Local Radio
Fertile, MN — During this week’s Fertile-Beltrami School News, Superintendent Brian Clarke joined R & J Broadcasting to showcase how the district is excelling when it comes to their career and technical offerings for students. Clarke says with programs like robotics, business, and even manufacturing, the Fertile-Beltrami School has always had a strong emphasis on…
Read more
Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen School Board is planning to move forward with a number of facility updates despite the failure of their facilities referendum earlier this year. A $4.5 million referendum failed via a tie vote in February, but that referendum was only a portion of the $16.7 million facilities project that was originally…
Read more
Fosston, MN — It’s raffle season for the Fosston Area Sportsman’s Club and the Fosston-Lengby Lions! The Fosston Sportsman’s Club is hosting their annual banquet later this month where hundreds of guns and other items will be raffled off and now has their calendar raffles on sale. The Fosston-Area Sportsman Club’s banquet is set for…
Read more
Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, October 10th. At the meeting the council discussed financing options for a new fire truck. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says they have a fair amount set aside for the down payment of the roughly $500,000 truck, so the council…
Read more
CLEARBROOK, MN–Students at Clearbrook-Gonvick High School can learn about preserving water quality in the River Watch program. Ben Goudge, a junior, tells us what River Watch does. Presley Westrum, another junior, talks about what she enjoys about River Watch. The River Watch students also recently learned about canoeing on the Thief River at Thief River…
Read more
Halstad, MN — As we continue our coverage of National Fire Prevention Week, Michael Baer with the Halstad Fire Department joined R & J News to talk about the fire dangers that arise as we turn up the heat this fall. From space heaters to chimneys, Baer says there are a number of things we…
Read more
Polk County – In advance of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, Polk County announced that the county buildings would be illuminating their flag poles green November 7th through the 13th as part of Operation Green Light, a new national collaborative initiative of the National Association of Counties (NACo) to support military veterans, as well as…
Read more
Crookston, MN — The Polk County Board of Commissioners set their preliminary 2023 tax levy at the end of September with a proposed increase of 5.5%. The proposed levy increase comes after two-days of budget meetings with the department heads. Polk County Commissioner Joan Lee, who joined the KKCQ Food for Thought Program, says navigating…
Read more
ERSKINE, MN—Erskine’s annual community chili cook-off is coming up Saturday afternoon. Erin Green with the City of Erskine has details. Green says everyone will be able to judge which chili is the best. If you think your homemade chili is the best, you can enter it Saturday in Erskine. Green says there’s no charge to…
Read more
Bagley, MN — The deadline to report fall seeded crops is fast approaching. Nathan Peterson of the Clearwater County FSA Office says the deadline to report is November 15th. However, Peterson says this only pertains to crops that will be harvested, and not cover crops. And Peterson also provided an update on the ARC/PLC program.…
Read more