Local Radio
Excitement is in the air at the Norman County East School, as they will be welcoming kids back for the 2025/2026 school year. Norman County East Principal Kelly Kalina says his staff have been hard at work the last week getting ready for the big day. Kalina also shared a message to students, and parents…
Read more
Now that Labor Day has passed, the staff at Itasca State have moved into their fall programming schedule. Itasca State Park Lead Naturalist Connie Cox tells us what they have going on in the park this week. Cox also gave us a look into their programming for this weekend. More information, and a full schedule…
Read more
Check out the first Coaches Corner of the 2025-2026 Sports Season! I was joined by Special Guest Timm Ringhofer to start the season.
The International Falls Broncos opened their season at home Friday night against Moose Lake–Willow River. Despite a strong fight, the Broncos trailed 27–14 at halftime and were slowed by three second-half fumbles, falling 40–20. Senior quarterback Hayden Swenson led the offense with 337 yards and three touchdowns… On defense, Kane Thompson anchored the team with…
Read more
The Littlefork–Big Falls Vikings kicked off their season Friday, hosting Cromwell-Wright. The Vikings were down 27–8 at halftime and despite a second-half rally, fell 54–32. They’ll be on the road Friday, September 5th at 7 p.m. against Kelliher/Northome.
HAWLEY, MN—Two people were taken to the hospital after their motorcycle collided with a sign Sunday afternoon in Hawley. The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorcycle driven by 64-year-old Jay Jansen of Fargo was westbound on US Highway 10 near 225th Street just before 5pm when the motorcycle struck a sign. Jansen and his passenger,…
Read more
This past Thursday, officials from Norman County cities met with a representative from Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach’s office. Hendrum Mayor Curt Johannsen says one thing he wants help for is repaving the city’s streets. Johannsen says it’s well overdue. Something else on Johannsen’s “to do” list is improving the old Norman County West Elementary School, now…
Read more
SHELLY, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you Sunday. Saturday night’s fire at the Shelly Grain Elevator was caused by embers from the August 8 fire re-igniting. Norman County Sheriff Ben Fall tells R&J News the Shelly Fire Department was called at 8:07 Saturday night about flames coming from the grain elevator’s…
Read more
Today is the final day of the Western MN Steam Thresher’s Reunion at Rollag. Steam Threshers member Eric Nelson has been involved in the event all of his life, as his family were founding members. Nelson says the entire show revolves around the family experience. Nelson talks about some new things this year and some…
Read more
Construction Crews have been hard at work the last week, at Norman County East. Norman County East Principal Kelly Kalina says the school will be ready for students tomorrow, but some work still remains. Norman County East held an open house for the community last week, and Kalina says there was a large turnout of…
Read more