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The Rainy River Voyageurs baseball team split a home doubleheader Saturday against Minnesota North-Itasca at Falls High School. In game one, the Voyageurs pulled off a dramatic 8-to-7 walk-off win. Trailing late, Rainy River exploded for six runs in the bottom of the seventh, capped by a Hunter Clements bases-loaded walk that forced home the…
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The Fort Frances Lakers kept their season alive and forced a winner-take-all Game Seven in the Bill Salonen Cup Final.Fort Frances was pushed to the brink after a 4-to-2 loss in Game Five, where the Thunder Bay North Stars took a three-games-to-two series lead. After that loss, Lakers head coach Luke Judson said his team…
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The Koochiching County Board meets Tuesday with several items on the agenda. Commissioners are expected to consider highway department requests to seek bids for this year’s crack sealing and mastic repair project, along with road striping work across several county routes.Board members will also hear an update on local option sales tax projects and review…
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The Dekko Community Center will have some amenities closed in the coming weeks after uncovering a previously unknown building issue. Dekko Center Manager Brianna Eggen tells us more. Eggen also gave an update on swimming lessons, as there has been ample community interest in classes. People with questions about the Dekko Center and its amenities…
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Sugarbeet planting season is fast approaching, and area producers are being encouraged to finalize their weed management plans before the crop goes into the ground. Dr Tom Peters of NDSU Extension says it’s important to set a high bar in weed management, as things can quickly become issues. Peters also shares a reminder for producers…
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The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting an ATV Class for area youth next week, and registration is currently open. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson has the details. People with questions about the ATV Safety Class, can go to the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
The Minnesota Legislative Session will be closing in under a month, but a lot of work still needs to be done, including a Bonding bill. Red River Watershed Management Board Executive Director Rob Sip says their lobbyists have been hard at work at the capital, and he tells us what they’re hearing. Sip tells us…
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The Fosston School Board approved a number of personnel items at their board meeting last week. Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk gives us the rundown of personnel moves approved by the board. Selk says he also gave an update on the Minnesota Legislative Session at the meeting. The Fosston School Board also approved an art trip…
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Minnesota’s Agriculture Commissioner was in Dilworth last Thursday for a Battle of the Beans cook-off. Commissioner Thom Peterson says Minnesota is a big bean producer. Noreen Thomas of the Doubting Thomas Farm in Moorhead says there are quite a few growers of edible beans in the Red River Valley…and you might have eaten some of…
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