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FERTILE, MN—One of the most watched elections in northwest Minnesota was in Fertile, where Mayor Dan Wilkens faced two challengers. This was after Wilkens and the Fertile City Council forced the resignation of Fair Home Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting in June of 2023. Many Fertile residents were unhappy with the move and on Tuesday…
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St Michael’s Catholic Church in Mahnomen will be hosting an informational meeting on a new Women Care Facility being built in Moorhead. Event representative Diane Stangel tells us more about the event, and what’s happening. Stangel also tells us more about theWomen’s Care Facility, and what kind of services it will offer. Lastly Stangel said…
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Looking at Minnesota’s State House races, East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander has won the seat in District 1B. The Republican defeated DFL candidate Mike Christopherson with 67 percent of the vote…to Christopherson’s 32 percent. Speaking live to R&J News following his victory, Gander credited the person he’s replacing as 1B Representative, Deb Kiel. Gander…
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BAGLEY, MN—There’s going to be a benefit in Bagley Thursday night for Zach Crist to help his family pay medical bills. Amber Larson, one of the benefit’s organizers, says Zach was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2022. Larson talks about Thursday’s benefit. There’s a Facebook page called Benefit For Zach Crist, which has more information. …
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HILLSBORO, ND—While Veterans Day is next Monday, Hillsboro will be honoring the occasion this Friday. Hillsboro High School Principal Terry Baesler talks about the ceremony. Hillsboro’s Veterans Day ceremony starts at 2pm Friday at the Hillsboro Events Center. If you can’t attend in person, you can watch it Friday on YourLiveEvent.com.
In North Dakota, Senator Kevin Cramer was re-elected to a second term. With over 93 percent of votes counted, the Republican led Democrat Katrina Christensen 66.1 percent to 33.6 percent. Congressman Kelly Armstrong will succeed Doug Burgum as North Dakota’s governor. Armstrong, a Republican, led Merrill Piepkorn 68 percent to 26 percent with 5 percent…
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There are two new members on the Norman County Commission. Timothy Oistad won the open seat in District 1, defeating Randal Gorder 379 votes to 214. And in District 5, Darren Andersen defeated Gregory Crader 448 votes to 160. Oistad and Andersen will succeed Marvin Gunderson and Steve Bommersbach, who did not run for re-election.
There will be two new members on the Ada-Borup-West School Board. There were six candidates for four open positions. The four who got the most votes are: Barb Spilde (incumbent) 1223 Gretchen Rockstad (incumbent) 1211…
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Checking local elections in North Dakota….Hillsboro voters overwhelmingly approved a half cent sales tax increase to go towards a new fire hall. 591 people voted in favor of the new tax, with 185 voting against. Incumbent State Senator Randy Lemm was re-elected Tuesday, defeating Democrat John Pederson with 67.2 percent of the vote to 37.2…
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Michelle Fischbach has been re-elected to the US House in Minnesota’s 7th District. The Republican defeated Democratic challenger AJ Peters by over 150,000 votes in Tuesday’s election. In a statement, Fischbach said she views “these election results as a validation of the work I’ve been doing on behalf of the good people in western Minnesota.…
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