Mahnomen School District Welcome Students Back to School
The Mahnomen School District welcomed all their students back for the 2023-2024 school year today and Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek has a message for Mahnomen students and parents.
McIntosh Youth Found Safe Sunday
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the report of a 9 year old juvenile that ran away from his residence in McIntosh on Sunday evening. Sheriff’s officials say the juvenile was located uninjured and returned to his home following a search of the surrounding area. Assisting agencies include the Fosston Police Department, Fosston…
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Structure Fire in Polk County
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a report of smoke coming from a structure at Lucken Trucks and Parts in Winger on Saturday, August 19th at 6:30 am. Winger Fire Department firefighters located and extinguished a minor blaze within the facility. There was moderate damage to the building as a result of the…
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Art Exhibit Opens in Thief River Falls
A new Art Exhibit is now open at Northland Community College in Thief River through September 29. Showcase Specialist and local artist Trey Everett discusses the exhibit. Everett also talked about the theme of this new exhibit and why he loves it. Everett also discussed some of the individual works of art in the exhibit. …
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Fosston Area Youth Track is Active and Alive
Throughout the month of August Fosston Track Coaches Jake & Kirby Vossler are hosting a Youth Track meet on Mondays. As a couple they are passionate about investing in the future of the track program as well as community outreach. The duo have been running these events for quite some time as well as making…
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Back to School Tax Savings
With it being back to school season the Minnesota Department of Revenue wants to remind parents and guardians that they can save tons of money through tax write offs by saving their school expense receipts and reporting them on their taxes. This program has no income limits to qualify and is available to all parents…
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White Earth Nation to hold Elders Commission Runoff Election
The White Earth Nation Announced on Wednesday that they will be holding a runoff election for the open Elder’s Commissioner seat. Rebecca McCradie and Sherry Vizenor Sawicky will be the two candidates on the ballot as they both received the same number of votes in the first elder’s commissioner election that had 4 candidates on…
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Mahnomen School Update
With the first day of school being Monday, August 21, Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek gave us an update of what’s been going on at the school including the resignation of a School Board member. There was also an incident at the school that had caused some significant damage that had to be fixed. Bisek also…
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RideMN1 Biking Across Minnesota
On Saturday, September 9 RideMN will be departing from Fertile for their annual ride across the state of Minnesota. The ride will start at Erickson Smokehouse in Fertile and conclude in Duluth 7 days later. Wally McFarlane of RideMN1 discusses their organization and what they’re raising awareness for. The organization had to recently make a…
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