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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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Minnesota — Wheat harvest in the Red River Valley is 2-3 weeks behind schedule and growers, especially those in the northern valley, may still be a few weeks out. Rhonda Larson, Chairperson of the US Wheat Associates Board of Directors, provided an update during this week’s Farm and Field Show. She notes that its possible…
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Cormorant, MN — The Cormorant Village Community invites all for fun, family, and food at their 11th annual Cormorant Daze this Saturday, August 20th. A lot of events will be packed into a single day in the lakes area village to celebrate the end of summer. Highlights of Cormorant Daze include a the 5K Run…
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The following are some of the local municipal city and school board candidate filings for the upcoming 2022. Much of the information was provided through the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. Some of the filings, such as those in Clay and Becker County were not provided. City of Ada Mayor – John Hintz City Council…
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Ada, MN — The Ada Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council has awarded a $4,300 matching grant to have quality arts and entertainment during Fun in the Flatlands in Ada on September 10-11th. Arts and Entertainment this year at the Fun in the Flatlands made possible this year…
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Ulen, MN — The event formerly known as Ulen Turkey BBQ Days is back again this weekend. Having reinvented itself with the new name in 2021, Ulen Days will be held August 18th through the 22nd with a number of family focused events and in fact, it kicks of this Thursday, August 18th with their…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission held their 2nd regular monthly meeting on Monday night, August 15th at the Main Street Community Center. At the meeting, the commission received a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning committee on changes to their building permit process. Hillsboro Commission President Levi Reese says the new process would…
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Bagley, MN — During this year’s Clearwater County Fair in Bagley, the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office not only patrolled the grounds making sure everyone was safe, but also spent a lot of time mingling and getting to the fairgoers. Part of that is answering any law enforcement related questions they have. Clearwater County Sheriff Darren…
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