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Mahnomen, MN — More news and notes from last week’s Mahnomen School Board meeting. The board recently reviewed and discussed a report from their Native American Parent Committee, who presented recommendations to the district for programming and other changes they would like to see be made. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek says the board needed more…
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Ada, MN — The Wild Rice Watershed District is looking for an individual from the community who would like to serve on their Citizen’s Advisory Committee. Individuals must reside in the watershed area, which includes all of or parts of Norman, Mahnomen, Clay, Polk, Clearwater, and Becker Counties. Tara Jensen, Wild Rice Watershed District Administrator,…
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Fisher, MN — It’s taken longer than anticipated, but the children of the Little Knights Childcare Center are finally moving out of the Fisher School and into their own dedicated space next door. The Fisher School offers year-round childcare for children ages six week to school age through their Little Knights Childcare program. A building…
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Fertile, MN — For area 4-H’ers looking to get involved to Shooting Sports and Wildlife, Polk and Norman County 4-H are partnering up to offer the program together this year. Norman County 4-H Extension Educator Linda Houglum says there will be a joint kickoff meeting for Shooting Sports and Wildlife this Tuesday, April 19th at…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 14th. At the meeting, the board received a report on their E-sports program from E-Sports Coach Logan McCallister. Hillsboro Superintendent Paula Suda says this relatively new offering for the district is showing great signs of success and is becoming popular…
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Ulen, MN — The Ulen-Hitterdal School Board has officially decided to move forward with a referendum vote this fall to see if district taxpayers will support constructing a $1.75 million, 3200 square foot center based childcare facility. The board approved a resolution to move forward with a special election as part of the August 9th…
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Ada, MN — A new preschool offering will be available to those in the Ada community. SonRise Christian PreSchool is being established as a ministry of SonRise Evangelical Free Church in Ada, MN. The Preschool will offer a high-quality Christ-centered early education program that will come alongside families in helping their children come to know…
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We’ve been hearing a lot lately about how the grain futures and cash prices have been fluctuating because of world events and weather events across the country but how have livestock markets been reacting to these same events and the grains? Billy Bushelle owner and manager of Bagley Livestock Exchange explained the situation on the…
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Just before the Legislature’s annual Easter Break, the House passed funding to address the breakout of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the state. The Senate added an amendment to provide $1 million in funding to the Agriculture Department to address avian influenza and the House repassed the amended bill. It now heads to Gov. Tim…
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During his weekly report on KKCQ Radio, Nathan Peterson with the FSA Office reminded CRP participants about contract stipulations and also spoke about additional drought assistance for livestock producers. Peterson reminded producers who have a CRP contract that these next few weeks as weather permits they should check the cover and perform any needed maintenance…
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