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A Beltrami man has ended his campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives. Travis “Bull” Johnson announced Monday he is permanently suspending his campaign for House seat 1B. He had temporarily suspended the campaign after failing to get the Republican endorsement in April. East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander was endorsed by Minnesota Republicans. Incumbent…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting began with a petition being presented to the Council. It states that residents of Fertile and surrounding areas are concerned about Fair Meadow Nursing Home and want it to remain locally owned and managed…and that citizens of Fertile be allowed to vote on Fair Meadow’s future. Fertile City…
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FOSSTON, MN—The City of Fosston has a new Police Chief. Phil Juve was appointed Police Chief at Monday’s Fosston City Council meeting. Seth Senn was also hired to the Fosston Police Department as a patrol officer. Also at Monday’s meeting, changes were approved in the City’s administration. Sarah Manecke stepped down from her position; Amelia…
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The National Park Service (NPS) is providing early notification for the forthcoming public scoping period for Voyageurs National Park’s (the park) Frozen Lake Use Plan, in which the NPS requests your feedback on preliminary alternatives that will be further refined and analyzed in an Environmental Assessment (EA). The 30-day public scoping period for the Frozen Lake Use…
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Carole King was a girl from Brooklyn who became a songwriter and musician in the late 1950s and was one of the most successful female songwriters of the 60s-80s, writing or co-writing 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Which seems like the perfect story to adapt into a jukebox musical featuring all of…
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Historical Presenter Dave Jones will be presenting on the Origins of the American Flag in McIntosh through the NELL program. Jones shares more: Dave Jones is a well known Historical Presenter and has covered a lot of different subject matter, but this one holds a special place in his heart: The event will take place…
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The 2024 School Year will be coming to a close very soon, and the students at the Hawley School District have plenty to look forward to this week. Elementary principal Chris Ellingson says the busy week starts with the sixth grade class trip. Ellingson says the school will also have kids in and out of…
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After a very successful regional competition the Waubun Envirothon will be sending two teams to the Minnesota State Envirothon Competition Next week. Envirothon member Tia Bevins tells us more about the two teams and when they’re leaving. R&J News will follow up with Waubun Envirothon after the state competition on Monday, May 20.