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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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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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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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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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Last week Hillsboro High School named Dr. Carly Theis as the new high school principal following the departure of Terry Baesler to Northern Cass. Theis’ extensive background in education began at UND, where she got her undergraduate degree in elementary education. After graduating, she moved to Colorado where she worked with early elementary grades before…
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People are reminded that on Saturday, Twisted Sisters at Pub 21 in Ada will be holding their annual Heroes on Wheels fundraiser, for the Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota. Lori Pladson of Twisted Sisters at Pub 21 gives us a preview of the day. While the main focus is raising money for the…
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Summer program is set to resume at Big Bog State Recreation Area, and area staff have a number of fun activities planned. Area Naturalist Christa Drake tells us what they have planned throughout the rest of the month. More information about programming can be seen on the Big Bog State Recreation Area webpage on the…
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The Mahnomen School Board heard an update on the ongoing construction work that’s being done at the school throughout the summer. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek gives us an update on the project. The Minnesota Legislature came to an end on Monday night, and Bisek fills us in on what legislation from the session will have…
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