Local Radio
Its national Poison Prevention week, and Safe Kids Grand Forks is spreading awareness on ways parents can help prevent poisonings from happening in their homes. One thing that many parents don’t know is that medications are considered poisons, and for that reason Safe Kids Grand Forks is reminding parents to make sure they are taking…
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CLIMAX, MN—The Climax-Shelly FFA chapter will hold a pancake feed fundraiser on Sunday. Gabes Kieffer, the Climax-Shelly FFA advisor, has details. Kieffer tells us about what’s coming up for the Climax-Shelly FFA. Again, the Climax-Shelly FFA pancake feed will be Sunday from 10am to 1pm at the Climax Community Center at 105 West Broadway in…
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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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