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The Ulen Hitterdal School Board approved a number of hirings, and resignations at their board meeting on Wednesday night. Ulen Hitterdal Superintendent Dustin Flaten walks us through the staffing changes, which includes the hiring of a new Dean of Students. Flaten says the school board also approved a proposal for SRO services for the 2025/2026…
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Throughout the year R&J News has been speaking with area law enforcement officers as a way to get to know them better. Next up on our Law Enforcement Spotlight is Norman County Sheriff Ben Fall. Sheriff Fall tells us more about his background in law enforcement, and why he pursued a career in law enforcement. …
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The Norman County Fair is fast approaching with events kicking off on Wednesday. Norman County Fair Board President Don Merkens says the fair board has been hard at work over the last year, and you may notice some changes at the fairgrounds. Jim Birkmeyer of the Norman County Fair Board says there will also be…
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Twisted Sisters at Pub 21 have some really great news regarding their upcoming Heroes on Wheels fundraiser for the Honor Flight of ND/MN. Lori Pladson of Twisted Sisters at Pub 21 tells us more. While the fundraising goal has already been met Pladson still encourages you to come out to the Heroes on Wheels fundraiser…
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HALSTAD, MN—The Landmark Center in Halstad was brought up twice at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Halstad Mayor Darin Johnson says the first instance was about cleaning up the former Norman County West School. Johnson says pictures of the items they can salvage will be posted on the Landmark Center’s Facebook page….and perhaps the City…
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The Kinfolk Market in Ada and Crookston Farmers’ Market Association have received grants from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Assistance Grant Program. The Kinfolk Market received a $10,000 grant, while the Crookston Farmers’ Market Association received $5,485. These grants are meant to help strengthen and expand nutrition assistance. 29 farmers’ markets across…
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WASHINGTON, DC—Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach says she’s been working to support the agriculture industry. Fischbach says President Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill”, which passed the US House, will benefit farmers. Fischbach adds that she is co-sponsoring a bill called the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience Act, or FARMER act. This bill would…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—There’s going to be a household hazardous waste collection Friday afternoon from 2 until 6pm in Mahnomen. Mahnomen County Zoning and Sanitation Director Dave Jurina tells you where to drop off your household waste. Jurina tells us what kind of items they’ll be accepting on Friday. And there are items they won’t accept. Things…
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Interstate 29 was closed for about two hours between Reynolds and Thompson Wednesday after a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper found what appeared to be an explosive. Around 8:40am Wednesday, a trooper conducted a traffic stop on a southbound passenger car for illegal window tint. Based on probable cause, troopers searched the vehicle and found…
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Reports came in from multiple Traill County towns that power was down for significant amount of time Wednesday morning. Power in Hillsboro went out at approximately 10:54a.m. and came back at approximately 11:27a.m. Casey Eggermont from the City of Hillsboro provides details on the cause of the outage and who was affected. The City of…
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