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Fosston, MN — It’s been a few weeks since heavy rains caused the initial flooding in the Red River Valley and authorities in Polk County, which was among the hardest hit, are still dealing with the impacts. Polk County Emergency Manager Jody Beauchane, who joined the KKCQ Food for Thought Program recently, says not only…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/9/22) (Garrison, MN) — Wild & Free Animal Rehabilitation at the Garrison Animal Hospital has a full week ahead with their annual Garage Sale event at the Garrison VFW. We spoke to Ashley King this past week about their donation drop off in the first half of the week. The sale,…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/9/22) (Aitkin, MN) — As the water’s open back up on the lakes and rivers, the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office is making the use of their equipment and preparing for emergency rescues with Airboat Training. In our chat with Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida, he spoke about the need for Airboat…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/9/22) (Brainerd, MN) — With the unfortunate cancellation of the Northland Arboretum’s Arbor Day Festivities due to weather, Spring will still be celebrated at the Arb. Everyone is invited to stop by the Arboretum to pick up a free tree sapling to plant and submit their name in a drawing for…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/9/22) (Brainerd, MN) — The final event of the 2021-22 Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center’s Cultural Arts Series will be the Led Zeppelin band of hard rockers, Zeppo on Saturday, May 14th at 7pm on the John Chalberg Theatre from the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. Zeppo will perform…
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Representative Rob Ecklund calls in and talks about some of the items taken up at the House over the past week.
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Mahnomen, MN — Only a few weeks remain in the Minnesota legislative session and that means only a few weeks remain for the House and Senate to pass a bonding bill, which Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl hopes will include funding for a new Mahnomen hospital. During a recent visit on the KRJB Kaleidoscope Program,…
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Minneapolis, MN — A number of teams from the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference will be participating in this weekend’s State Robotics Meet at the Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. Teams from Brainerd, Warroad, Greenbush-Middle River, Babbit, Pequot Lakes, and Keliher will represent the Northern conference and R & J Broadcasting had the…
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Erskine, MN — The Erskine Fire Department will be hosting their annual Fish Fry Fundraiser this Saturday, May 7th from 5-7pm at the Erskine Community Center. The Fish Fry is a free will donation and delivery may be provided by calling the Erskine Community Center at 218-867-2262. If you cannot attend, but would still like…
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