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Two People are safe after their pickup plunged through thin ice on Union Lake southwest of Erskine at around 4:00 pm on Sunday. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the truck went through the ice in an area of narrows on the west side of the lake that has approximately five inches of ice. Both…
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The US Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public meeting in Redby next week about its water control plan for the Upper and Lower Red Lakes. The meeting will be at the Redby Community Center Monday, February 12 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Water managers from the Corps are updating the current water control plan…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Friday that a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health has been reached to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Minnesota will receive roughly $4,450,000 from the settlement with the funds being used to help address the opioid crisis.…
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Education Minnesota has announced their candidates for 2024 Teacher of the Year. In total there are 159 candidates which represents the third-largest field since 2000. The program celebrates the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota, and eligible candidates include teachers from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, Early Childhood Family Education and Adult Basic Education teachers, from public…
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The Norman County Soybean and Corn Growers Association scholarship deadline is fast approaching with a deadline of March 15. Corn and Soybean Growers Association President Corey Hanson encourages all seniors heading into an ag program to apply. Hanson says this scholarship isn’t just for students going into traditional ag programs, but any ag related job…
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While the Annual Twin Valley SnoMo Days celebration has not gone as planned with half of the events needing to be canceled due to the lack of snow, SnoMo Street Bowling at You Betcha Bowling Center is one of the events still on. Twin Valley Community Club President Mark Askelson tells us more. Human Bonspiel…
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This coming Wednesday, February 7th, is Winter Walk Day in Minnesota. Tina Sanders, a safe kids specialist with Safe Kids Grand Forks, talks about the day. Sanders goes on to talk about the Fisher School’s plans for Winter Walk Day More than 60 Minnesota schools are expected to take part in Winter Walk Day on…
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Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is fighting back against a federal rule that would ban gas furnaces. Representative Fischbach, along with Texas Congressman Pat Fallon and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, has introduced a Congressional Review Act, or CRA, to repeal the Department of Energy’s Final Rule that would ban gas furnaces. In a statement,…
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Law enforcement has determined that a threat made against the Bagley School Thursday was unfounded. School officials posted on Facebook Thursday that they had received a report that a student was planning to bring a gun to school. The school district made a welfare check on the person who made the threat and said that…
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Two people are dead and another person was injured after a one vehicle accident early Friday morning in Mahnomen County. At 1:50am, law enforcement, EMS and fire crews responded to a crash on 270th Avenue south of 270th Street, near Beaulieu. 22-year-old Bobby Weaver of Naytahwaush and 19-year-old Aaliyah Ironcloud of Mahnomen were both pronounced…
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