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ADA, MN—At this week’s award banquet for the Ada-Borup-West trap shooting team, Zander Brower received two awards: best male shooter and overall best shooter. R&J News asked Brower what he would say to someone interested in going out for trap shooting. We’ll hear from the Cougars’ top female shooter, Zara Bakke, during Monday’s sports report.
Northstar Hardware, formerly known as Buckles Hardware in Twin Valley is under a name and new ownership. New owner Eric Begg gives himself a quick introduction, and tells us why he wanted to take over this long standing business. Begg said his goal for the business is to continue offering the same quality services that…
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The Fertile Beltrami School board met in regular session on Wednesday. Fertile Beltrami Superintendent Brian Clarke says it was a pretty standard meeting, with a discussion regarding Long Term Facility Maintenance Revenue. There’s some construction projects being worked on at the Fertile Beltrami School, and Carke gives an update on how they’re progressing. Clarke says…
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Earlier this week, a group of over twenty people from the Ada and Warroad communities returned from a mission trip to Jamaica. One of the people in attendance was local student, and Borup native Madalynn Crompton. Crompton tells us how the trip went, and what they did in Jamaica. Crompton also shared some takeaways from…
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A Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Deputy has been arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated and refusing to take a chemical test. On Tuesday afternoon, two Minnesota State Patrol Troopers responded to a call for assistance from Mahnomen County Deputy Rick Ohren of Hawley after Ohren’s pickup had gone into the ditch near Mahnomen. Ohren was…
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The Minnesota D-N-R is floating a proposal that would reduce the statewide walleye possession limit from six to four fish. We decided to reach out to Phil Talmage of the International Falls DNR Fishery, and ask him about this legislature. With a focus on if it’ll effect the waters closest to the Borderland This new…
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FERTILE, MN—If you’re thinking about going to the Polk County Fair Thursday night, Polk County Fair Board President Danny Grundhovd goes over the night’s activities. You can check out what’s coming up at the Polk County Fair Friday, Saturday and Sunday through this link: https://www.polkcountyfairfertilemn.com/
The Rainy Lake North Stars 14U plays at home against Mountain Iron where they would get a 5-0 win over the visitors. Leading the way for the North Stars was Brooks Deziel, who pitched a 7 inning shutout, giving up one hit and striking out 17. At the plate, Huxley Herges had two doubles, and…
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