Snowmobile crash results in injury in Morrison County
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-18-2023 at approximately 2:23 pm, their office received a report of a snowmobile accident along Jewel Road north of 243rd Street, approximately eight miles northeast of Little Falls, MN in Ripley Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 37-year-old Jason LeBlanc of Fort Ripley, MN was driving a…
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CRP Update
It’s time for farmers to think about putting parts of their land in the CRP–or Conservation Reserve Program. James Kruise with the Norman County Farm Service Agency has details. Kruise went on to say information about the 2022 grassland CRP will be announced soon. In recent years, there’s been a downward trend in farmers participating…
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Fertile-Beltrami Grandparents Program
The Fertile-Beltrami School District has found a group of people that enjoy volunteering in the elementary school: grandparents. Fertile-Beltrami Superintendent Brian Clarke talks about the grandparents program. “Grandma Mike” Olson is one of the volunteers at Fertile-Beltrami. “Grandma Mike” says she had to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but she’s happy to be back…
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Norman County Spring Expo Coming in April
A new event will be held in Hendrum next month that organizers hope will become an annual event. The Norman County Spring Expo will be held Sunday, April 16 at the old school building in Hendrum. Maria Tommerdal, one of the Spring Expo’s organizers, talks about the reasons for starting the Spring Expo. Dena Bishop,…
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ABW/Minnesota Honor Society Week
Ada-Borup-West High School will be celebrating Minnesota Honor Society Week starting on Monday (3/20). ABW High Principal Josh Carlson says it’s something new at Ada-Borup-West. Charlie Scholl, a member of ABW’s National Honor Society, says there will be a special event on Monday. Another ABW National Honor Society member, Sam Melting, says each day of…
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Lakes Area United Way’s Vision Council to hold orientation, tour non-profit organizations
Lakes Area United Way will hold orientation for new Vision Council members tomorrow night at 5:30 at the LAUW office. They’ll go over the purpose of the Vision Council and discuss the tours, which are back after the CoVid era hiatus. LAUW Executive Director Jon Aga: Each Vision Council group will have four-five applications to…
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