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The Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs will be holding an event for Minnesota Veteran Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day on Saturday, October 7 at Paul Bunyan Park in Bemidji. Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran Suicide Prevention Coordinator Kristi Stites has more information on the event. One of the many tools that the Minnesota Department…
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The City of Valley City appointed a new Chief of Police on Tuesday as Nick Horner took the oath of office to become the next Police Chief. Horner has worked for the police department for many years. Before taking the Chief of Police job he most recently served as a sergeant in the Valley City…
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The Ada-Borup-West Choir recently participated in an NDSU highschool choir festival. Ada-Borup-West High School Principal Josh Carlson recaps how the festival went for his students. The school district is also doing their community service day right before MEA break. Carlson has more information. Elementary Principal Bree Triplett also wants to remind parents about making sure…
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BUXTON, ND—There’s going to be a benefit in Buxton this weekend to benefit a local business owner. Jackie Merrigan, a bartender at Triple VVV in Buxton, says the benefit is for Triple VVV’s owner, Tom “Ponytail” Gerstenberg. Merrigan tells us about Saturday’s events for the Ponytail Tom Benefit. Then on Sunday, there will be a…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A Commissioner with the Minnesota Department of Administration–Data Practices has ruled that the City of Fertile did not comply with the state’s open meeting law when it held closed meetings earlier this year regarding former Fair Meadow Nursing Home Administrator Angie Leiting. You’ll remember…
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To celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week, the Friends of Rydell and Glacial Ridge Refuges Association will host their 2nd annual Walk for the Wild 5K fundraising event at Rydell Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is located just southwest of Erskine. Board Member Larissa Fitzgerald has more information on this event: For added fall fun there will…
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Tracy Ware of Guardian Angel Defense is offering Permit to Carry Classes later this month in Lengby. She explains how she got started doing the classes. Ware talks about the class she will be offering. Ware says she will gladly answer any questions. Again, the Permit to Carry Class will be on Saturday, October 21st,…
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Chief Marketing Officer Heide Haaven provides information on Garden Valleys Discounted Capital Credit Buyout Program. This program will be offered to current and past Garden Valley members. Haaven shares more here: This program is the first of its kind at Garden Valley and comes with a lot of questions from members. Haaven offers clarity on…
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Annie’s Project will be hosting a series of workshops this November and December. Heather Dufault of Noman-Polk Extension explains what Annies Project is and what these workshops are all about. Registration is required and Dufault explains how you can get registered. The entire conversation with Dufault can be found on rjbroadcasting.com in the Kaleidoscope program.
Potato Harvest continues in the Red River Valley and R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier gives an update on what farmers have been seeing and what they can expect.