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CROOKSTON, MN—A homeless shelter in Crookston is holding a dinner to raise money for buying a cargo van. Tom Anderson, board chairman of Care and Share, talks about the dinner, which is called “Open Hearts, Open Doors.” Care and Share in Crookston also operates a soup kitchen and food shelf. If you’d like tickets for…
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R&J News compiled our year in review, looking back on the stories that made the News with R&J News in 2023 with a month by month breakdown.
As we move deeper into the winter months illness will continue to spread throughout the community and schools. Ada Borup West and Norman County East school nurse Tracy Johnson tells us some of the illnesses she’s seeing spread around and what she recommends people do to stop the spread of these illnesses. If you do…
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For the second straight year the Fergus Falls Veterans Home was awarded the “Best Nursing Homes” award for 2023 by the U.S. News & World Report magazine. Fergus Falls Veterans Home administrator Jonathan Stone tells us more about the Veterans Home and the services they offer to veterans. Stone told us more about the award…
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for over 200 students interested in paid summer internships for the summer of 2024. The Minnesota DNR says that summer interns will gain valuable training, build meaningful experience and help create a healthy, sustainable, and inclusive Minnesota. The DNR has a wide variety of internship opportunities throughout…
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The Minnesota trapping season is currently underway with beaver, otter, and bobcat seasons still going on. After a low turnout in the 2022/2023 trapping season Rob Baden of the Minnesota DNR says that there has been a major increase in trappers this trapping season. Baden is happy to see this increase and attributes this increase…
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The Traill County Economic Development Commission saw some great successes in 2023. Executive Director, Jim Murphy, tells R & J News that several new businesses were added in the county last year. He also says there were gains in other sectors in 2023 and that the EDC needs to keep that momentum going into 2024. …
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have released their schedule for the 2024 Free Parks Day, with the first one scheduled for January 15. Free Parks Day is when the Minnesota DNR waives the requirement for a vehicle permit at state parks and recreation areas, giving Minnesotans a free of charge opportunity to experience the…
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The unusual warm temperatures this winter have put a delay on the public ice skating rink in Fosston. Typically open in December, patrons have been patiently waiting for ice to be made. Abby Pearson gives an update from the Fosston Rec Department: Once open, Warming House hours will be posted. Stay tuned for more details.
A proposed merger between two regional health care systems has fallen through. Essentia Health and Wisconsin-based Marshfield Clinic Health System have been in talks over a possible merger for the last two years. But on Friday, both sides released a statement saying the merger wouldn’t happen. According to published reports, the two sides were reportedly…
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