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Ada, MN — The Norman County Board of Commissioners awarded the bond for their new Highway Department building at their meeting on Thursday, March 17th. The bond rate that was approved was 3.0559%, which was slightly higher than the original estimates but still low enough for the county to officially move forward with a new…
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Mahnomen, MN — Despite the failure of their building referendum vote last month, the Mahnomen School is still moving forward with some building improvements, albeit on a smaller scale. The Mahnomen School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Monday where they approved bids for renovations to their elementary wing. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek says…
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Fosston, MN — Summer is the time for camp, and 4-H Camp at Sand Hill Lake is the premier 4-H camp experience for youth in northwest Minnesota. During this overnight camp, campers will discover and create cool things, participate in hands-on educational activities and make great friends from around the region. 4-H Camp at Sand…
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Halstad, MN — The Halstad Fire Department is hosting their first annual Mixed Stag this Saturday, March 19th at the Halstad LRC. The event will include a dinner, door prizes, raffles, drinks, and more. Social Hour begins at 5pm with Dinner at 6pm. Michael Bare of the Halstad Fire Department talks about the dinner and…
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Mahnomen, MN — It was two years ago yesterday that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order that temporarily closed Minnesota schools for 8 days, and following that schools were forced to go into distance learning for the rest of the year as the COVID-19 pandemic began. Over the next two years there would…
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Gary, MN — Raffles, raffles, and more raffles! The Gary Fire Department invite all to their Firemen’s Game Night fundraiser this Saturday, March 19th at the Gary Legion Hall. A free will soup and sandwich supper will be served starting at 5pm and the games will start at 6pm. Gary Fire Chief Buck Engen says…
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Bagley, MN — The price of gas, even though it appears to be dropping in recent days, is still incredibly high and that has law enforcement officials on alert anticipating an increase in gas theft. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson, a recent guest on the KKCQ Food for Thought Program, says gas thieves most of…
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Fertile, MN — The City of Fertile has selected a new engineering firm to represent the city and assist with major construction projects. The city council, who previously contracted with Alteig Engineering, had began seeking out a new proposals from area engineers and after a special meeting this past week voted to sign on with…
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Grand Forks, ND — The 60th annual International Sugarbeet Institute kicks off today and continues tomorrow at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks with the latest and greatest in sugarbeet related products and services and expert speakers in the sugarbeet industry. Wade Hanson, Secretary of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers, encourages producers to take…
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After several months of being closed to build new exhibits, not to mention being closed due to covid19 and winter storms, the History Center in Shevlin has resumed it’s regular museum hours. They are open Tuesday through Friday and by appointment along with on selected Sundays. There are several new exhibits to view in the…
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