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The Norman County 4-H chapter wrapped up their livestock shows this Saturday morning with the rabbit and poultry show. According to Norman County 4-H Extension Educator Linda Houglum the 4-H events went off without a hitch and no major problems. Even though heavy rainfall did occur at the fair on Friday and Saturday all the…
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The Norman County 4-H Shows continued this Friday with the cattle, sheep, goat, and alpaca shows taking place and the man judging the shows has become a familiar face to the Norman County Fair. Greg Harder has been judging livestock for over 40 years and has judged the Norman County 4-H show 10 times over…
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The Hillsboro Vets Club will hold a fundraiser for the Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota this Saturday night. There will be a bake sale and silent auction from 4 to 7:30 pm at the Vets Club…and they’ll be serving broasted chicken, fries and cole slaw from 5:30 to 7:30. R&J Broadcasting’s Jim…
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The Hillsboro Vets Club will hold a fundraiser for the Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota this Saturday night. There will be a bake sale and silent auction from 4 to 7:30 pm at the Vets Club…and they’ll be serving broasted chicken, fries and cole slaw from 5:30 to 7:30. R&J Broadcasting’s Jim…
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The Hillsboro Vets Club will hold a fundraiser for the Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota and Minnesota this Saturday night. There will be a bake sale and silent auction from 4 to 7:30 pm at the Vets Club…and they’ll be serving broasted chicken, fries and cole slaw from 5:30 to 7:30. R&J Broadcasting’s Jim…
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The Norman County 4-H’ers continue to present their projects at this year’s Norman County Fair in Ada. Norman County 4-H Extension educator Linda Houglum says that so far, all the events have gone well. Woodland 4-H Club president and exhibitor Madalynn Crompton also believes that everything has gone well so far this week, and that…
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REACH was presented with a grant worth $25,000 by Cenex earlier today at the Norman County Fair. Peggy Chisolm with REACH describes what the nonprofit organization has been up to and some things coming up in the organization’s future. The grant presented by Cenex will help REACH fund some of their upcoming programs like their…
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One of Thursday’s visitors to the Norman County Fair was Princess Kay of the Milky Way, goodwill ambassador for the Minnesota dairy industry. Rachel Rynda, this year’s Princess Kay of the Milky Way, showed Norman County Fair visitors how to milk a cow and talked about what dairy farmers do. She says meeting people is…
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The opioid epidemic is affecting rural communities. Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation Director Ruth Meirick says opioid addiction has found its way into farm families at greater numbers than the urban population. Meirick says three out of four farm families have been affected by the opioid epidemic, and three out of four farmers say they can…
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CLIMAX, MN—The Climax-Shelly School Board took care of some summer business at Tuesday night’s monthly meeting. Superintendent Dan Dalchow says hiring teachers was part of that business. Dalchow says the Board also approved a preliminary budget for the 23-24 school year.