Local Radio
During the KRJB Farm and Field Show on Wednesday, R&J AG News Reporter Nick Revier caught up with Dr Ashok Chanda from the University of Minnesota Extension to talk about the Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS) disease. Dr Chanda says there was a recent case of CLS in the Red River Valley and he explained why the…
Read more
The World of Outlaws’ Late Models are coming to Ada Saturday, and thousands of people are expected to flood the city of Ada to watch the “greatest show on dirt.” Ada Police Chief Steve Hager says his department is ready for the influx and is looking forward to the event. Hager also encourages everyone to…
Read more
The Mahnomen County Fair kicks off on July 4 this year, and is adding many new events and attractions. Mahnomen County Fair Board President Joe Swiers and board member Gerri Swiers give us a sneak peak into some events happening throughout the week. The Mahnomen County Fairboard has made it a priority to make improvements…
Read more
Heidi Danos of the Firefly Center for Arts and Wellbeing in Fosston was a guest on the KKCQ Food For Thought Program on Tuesday, and made a big announcement regarding Alluma. Danos is also excited to announce that she will be taking over as Interim Director of Firefly Center. For more information on the Firefly…
Read more
The Waubun-Ogema-White Earth School District adopted a new cell phone policy at their school board meeting on Wednesday night. Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Superintendent Jordan Spaeth tells us more. Spaeth says the School Board also held readings of the 2024/2025 budget. Lastly Spaeth says the board also held reading of their school handbooks for next school year. …
Read more
Dawn Chisholm (Farm Safety) Brandon Weber (Valley United Co-op) Chuck Ruebke (Area Farmer) Cody Baker (Southern Minnesota Beet Cooperative) Neil Rockstad (ASGA President) Dave Roesch (Ada Area Farmer) Adam Sip (Bayer Crop Science) David Thompson (World Assosciation of Beet and Cane Growers President) Dr. Ashok Chanda (University of Minnesota Extension) Gary Jacobson (Jacobson Red Angus)
R&J News has been sharing ways for you to protect your home from break ins with help from the Twin Valley Police Department. Twin Valley Police Chief Jason Douville is shifting today’s focus from home break in prevention to vehicle break in prevention. One common belief some people share is that locking your door actually…
Read more
Progress continues to move along in the Dekko Community Center renovation project. Dekko Manager Brianna Eggen highlights some work that has been completed and some that will get started soon. Eggen says work continues to be done in the pool room as well, but they have ran into some complications when it comes to the…
Read more
A new business opening its doors in Ada July. The business K9’s Grooming will be filling a high in demand service for the residents of Norman County. K9’s Grooming owner Amanda Bachleitner tells us what made her bring her business to Ada and how she got started in the dog grooming business. Bachleitner told us…
Read more
The World Association of Cane and Beet Growers (WACBG) hosted their annual summer conference last week. WACBG President David Thompson says things went well, and tells us some highlights from the conference. Work is not over for Thompson and the WACBG as they do have more meetings planned for later this year and next year…
Read more