marijuana? Democratic legislators and Governor Tim Walz are making a strong push this session in hopes that it will. During a conversation this past week with R & J News, Governor Walz stated that marijuana use is already happening here…
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Fertile, MN — The Fertile-Beltrami School Board held their first regular monthly meeting of the 2023 year on Tuesday night, January 10th. Included in that was their annual reorganizational meeting where the board appointed officers, set committees, and made the usual designations, according to Fertile-Beltrami Superintendent Brian Clarke. Another usual action item for this time…
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Naytahwaush, MN — Pinehurst Resort will be busy this weekend as they welcome back their 13th annual Bonspiel on South Twin Lake. Bonspiel is a three-day outdoor curling tournament and party on the ice, and it gets underway this Friday at 4pm and wraps up on Sunday evening. The ice is ready to go and…
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