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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) launched a new program on Tuesday that will provide $10 million in low interest loans to small Minnesota businesses. In his press release Walz said that “Small businesses are foundational to Minnesota’s economic ecosystem – they’re at the heart of our…
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Beltrami County Residents voted on Tuesday to fund the county’s new jail through a 0.65% local options sales tax for 30 years or until the county’s bonds are retired. Support for the funding through sales tax was heavily favored over the “no” option that would have seen the project financed through increased property taxes over…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Minnesota will be joining the United States and a bipartisan coalition of states in a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, Inc. for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors. The lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. alleges that the company violated Section…
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The DTOM 22/0 Foundation and Veterans Ranch founder and CEO Chris Reader joined Birk in the studio to discuss the DTOM 22/0 Foundation and Veterans Day which is this Saturday. Reader, a veteran himself was asked what Veterans Day means to him and this is what he said. Reader is also the founder and CEO…
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A good teacher is someone who makes kids learn, does fun things like projects, helps kids when they are hurt, helps with bullies, and reads really good stories. “I would have to say that this year’s Teacher of the Year meets most if not all of my kindergartners expectations” is what Becky Todd had to…
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The Gary City Council met for their November meeting on Wednesday night. Things on the agenda included an update on their cafe, unlicensed vehicles, a public works update, and wellhead protection update. Gary Mayor Buck Engen explains what this wellhead protection meeting is and what it entails. The Gary City Council is also exploring the…
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Tensions were high as over three dozen people gathered in the Fertile Council Chamber on Tuesday night to get answers on how the city-run Fair Meadow Nursing Home will operate moving forward after the ongoing conflict between the City of Fertile and former Fair Meadow Administrator Angie Leiting. On the agenda for the night was…
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HILLSBORO, ND—Like many communities, Hillsboro will be celebrating Veterans Day before the official Veterans Day on November 11. Hillsboro’s celebration will be Thursday afternoon at 12:30 at the Hillsboro Events Center. Rich Gehrke, one of the organizers, says this will be the first Veterans Day ceremony Hillsboro has had for a few years. Gehrke goes…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking for adolescents, young people and parents to share their experiences with social media addiction. Ellison is looking for data from people because the State of Minnesota recently joined a multi-state lawsuit whose goal is to force Meta who’s the parent company of Instagram and Facebook to be more…
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Norman County East Principal Raina Askin invites all parents and students who are seniors and juniors to attend their Financial Aid Night on Thursday. Askin shares more details on what you can expect. Askin says that there will also be Parent Teacher Conferences going on this week and next week. The Norman County East Student…
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