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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Friday that a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health has been reached to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Minnesota will receive roughly $4,450,000 from the settlement with the funds being used to help address the opioid crisis.…
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Education Minnesota has announced their candidates for 2024 Teacher of the Year. In total there are 159 candidates which represents the third-largest field since 2000. The program celebrates the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota, and eligible candidates include teachers from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, Early Childhood Family Education and Adult Basic Education teachers, from public…
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While the Annual Twin Valley SnoMo Days celebration has not gone as planned with half of the events needing to be canceled due to the lack of snow, SnoMo Street Bowling at You Betcha Bowling Center is one of the events still on. Twin Valley Community Club President Mark Askelson tells us more. Human Bonspiel…
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The Norman County Soybean and Corn Growers Association scholarship deadline is fast approaching with a deadline of March 15. Corn and Soybean Growers Association President Corey Hanson encourages all seniors heading into an ag program to apply. Hanson says this scholarship isn’t just for students going into traditional ag programs, but any ag related job…
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Listen back to the KRJB Kaleidoscope with Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office will be taking the plunge at Otter Tail Lake this Saturday as they host their Annual Polar Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics Minnesota. Otter Tail County Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons tells us more. Fitzgibbons says there have been some changes made to the event due to warm weather and ice…
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After the resignation of Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl, Mahnomen county has been searching for a new Administrator to take over once Holl officially leaves later this month. Holl is helping the county search for his replacement and gives an update on the administrator search after interviewing a few applicants last week. Holl says after…
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Being pulled over for a traffic violation is a stressful situation for drivers and police officers alike as both parties are unsure of what is going on at the other end of it. Polk County Sheriff Jim Tadman was in the studio to discuss the do’s and the don’ts to make the stop go as…
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The Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation is celebrating Giving Hearts Day on Thursday, February 8. Tracy Dunham of the Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation says Giving Hearts Day is one of the foundation’s most important days and has played a big role for them in the past. All money donated to the Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation will…
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has joined a coalition of governors from across the country in filing an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the court case of Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine , which is arguing that a decision upholding a recent Fifth Circuit decision would undermine…
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