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The White Earth band of Ojibwe in the Ponsford area will hold their annual Pine Point Traditional Pow-wow on Saturday and Sunday. Nikki Norcross is the chair of the pow-wow committee. The derby Norcross referred to is a demolition derby that will start at 5pm on Friday. Then on Saturday, the Joe Bush Memorial 5K…
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FOSSTON, MN—The Lengby-Fosston KnightRiders snowmobile club will hold a swap meet this Friday and Saturday. Russ Sultvedt of the KnightRiders board of directors says this is something they want to make an annual event. Sultvedt says almost anything can be swapped. Where will the swap meet take place? Proceeds from the swap meet will help…
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Crookston, MN — Polk County Commissioner Joan Lee stopped by the KKCQ Food for Thought Program this week to provide an update on their disbursement of the American Rescue Plan, or ARPA, funds. The county has been using a significant portion of that funding to provide grants for various needs throughout the local communities. Some…
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Hillsboro, ND — Enjoy some family farm fun and support a good cause! Bertsch Farm east of Hillsboro will be hosting a Movie on the Farm tonight starting at 5pm with tractor and combine rides, farm animals, drone demos, food truck, and more. The movie “Dear Rodeo” will take to the big screen at 7:30pm.…
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Ada, MN — Soybeans remain the top-seeded crop in Norman County this year, but overall acres are down compared to 2021. James Kruize with the Norman County Farm Service Agency shared this year’s acreage report statistics while on the KRJB Kaleidoscope Program this week. The big four crops in Norman County, which includes soybeans (182,000),…
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Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, August 9th. At the meeting the board discussed staffing needs heading into the fall semester. While they were able to fill a few more positions this week, Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook says still have a few positions that they may…
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Some researchers at the University of Michigan discovered that eating a single hotdog shortens your lifespan by 36 minutes. They also found that a portion of bacon costs you 26 minutes, a cheeseburger costs you about 9 minutes — and every soda you chug shortens your life by about 12 minutes. It’s not all bad…
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