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St. Paul, MN — The Minnesota State Fair, otherwise known as the Great Minnesota Get Together, gets underway this Thursday, August 25th and runs through Labor Day, September 5th in St. Paul. The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest and best attended expositions in the world, showcasing Minnesota’s finest agriculture, art, and industry.…
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The 40th annual Chatauqua and French-Canadian Metis Festival will take place this weekend in Huot, near Red Lake Falls. There will be a potluck picnic Friday night at 6:30, followed by a bonfire, storytelling and singing by Dan Schmitz. Twylla Altepeter, editor of the Fertile Journal, talks about Saturday’s events. Throughout the weekend, artists and…
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Flom, MN — Fling to Flom this weekend! It’s the annual Flom Farm Fest set for Friday, August 26th through Sunday, August 28th! Many of the favorite Flom Fun activities and events return, including the bean bag tournament, parade, pancakes breakfast, threshing bee, car cruise, and loads of live music. New this year is a…
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At Wednesday night’s Red Lake Falls School Board meeting, the Board received a $5000 donation from Garden Valley Technologies. Red Lake Falls Superintendent Jim Guetter tells R&J Broadcasting how the grant will be used. Guetter also says a major project at Red Lake Falls High School is nearly completed. Red Lake Falls opens its home…
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Mahnomen, MN — Mahnomen County is reminding area residents that the Mahnomen County Demolition Landfill will be closing to the public at the end of month. The landfill is nearly full and costs of expanding the landfill are too high to continue operation. Following the closure date, Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl says they will…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council has selected their next city Administrator to take over for Kari Kirschbaum, who recently accepted a role with the city of Crookston. The council agreed to hire Taylor Vonderharr, who was an applicant in their last search. Kirshbaum, who took part in her final Mahnomen City Council meeting…
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Ada, MN — The City of Ada Public Works has been inspecting trees around the community and sending out letters to residents with dead or diseased trees. Those letters will require property owners to remove those trees to avoid spreading more disease or the risk of the trees causing damage to property. Unless the tree…
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Crookston, MN — The debate over abortion continues and will be a talking point heading into the fall election and the next legislative session. Representative Deb Kiel of Crookston, a prolife advocate and member of Minnesotans Citizens Concerned for Life, joined the KKCQ Food for Thought to share some thoughts on the abortion topic from…
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Minnesota — Wheat harvest in the Red River Valley is 2-3 weeks behind schedule and growers, especially those in the northern valley, may still be a few weeks out. Rhonda Larson, Chairperson of the US Wheat Associates Board of Directors, provided an update during this week’s Farm and Field Show. She notes that its possible…
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Cormorant, MN — The Cormorant Village Community invites all for fun, family, and food at their 11th annual Cormorant Daze this Saturday, August 20th. A lot of events will be packed into a single day in the lakes area village to celebrate the end of summer. Highlights of Cormorant Daze include a the 5K Run…
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