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Hillsboro, ND — Hillsboro Commission President Terry Sando is worried that the back-and-forth banter between him and fellow commissioner Levi Reese could be bad for business and bad for the future of the commission. The back-and-forth stems from Sando’s big downtown investment, Goose River Brewing. There have been a number of delays with the business,…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen School District has some challenges ahead when it comes to being fully staff for the 2022-23 school year. During their regular board meeting on Monday night, the board accepted the resignations of a half dozen staff members, most of which were teaching staff. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek says a few…
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Twin Valley, MN — The Norman County East School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night, April 12th, which was a week ahead of the normal time due to the Easter break. At the meeting the board accepted the resignation of Principal Dustin Flaten. Norman County East Superintendent Rob Nudell says they wish…
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Halstad, MN — The Halstad City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, April 11th. One of the items again up for discussion was their law enforcement contract with the Norman County Sheriff’s Office. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson says last month several citizens voiced concerns about lack of patrolling and response at their…
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Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, April 11th. At the meeting, the council approved a master agreement with their new engineering firm, Moore Engineering, and discussed some potential future projects. One of those potential projects is renovating the 40 year old Community Center. Fertile City Administrator…
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Ada, MN — Similar to the Emergency Livestock Relief Program, the Farm Service Agency has announced their Emergency Relief Program Assistance for Crop Producers, which would provide assistance to row crop and specialty crop operations impacted by natural disasters in the 2020 and 2021 years. Norman and Clay County Director James Kruize previewed some of…
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Halstad, MN — Two individuals made appearances this week in Norman County District Court facing serious charges stemming from two separate meth busts earlier this year Norman County. The first of the incidents occurred on December 15th when a deputy was conducting surveillance on an apartment building in the city of Halstad. During that time,…
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Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning where it was announced that board chair Mick Thompson would be stepping down after many years of service to the board. Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook says the timing was right was right for Mick, who wanted to focus his efforts…
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Fosston, MN — Costs continue to increase for just about everything, which was evident in the most recent Polk County Commission report heard on the KKCQ Food for Thought Program this week. The Polk County Commission is in the process of expanding their landfill and closing the old portion. Commissioner Joan Lee says they were…
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Twin Valley, MN — The Twin Valley City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, April 11th at the Twin Valley Community Center where they addressed a citizen complaint, approved a liquor license request, accepted a donation, and more. During the public comment portion of the meeting, an individual addressed the council about…
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