Ada, MN — Ada-Borup-West School District property owners will see a decrease on their tax statement– at last night’s truth in taxation meeting, with no public in attendance to hear the presentation from Superintendent Aaron Cook, the board took action to approve the tax levy with a 14 percent decrease from what was shown on…
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Halstad, MN — With the rising costs of shells and clays, the Ada-Bourp-West Trap Team is hoping to help offset some of those costs and continue to grow the program with their first ever Mixed Stag Fundraiser this Saturday, November 19th at the Halstad LRC. The Ada-Borup-West Trap Team has seen the price of shells…
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Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, November 15th. At the meeting the board reviewed their preliminary audit for Fiscal Year 22 as the final audit is not yet complete. Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook says while their auditing firm is a little behind, the preliminary report shows…
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ADA, MN—Ada-Borup-West High School hosted a Veterans Day program Friday morning to thank those who have served in the military. Ada VFW Post 7557 Commander Craig Larson was the featured speaker. Ada American Legion Post 26 Commander Ken Pazdernik spoke about the high amount of suicide among veterans and the need to reduce that. Pazdernik…
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Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, October 11th. At the meeting, the board approved a contract with Fenworks to launch an E-sports program this year. Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook says it’s a fast growing activity and there was a lot of interest locally in getting it…
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Listen to the Kaleidoscope Program from October 12th, 2022 featuring Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook, who recapped this week’s school board meeting. The Kaleidoscope Program is heard weekdays at 9am on 106.5 KRJB and is hosted by R & J News Director Mark Askelson.
ADA, MN—The Norman County Fairgrounds was a busy place Wednesday as the Minnesota Region 1 FFA held its annual fall rally in Ada. Abbie Savage, the Ada-Borup-West FFA coordinator, says the event was for students in grades seven through nine who are interested in joining FFA. Savage tells us what went on at the fall…
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Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, September 13th where they discussed the start to the school year, recent test results, district goals and more. Ada-Borup-West Superintendent Aaron Cook reported that the district is off to a good start with 702 students currently enrolled. He added that…
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The Ada-Borup-West Cougar Hall of Fame committee would like to announce that the second Hall of Fame class will be inducted into the Cougar Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Events and activities will take place on Friday and Saturday in Ada. The committee is excited to honor and celebrate the contributions that…
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[ST. PAUL, MN] – As students and families prepare to head back to school in the fall, Governor Tim Walz today announced a new effort across state agencies that will make school meals available to approximately 90,000 additional students. More than 200,000 students on Medicaid will be automatically enrolled or re-enrolled to receive free meals…
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