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With Ice Melting, parents reminded about the importance of Water Safety

Temperatures are expected to rise in the coming days, which means that Minnesota’s water bodies will continue to thaw, making for unsafe conditions. Carma Hansen of SAFE Kids Grand Forks says now’s a time when parents and guardians need to take extra water safety precautions, even if they don’t live near a body of water. …
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Clearbrook-Gonvick Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday

CLEARBROOK, MN—Parents in the Clearbrook-Gonvick School District might want to put some time aside Thursday for parent-teacher conferences.  Clearbrook-Gonvick Superintendent Ryan Grow has details. Grow was speaking on the Clearbrook-Gonvick School News, which airs Tuesday afternoons at 2:05 on KKCQ 96.7 FM.


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Ada Borup West Science Department holds weather balloon demonstration 

The Ada Borup West Science Department had the opportunity to work alongside the University of Alabama Huntsville in a weather experiment on Tuesday morning. Ada Borup West Science Teacher Elizabeth Cakebread tells us more.  Abigail Herrin from the University of Alabama Huntsville tells us more about the experiment itself, and what kind of data they…
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Ada Borup West School Board approves hiring of new Ag Ed instructor 

The Ada Borup West School Board approved a pair of hirings at their meeting on Tuesday morning. Ada Borup West Superintendent Aaron Cook tells us more about their hires, which includes their Ag Education position.  Cook says they were fortunate to get a lot of interested candidates in both positions.  As for other items from…
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Oh Canada Show – 4/7/2026

The April 7th edition of the Oh Canada Show, Ed Gackley would host the show live and remote from Emo, Ontario.Ed’s first guest was David Goodman from North Country Track and Wheel talking Spring Fever and Kubotas Big Orange Event. The second guest was Dee Maynard from Tompkins Hardware and Tompkins Outdoors, also talking Spring…
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Clearbrook/Gonvick Baseball & Softball Interest

CLEARBROOK, MN—This is the second year that Clearbrook/Gonvick has had baseball and softball teams.  Clearbrook/Gonvick Superintendent Ryan Grow talks about how much interest those programs have. Grow was speaking on KKCQ-FM’s Clearbrook/Gonvick School News, which airs Tuesday afternoons at 2:05 on KKCQ 99.7 FM.


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Fertile-Beltrami School News

FERTILE, MN—Fertile-Beltrami Principal Natty Messick has this week’s school news program.


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Ada Borup West School Board discusses Cell Phone Policy 

Cell phone policies have been a major topic of discussion at schools across Minnesota, and the Ada Borup West School Board is the most recent school district to take action on their policy. Ada Borup West Superintendent Aaron Cook tells us more about their Tuesday morning cell phone policy discussions, and how the board decided…
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April 7, 2026 0

Mahnomen City Council Meets

MAHNOMEN, MN—Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting was a quick one, lasting 23 minutes.  Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says the Council approved the purchase of several tree grates for the downtown area. Another issue the Council addressed was a suggestion that the City install kiosks for used needles in certain areas of Mahnomen.  Guenther says…
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