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McGregor School Board Work Session meeting from Monday, December 12th

The McGregor School Board held a work session meeting. Superintendent Brad Johnson relayed his recent meeting with non-certified staff: Johnson detailed concerns about the football program at McGregor and talked about an upcoming parent meeting: He voiced some optimism concerning the current junior high students: Possible solutions bring their own concerns, however:  The McGregor School Board…
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Hospice Care, Tree of Love with CRMC Social Worker Kim Olesen

End of life issues can be hard to talk about. Luckily, there are caring professionals who can ease the burden a little. Kim Olesen is a Cuyuna Regional Medical Center social worker in the hospice department. She joined us recently & talked about the team members who make up hospice care: Olesen also explained what…
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Community Christmas Day 2022

When Carl Brown started the Community Christmas Day dinner in 2006, he did so with a vision ofproviding a place for people from the community to gather together for a meal on Christmas Day. Hewanted to provide a place for people to get together if they didn’t have any place to go, if they werehomebound,…
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70th Annual Norman County 4-H Awards Banquet

Ada, MN — The Norman County 4-H held their 70th annual 4-H Awards Banquet last month on November 20th at Zion Lutheran Church in Ada. As part of the annual awards banquet, they announced their annual Friend of the 4-H Awards as well as Business Appreciation Award.  Linda Houglum with the Norman County 4-H says…
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Governor Burgum Proposes Increase to Education Funding

Hillsboro, ND — Last week, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum released his proposed budget for the upcoming 2023-2025 biennium. With the state’s financial position strong and more oil funding coming into the state, the Governor is looking to make investments in workforce and education as well as tax relief. In regards to education, he is…
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Jaques Art Center’s Barden Heft on December 14th Community Connection

Barden Heft of the Jaques Art Center joined the show to give us an update with the Christmas Marketplace, the upcoming All Jaques Show in the New Year, and looking at art classes in the future:


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United Valley Parish Christmas in the Barn Service

Halstad, MN — The United Valley Parish invites all to experience the story of the birth of Jesus in a life-like setting, albeit colder than it likely was in Bethlehem on that very special day. Their 11th annual Christmas in the Barn will be held this Sunday, December 18th at the Jeremy & Dawn Paulsrud…
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Fertile City Council News & Notes from December 12th Meeting

Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their final regular monthly meeting of the 2022 year on Monday night, December 12th where they set the final levy, approved water and sewer rate increases, and more. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says their water fund is doing ok now, but there are a number of…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “TSA Agents find dog in travelers luggage at Madison, WI Airport”

TSA agents at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin say a traveler put their small dog in their luggage and put it through the X-ray machine at security. They say the dog’s owner never told the TSA or the airline that they were traveling with a dog. Agents were shocked when the pup showed…
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