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Ada, MN — This week on the Business Matters Program, we’re featuring Josh and Carri Visser who are both new residents to the Ada community by the way of Texas who brought their businesses with them. Josh runs T-Rex Construction, a project management and commercial and residential construction company, while his wife Carri is operating…
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Fosston, MN — The Fosston School Board took care of a number of personnel items at this month’s regular meeting. Much of the new hires were paraprofessionals and support staff positions, according to Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk. He notes that the Fosston School District is actually fully staffed heading into the school year, which is…
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Ulen, MN — The Ulen-Hitterdal School District will move forward seeking solutions for childcare following the failure of their August 9th childcare center referendum. The referendum, which only had roughly 25% of voters supporting it, was a focus of this month’s school board meeting held on August 17th. Ulen-Hitterdal Superintendent Dustin Flaten says they are…
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Bagley, MN — An update from the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office and their new involvement in Project Lifesaver. Project Lifesaver is a 501 (C)(3) community based, public safety, non-profit organization that provides law enforcement, fire/rescue, and caregivers with a program designed to protect, and when necessary, quickly locate individuals with cognitive disorders who are prone…
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St. Paul, MN — The Minnesota State Fair, otherwise known as the Great Minnesota Get Together, gets underway this Thursday, August 25th and runs through Labor Day, September 5th in St. Paul. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest and best attended expositions in the world, showcasing Minnesota’s finest agriculture, art, and industry.…
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Flom, MN — Fling to Flom this weekend! It’s the annual Flom Farm Fest set for Friday, August 26th through Sunday, August 28th! Many of the favorite Flom Fun activities and events return, including the bean bag tournament, parade, pancakes breakfast, threshing bee, car cruise, and loads of live music. New this year is a…
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Mahnomen, MN — Mahnomen County is reminding area residents that the Mahnomen County Demolition Landfill will be closing to the public at the end of month. The landfill is nearly full and costs of expanding the landfill are too high to continue operation. Following the closure date, Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl says they will…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council has selected their next city Administrator to take over for Kari Kirschbaum, who recently accepted a role with the city of Crookston. The council agreed to hire Taylor Vonderharr, who was an applicant in their last search. Kirshbaum, who took part in her final Mahnomen City Council meeting…
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Ada, MN — The City of Ada Public Works has been inspecting trees around the community and sending out letters to residents with dead or diseased trees. Those letters will require property owners to remove those trees to avoid spreading more disease or the risk of the trees causing damage to property. Unless the tree…
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Crookston, MN — The debate over abortion continues and will be a talking point heading into the fall election and the next legislative session. Representative Deb Kiel of Crookston, a prolife advocate and member of Minnesotans Citizens Concerned for Life, joined the KKCQ Food for Thought to share some thoughts on the abortion topic from…
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