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There’s going to be a new band teacher at Fertile-Beltrami School next year. On Tuesday, the Fertile-Beltrami School Board accepted the resignation of band director Laura Jossund and hired Catherine Langenfeld to replace her. Fertile-Beltrami Superintendent Brian Clarke talks about the high regard for the school’s music program. Clarke says there are still two openings…
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN—There has been an arrest in connection with a murder in Thief River Falls. Pennington County law enforcement says they were called around 9pm Tuesday to the Digi-Key Corporation in the 700 block of Brooks Avenue South for a report of a dead man’s body. It was determined the man died by…
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Five contestants were vying for two spots in the Polk County Commissioner District 1 special election on Tuesday, May 9th. Paul Reese and Michelle Cote were the two top vote-getters in the primary election and now advance to the special election to be held on Tuesday, August 8th. The voter turnout was low with 28…
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Boys volleyball will soon join the roster of high school sports sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League. The league’s 48-member Representative Assembly approved the proposal Tuesday with 39 votes in favor. It needed 32 votes, a two-third’s majority, to pass. Boys volleyball will become a sanctioned sport in Minnesota in the 2024-2025 school…
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Like many school superintendents across Minnesota, Jeff Bisek at Mahnomen is keeping an eye on the Minnesota Legislature to see which new mandates will be passed. In an interview with R&J News, Bisek says he’s concerned how any new mandates would be paid for. Bisek says changes could come in the form of paid family…
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HALSTAD, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. People around Halstad continue to feed wild turkeys…and Mayor Darin Johnson says the City Council is going to put a stop to it. Johnson says there was going to be a first reading of the new ordinance at Monday’s City Council meeting, but…
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FERTILE, MN— The Fertile City Council on Monday approved a tobacco license for the owners of Main Street Station and Deli, formerly known as JT’s. Also, several items related to the Polk County Fair were approved. There was discussion about paving a city-owned lot near Encore and Thrifty White. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says…
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Now that the snow has finally melted, sugar beet farmers have been busy planting. Harrison Weber, executive director of the Red River Valley Sugar Beet Growers, tells us the percentage of area farmers have seed in the ground. You can hear more from Harrison Weber on Wednesday’s (May 10) Farm and Field Show on KRJB…
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The Benedictine Foundation is holding a fundraiser this Friday. The Exquisite Tables Event will be held Friday night at 6 at the Ada Event Center. Benedictine Housing/Foundation Director Cassie Visser has details. Each ticket you buy gives you a chance to win an overnight stay for four at the Thief River Falls Seven Clans Water…
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