Half Day At Hillsboro Thursday
HILLSBORO, ND—Thursday will be a half day for students in Hillsboro. Hillsboro High Principal Terry Baesler has details. Once again, students in Hillsboro will get out of school at 1:45 Thursday afternoon.
ABW Superintendent On MN Legislature Moves
Ada-Borup-West School Superintendent Aaron Cook has been keeping tabs on what the Minnesota Legislature is doing regarding education. Cook says some new requirements were approved on Tuesday. Cook was also asked how new state requirements for free or reduced meals will affect the Ada-Borup-West district. Cook was a guest on Wednesday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB.
Fertile-Beltrami Music Program
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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One Arrested In Thief River Falls Murder
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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Reese and Cote advance to Polk County District One Commissioner Election
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 gets MSHSL approval to become a sanctioned sport in Minnesota
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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Mahnomen Superintendent Waits For Legislature
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 Wild Turkey Update
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 City Council Meets
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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