Local Radio
By: Mary Balstad marybalstad@rjbroadcasting.com Polk County, MN – The Polk County Sheriff’s office has welcomed its newest deputy. Wyatt Buechene from Fertile started working with the Polk County Sheriff’s office in July of 2021. Starting as a transport deputy with the office, Beuchene is now in the PTO phase. Jesse Haugen explains this phase of…
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By: Mary Balstad marybalstad@rjbroadcasting.com Polk County, MN – Nathan Peterson gave the weekly FSA Report for Thursday, January 13th. He discussed the upcoming deadlines for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock Program (ELAP). The main purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to producers for losses in 2021 due to the intense drought over…
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RLMC is among growing list of strained healthcare systems pausing some services due to limited hospital space across the region and nation. RLMC’s decision allows priority to be given to patients needing the highest level of care. Local hospital officials said if someone is in need of emergency care to come to the emergency room…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, January 10th. At the meeting, the board approved an update to their COVID mitigation measures to reflect the latest CDC guidance. Mahnomen Superintendent Jeff Bisek says they are shortening the isolation period for positive tests, but still strongly encouraging staff…
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Ada, MN — The proposed new Norman County Highway Department building is another step closer to becoming a reality, however there are still factors at play that can derail the project. The Norman County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing for the roughly $9.6 million building bond, and as there was no public comment,…
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ADA, MN – Benedictine Living Community-Ada, for the second year in a row, has received the top “High-Performing” recognition in the long-term care category, as noted in the recently released 2021-2022 U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Nursing Homes” report. The rating places BLC-Ada among the elite 13% of skilled nursing communities across the country…
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Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, January 10th where they held their reorganization, discussed a new pickup truck, and got news about future projects. After some deliberation, the council approved the purchase of new truck for the Public Works department. However, Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden…
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The Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant celebrates half a century in 2022. Registration is open for the 50th annual Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant and 31st annual Little Miss Nisswa Program. This event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the Nisswa Elementary School. All previous royalty are welcome to attend the pageant in…
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(BRAINERD, MN) — The Crow Wing County Board held its first regular meeting of the year 2022 last week… As part of the year-opening business, the board elected Doug Houge as its new chair… The board also made a resolution to send a letter to the Secretary of State regarding the possibility of a forensic…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (1/13/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Home Grown Local Radio learned on the evening of Tuesday January 11th the passing of former ‘Voice of the Gobblers’ and longtime sports announcer Bill Stimac passed away from COVID-19 complications. Stimac was a stalwart announcer for Gobbler Sports and for KKIN Radio. While also filling in…
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