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As we continue to monitor the flooding situation in the region, Norman County Emergency Manager Garry Johanson tells us that river levels are slowly going down. He spoke to R&J News around 11:30 Monday morning. Here are the river levels as of mid-afternoon: The Red River at Halstad is just over 34 feet. That’s eight…
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A series of drive-by shootings near Cass Lake has resulted in the arrests of two men and a juvenile. The shootings were reported before 6:00 am on Sunday, April 23rd as two homes were hit and one man was shot. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening wound. While officers…
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Four members of Cass Lake-Bena’s robotics team have earned State All-Academic honors. Caraira Jensen, Eowyn Post, Haylei Pierce and Kaylin Jensen are members of Cass Lake-Bena’s team “The Accelerators.” To be eligible for All-Academic honors, a student has to have a 3.8 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and be in grades 10 through…
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Last week, R&J News told you about improvements that will be made to the Fertile Community Center. About $820,000 in general obligation bonds were approved to pay for the renovation. A person who attended last Thursday’s public hearing asked if it wouldn’t be easier to build a new community center. Here’s the answer from Fertile…
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The Sandhill Lake 4-H Camp will be coming up in June. To get ready for the camp, there will be 4-H Camp Counselor Training set for the end of this month, according to Norman County 4-H Coordinator Linda Houglum The 4-H Camp Counselor Training will be held April 29th.
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – The community is cordially invited to attend the White Earth State of the Nation Address on Wednesday, May 3 at the Shooting Star Casino Event Center in Mahnomen, Minn. Guests are encouraged to visit more than 50 White Earth Nation program exhibits on display from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Social…
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BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today, beginning May 1, the Oak Lake rest area east of Erskine will be under construction. There will not be any impacts to motorists on Highway 2. There will be a temporary closure of the plaza, including the restrooms, in late June. The contractor for this…
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Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson was among those who attended Governor Tim Walz’s State of the State address this week. On Friday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB, Johnson gave his reaction to the speech. One of Johnson’s guests at the State of the State was Carrie Michalski, the president and CEO of RiverView Health in…
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A 35 year old Bagley man has pleaded guilty to second degree intentional murder in the 2020 shooting death of a man near Bemidji. Devin Charles Belcourt pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 19th in Beltrami County Court. Beltrami County Attorney David L. Hanson reported that Belcourt admitted in court that he and two other suspects…
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