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BUXTON, ND—A Buxton business will celebrate its 45th anniversary next week. NoKota Packers will hold an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, March 27 at 4pm at its headquarters. Carissa Olsen, NoKota president and CEO, tells us why they’re having a ribbon-cutting. Olsen talks about the history of NoKota Packers, which dates back to 1979.…
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R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier was at the International Sugarbeet Institute Crop Expo in Fargo yesterday, and had the chance to talk with Agriculture Lobbyist Jim Weisemeyer. Right now many farmers across America have questions on what’s happening, and expected to happen in Washington when it comes to agricultural legislation like the Farm Bill, and…
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Earlier this week, a group of Art Students from Hillsboro High School recently returned from an Arts Trip to Europe. Hillsboro Art Teacher Jamie Worden tells us more about the trip and how it went. Worden also shared some highlights of the trip. Worden said planning for their next trip has already begun, and she…
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MAYVILLE, ND—Mayville State University hosted the annual Traill County Career Expo and Job Fair Wednesday. Jim Murphy, executive director of the Traill County Economic Development Commission, tells us what kind of career opportunities the job seekers are looking for. Murphy points out that a job in a bigger city isn’t necessarily better than a job…
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The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Department invites you out to Clearbrook this Thursday, as they will be hosting an informational event on who you should call when you’re in different kinds of situations. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson tells us more. Halverson says you should also mark your calendars for later this month, as the Sheriff’s…
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R&J’s Kevin Kochmann was at Day 1 of the 26th Annual Red River Watershed Management Board and the Red River Basin Flood Damage Reduction Work Group Joint Conference, and had the opportunity to talk with April Swenby of the Sandhill River Watershed District, about a “massive” project they are working on that centers around the…
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With state and federal funding questions for 2026, the Mahnomen School District is looking to make $650,000 in budget cuts. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek tells us more about the reasons for the cuts, and where they will be making cuts. Bisek recently visited Washington DC to discuss federal funding like Impact Aid, and he says…
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Later today the University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University Extension will be unveiling a new sugarbeet harvester at the International Sugarbeet Institute Trade Show at the Fargo Dome, that will be used in all future sugarbeet research projects. Dr. Tom Peters of NDSU extension tells us more. Peters also told us more about…
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The Hawley City Council approved the hiring of a new Police Chief at their council meeting on Monday night. Hawley City Administrator Lonnie Neuner tells us who the council decided to hire. Neuner also told us more about Chief Steer, and why the council felt comfortable moving forward with him. Finally, Neuner recapped some other…
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There’s going to be a fundraiser Saturday in Cormorant to support a woman with breast cancer. Erin Heidinger was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall, as her daughter, Kaytlin Heidinger, explains. It’s Stage 3 breast cancer, known as invasive ductal carcinoma. Erin has been undergoing chemotherapy and will have a double mastectomy…with possibly more chemotherapy…
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