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The Ada City Council awarded bonds for their Municipal Complex project during a brief special session on Tuesday afternoon. Ada City Administrator Ashley Larson says the bond sale went better than expected. The Ada City Council also approved a liquor license to the Norman County Raceway at Tuesday’s meeting.
Multiple members of the Ada Borup West community attended Tuesday morning’s School Board meeting to ask questions and raise concerns regarding class sizes at Ada Borup West, specifically in 2026/2027 Kindergarten class. Ada Borup West Superintendent Aaron Cook talks about their current Kindergarten predicament, and how the school will be moving forward. While students remain…
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The Norman County East (NCE) School has been in the midst of a school wide construction project since last summer, but with the project approaching the finish line the district will be holding an open house next week to show off all the work that’s been done. NCE Principal Kelly Kalina tells us more. Kalina…
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The Ada Public Works department will be keeping themselves very busy over the next few months. One of the things that will keep them busy are storm sewer projects, which Public Works Director Brian Rasmussen says they’ll have almost a dozen of this year. Rasmussen was a guest on the Kaleidoscope program, which airs weekdays…
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Commodity markets are in a rough stretch currently, and one major question locals have had to ask themselves is whether they should change their crop rotations, to get a bigger return on their investments. For Ada farmer Cory Jacobson, his answer to this question was to mostly stay on their current rotation schedule. Planting season…
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With planting season currently underway Wild Rice Electric in Mahnomen is reminding producers to beware of electric poles and wires while they are working in their fields. Tommy Houdek of Wild Rice Electric tells us more. If you do hit a powerline, Houdek reminds you, and any onlookers to remain in their vehicle until help…
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The Minnesota Senate on Monday approved Senate File 856 which will create the Office of the Inspector General to combat fraud in the State of Minnesota. During Monday’s Senate Floor Session, bill author Heather Gustafson (D-Vadnais Heights) spoke about her bill, which she says will help solve Minnesota’s fraud issue. Senator Mike Kreun (R-Blaine) said…
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The 29th Annual Festival of Birds is set to take place later this week near Detroit Lakes, and the event offers an opportunity for residents to learn more about the vast amount of birding opportunities in the area. Kelly Blackledge of the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge tells us more about the festival. Blackledge says the…
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ADA, MN—Back in March, Norman, Mahnomen and Polk Counties, plus three other northwest Minnesota counties, began a program where you could put food scraps into a special green bag…and then those food scraps would be turned into compost. Norman County Environmental Services Director Garry Johanson says the program has had a good response. While there…
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The Sugarbeet Planting Season is underway, which means another season of research has begun for the University of Minnesota. Minnesota plant pathologist and Associate Professor Dr Ashok Chanda tells us more about the research he will be conducting this season. In other news, Chanda tells us more about a new cercospora leaf spot chemistry that…
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