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The Clearbrook City Council met in regular session on Monday December 11th. City Clerk Lucie Thompson gives an update from the board meeting: The City of Clearbrook had updates from each department in the city as well as some upcoming community activities: The City of Clearbrook will hold their next meeting on January 8th at…
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The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference held their first ever Lego League Tournament on Friday in Bemidji and according to event organizer Jennifer Engle it was a big success. The NMRC gave out a lot of awards centered around team culture and Engle recapped some schools and teams that walked home with this hardware. Engle says…
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A bipartisan group of 53 attorneys general announced they have reached a $700 million settlement with Google in their 2021 lawsuit regarding Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. In total Google will pay $630 million in restitution, minus costs and fees, to consumers who made purchases on the Google Play Store between August…
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R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier caught up with Harrison Weber of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers association to talk about the latest news in agriculture. One of the topics discussed was the New Year and when asked about what the focus will be this January this is what he said. Weber also discussed what…
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The Hawley City Council held their final City Council Meeting of the 2023 year and it was a big one as City Administrator Lonnie Neuner says they finalized their 2024 Tax Levy. Neuner also highlighted some other agenda topics including the building of a new hangar at the airport. Neuner ended by giving a look…
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A pilot and passenger are safe after their single engine airplane broke through the ice on Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning. According to the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, the two people flew from Grand Rapids and were heading to the lake to ice fish. The pilot found what was thought to be a safe landing…
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The Mahnomen-Waubun School Districts received some good news earlier this week as they will be allowed to continue using their “Thunderbird” nickname. Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Superintendent explains why they will not have to change it. Spaeth says he is happy with the results of the petition and is relieved that it is finally over. Spaeth ended…
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The Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission met on Tuesday morning and have officially chosen the final design for the next flag of Minnesota! The final design is a modified version of the submission known as F1953, and includes the conceptual shape of Minnesota in dark blue and the rest of the flag in light blue.…
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Officials have confirmed that a team of coal miners from the Freedom Mine near Beulah North Dakota have discovered a 10,000+ year old mammoth tusk. The tusk was originally discovered back on Memorial Day weekend and is over seven feet in length. After the discovery of the tusk a team of paleontologists from the North…
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The 2023 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual Health Report was released and shows that the Minnesota Teen Pregnancy Rate increased by nearly 26% from 2020 to 2021 with the birth rate declining by 3.3%. Officials are saying that this increase is likely tied to the COVID-19 pandemic which reduced access to condoms and contraception. Officials also say…
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