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MAHNOMEN, MN—At Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the Council approved the sale of a plot of land to a Bemidji-based company. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Vonderhaar says that sale is leading to something that’s been rare in Mahnomen. You heard right…the first new homes built in Mahnomen in ten years. Vonderhaar was asked about…
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By: Dawson Peterson (4/4/2023) dawsonpeterson@rjbroadcasting.com Fosston, MN — The Region 8A East Visual Arts Festival took place at the Fosston High School on March 29th. 11 schools participated in the festival and numerous students from the area received excellent and superior ratings for their work. Five judges, four from Bemidji State University and one from…
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A snow emergency has been declared in Mahnomen. City Administrator Taylor Vonderhaar has the details. Once again, Mahnomen’s snow emergency goes into effect at midnight Tuesday and continues through Saturday morning…meaning no parking on city streets.
This school year is the first that Norman County East sponsored a competitive e-sports team. It turns out there are some good gamers at NCE as the Titans won a state championship over the weekend in Grand Forks. Nick Hanson is the team’s coach. Kane Skow talks about the team’s triumphs. Another team member, Riker…
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Five teams from the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference will participate in next month’s Minnesota State Robotics Championship. The final statewide rankings were released Sunday, with Pequot Lakes and Warroad qualifying as the top two teams in Region 8. Three other teams have qualified for State by the overall statewide rankings: Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Perham (pictured) and…
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4-4-23 Mahnomen, MN – The Mahnomen County snow clearing crew appears to have one more big clear coming with the Winter Storm that is beginning to bear down on the area. Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl says their new plow, nicknamed “Lil Salty”, has had plenty of time on the roads this winter, and the…
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During the most recent Clearwater County Board of Commissioners meeting, the commissioners stated they they had come to a very difficult, but necessary decision regarding its Home Care Nursing and Hospice Program. The decision was made to terminate its Home Care Nursing and Hospice Program, which has been operated through its Public Health Department for…
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With the potential of 1-2 feet of wet, heavy, snow over the next few days, blizzard conditions, and significant drifting, The City of Ada, Ada Public Works Director, Ada Police Department, and Mayor of Ada have officially declared the City of Ada in a Snow Emergency. What this means is that all vehicles must be…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J Broadcasting has been following. The Mahnomen water plant is running again after a broken part Sunday caused a shutdown. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Vonderhaar says things were fixed around 1:30 Monday afternoon. Vonderhaar went on to say there was never a need for a boil water order…
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During an interview on Friday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB, Minnesota State Senator Mark Johnson talked about trying to get a bonding bill passed in the Legislature. Johnson says this means negotiations on a budget bill will have to go back to the drawing board.