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GARY, MN—What do do with the old Gary Public School building and Gymnasium? That will be the subject of an informational meeting Tuesday night, March 28. The meeting will start at 6pm with a tour of the gym, with an update meeting to follow at the Gary Legion Club. The discussion will include the status…
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Essentia Health in Ada and Fosston have received grants that will allow them to buy state of the art ultrasound equipment for their respective hospitals. Julie Singewald says Essentia Health received a $26.4 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to buy the new equipment. Essentia Health-Ada is receiving a…
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Around 20 juniors and seniors from Ada-Borup-West High School will be in Washington, D.C. and New York City this week on the school’s annual Close-Up trip. ABW history teacher Dave Smart says this won’t be just a sightseeing trip. While in Washington, the Ada-Borup-West Close-Up group will also visit the Smithsonian museum. Then on Thursday,…
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March is National Nutrition Month. You might remember the food pyramid as a guide for planning meals….but that’s been replaced, according to Gretchen Rockstad, a registered dietician at Essentia Health-Ada. Rockstad says even adding spices to our food can help our health. For example… Gretchen Rockstad will be the guest March 25 on Access Health,…
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TWIN VALLEY, MN—There’s going to be a fundraiser at Norman County East High School Saturday to raise money for post-prom activities. NCE Principal Raina Askin has details. Again, that’s at 4:00 Saturday afternoon, March 25 at the Norman County East School.
The Ulen-Hitterdal School Band has new drum microphones and stands, thanks to a gift from the Wild Rice Electric Round Up Fund. The microphones will also be used at the Top Hat Theatre.
Students from Hawley and other area schools will spend their weekend skiing. Hawley High Principal Kelly Anderson talks about this year’s ski trip. Red Lodge, Montana is in the southern part of Montana near northeast Wyoming.
A farmer from Halstad was among the many who attended Tuesday’s Minnesota Farm Bureau Day on the Hill in St. Paul. Rachel Arneson says a major concern she has is the family leave act that the Legislature is considering. Arneson says the matter of family leave should come from common sense, rather than the law.…
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FSA County Executive Director Nathan Peterson joined Tom Lano to discuss this week’s FSA Report on two programs you can sign up for! Listen to the full interview below! The FSA Report can be heard every week on KKCQ 96.7 FM at 6:55 AM.
For the first time since 2019, the First Care Foundation will be holding their Tango & Cash fundraiser in Fosston this Saturday! Mark Finstad and Evan Fonder, Chair and Vice Chair of the First Chair Foundation, joined Tom Lano on KKCQ’s Food for Thought program to discuss the event. Finstad shared what is the Tango…
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