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Bonnie Stewart of Fosston will be awarded the Northwest Arts Advocate of the Year Award. Stewart has been a champion of the arts in Fosston for several decades. Stewart serves on the boards of the East Polk Heritage Center, the Pine to Prairie Folk School, the Fosston Community Library and Arts Center and the Firefly…
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The Red Lake Police Department is warning the public about a suspicious vehicle and its occupants that were recently seen on the reservation apparently trying to contact children. According to a public service announcement posted on Facebook, on Monday, April 17th a Red Lake Community member told police they had seen a truck driving around…
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Flood warnings remain in effect for the listening area until further notice. This includes the Red River at Halstad, the Wild Rice River at Hendrum, the Marsh River at Shelly and Norman County. Here are the latest river reports as of around 9 this morning from the National Weather Service: The Red River at Halstad…
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Nathan Peterson of the FSA Office joined Tom Lano on KKCQ for the weekly FSA Report! Listen to this week’s FSA Report below!
Director of Community Education, Annmarie Lacher and Alexis Weber, Arts & Crafts Festival Coordinator, join us to preview the Summer 2023 Community Education activities where registration opens May 1st. We also remind listeners of the upcoming Spring Arts & Crafts Festival Saturday, May 13th, 2023 from 9am – 3pm at Brainerd High School.
–It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. But if you’re reading sadness on my face, I’m probably not that concerned with muscular efficiency.–Whiteboards are remarkable.–You don’t need a parachute to go skydiving — you need a parachute to go skydiving twice.–It’s a shame that if a negative person meets another negative person, they…
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The river level continues to rise in the Halstad area. Halstad Superintendent of Utilities Lucas Spaeth says, for now, they’re continuing to monitor the National Weather Service information and are prepared. Spaeth says, for those in Halstad and the outlying area who are in need of flooding help or looking for more information, you can…
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CORMORANT, MN—There’s going to be a benefit in Cormorant Saturday called “Rally for Roxy.” Britney Ronning, one of the committee members for this event, says it’s to help Roxanne Thompson of Lake Park. The “Rally For Roxy” will be this Saturday from 4 to 8pm at the Cormorant Community Center. There will be a spaghetti…
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This coming Saturday is the first of four Free Parks Days in Minnesota state parks this year. Sara Berhow with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources gives us the list of Free Parks Days. Berhow talks more about Free Parks Days. There’s more information on the Minnesota DNR’s Free Park Days here: mndnr.gov/freeparkdays .