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Norman County Ag Day is Tomorrow and there will be plenty of opportunities to learn new information and get caught up with everything going on in the agriculture industry. Heather Dufault of Norman County Extension highlights some of the experts that will be hosting panels at the event. Dufault says that there will also be…
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The Polk County Commission held their first meeting of the year last week. Polk County’s 4th District Commissioner Joan Lee says it was a quiet meeting but they did have to make changes regarding the county’s official newspaper. Lee also looked back at their final meeting of 2023 and gave an overview of their operating…
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Demolition has started on the old Norman County Highway Department. In late 2023 county staff officially moved out of the old highway department building and into a new state of the art facility after a lengthy construction project. Norman County Engineer Keith Berndt says that he and the county staff are happy to be in…
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that over the next few years they will be increasing the focus on the management of “Rough Fish” species in Minnesota Rivers after a surge of interest in the fishing of these species. Red River Fish Specialist for the Minnesota DNR Nicholas Kludt explains what these “rough fish”…
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A recent survey conducted by the CME Group/Purdue University suggests that fewer farmers expect farmland values to increase in 2024. Director of Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture Jim Mintert tells us more about this survey’s findings. 2023 broke some records in terms of farmland costs for the region as the North Dakota per acre…
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the State of Minnesota’s lawsuit against major parties in the fossil-fuel industry may proceed in state court. Without comment, the Court denied the petition of the defendants ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and three Koch Industries entities to review lower-court decisions that remanded the case to state court.…
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The Twin Valley City Council met for their first city council meeting of the year Monday night. One topic of discussion was the winter activities the city offers to residents. Twin Valley Mayor Mike Bolton tells us more about these activities. Bolton says that they got an update from their engineers regarding their water and…
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Listen back to the KKCQ Food for Though Program with Polk County Commissioner Joan Lee.
Listen back to the KRJB Kaleidoscope with Linda Houglum of Norman County Extension.
Listen back to the KRJB Kaleidoscope with Brian Rasmussen of the Ada Public Works Department.