16th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Brainerd/Baxter
Committee Member, Dick Lyscio, tells us about their Community Thanksgiving Dinner that’s been happening for the past 16 years!
Thanksgiving fire safety reminders
Ada Fire Chief Steve Petry has some Thanksgiving fire safety reminders as we move closer to Thanksgiving on Thursday. Perty also reminds us how to properly extinguish a grease fire. For more tips on fire safety go to the United States Fire Administration website at www.usfa.fema.gov.
Potential Chronic Wasting Disease case in Polk County
After reports of a potential case of Chronic Wasting Disease near Climax in Polk County Rob Baden of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources gives us an update on what he’s hearing about the case. R&J News will continue to follow this story.
DTOM 22/0 Foundation offering free Thanksgiving boxes to veterans
The DTOM 22/0 Foundation is offering free Thanksgiving boxes to veterans and are looking for veterans to sign up. DTOM 22/0 Foundation & Veterans Ranch founder and CEO Chris Reder shares more information on this program. Reder also shares how veterans can get signed up to receive one of these boxes. Reder says that if…
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Winter & Your Vehicle
Now that it’s time for holiday traveling, Minnesota State Patrol Sergeant Jesse Grabow has some advice for making sure you stay safe if you get caught in a winter storm. Now that it’s almost winter, it’s time to get your car ready for the colder weather. Sgt. Grabow also has a reminder when it comes…
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Woman Offers Reward for Information leading to Arrest, Conviction of Person Who Shot Horse
A northwestern Minnesota woman wants to find the person who shot her horse. Alyssa Aune said her horse, Parker, was shot in the leg outside her home neat Gatzke in Marshall County last week. Aune said the 22 year old horse had to be euthanized. She said she believes the shooting may have been intentional.…
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2023 Minnesota Rifle Deer Season Recap
The 2023 Minnesota Deer Rifle Season wrapped up on Saday, November 12 and MN DNR Northwest Area Wildlife Supervisor Rob Baden says that the season and harvest numbers went better than he expected. Baden says hunters he interacted with were saying similar things and he recaps what he was seeing and hearing while he was…
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Holiday Open House Fundraiser
The Marshmallow Animal Shelter, Lucky Dog Boarding and Training Center and Patriot Assistance Dogs welcome you to a Holiday Open House Fundraiser at 1478 Mallard St., in Detroit Lakes, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Event includes a bake sale, vendor booths, and challenges for both best salsa and best cookie, with the winners determined…
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Food for Thought – Abby Pearson (Daisy Hagen Auction For the Arts)
Listen back to the KKCQ Food for Though Program with Abby Pearson of the Daisy Hagen Auction For the Arts from Friday, November 17 2023.