Join St. Joseph Catholic Church and United In Christ Lutheran parish for the first annual Blue Christmas on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at Fertile Community Center from 2:00- 4:00 pm During the holiday season it is extremely hard to be jolly and festive for those who have lost a loved one due to death. The…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. Former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting has settled her lawsuit against the City of Fertile, former Mayor Dan Wilkens and Fair Meadow Nursing Home (owned by the City of Fertile). You’ll remember Leiting was forced to resign her job as administrator in…
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FERTILE, MN—The Northwest Minnesota Junior Livestock Association will put on the sixth annual Northern Lights Livestock Show Thursday and Friday at the Polk County Fairgrounds in Fertile. Patricia Erickson, co-founder of the livestock show, talks about how the show started. Erickson goes over the show’s schedule. Once again, the Northern Lights Livestock Show takes place…
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FERTILE, MN—A special city council meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning in Fertile has been cancelled. The statement about the meeting said the meeting would go into closed session to discuss internal affairs investigation of personnel misconduct. A statement from the City of Fertile said this closed session would be part of the City’s next scheduled…
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ADA, MN—There were four American Legion Baseball playoff games Saturday at Tony Sipe Field in Ada. The day started with Ada blanking Roseau 3-0 as Ames Fassino and Austin McCraven combined on a no-hitter. Fassino threw the first 6 ⅔ innings, with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts. McCraven moved to the mound in the top…
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The lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home Administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens has been settled. According to a letter from Leiting’s attorney, Sarah Jewell, to Polk County Judge Anne Rasmusson that was delivered Friday, a settlement agreement has been reached…and Jewell…
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FERTILE, MN—Now that the 2025 Polk County Fair is over, Fair Board officials are thinking about next year’s fair. Fair Board President Dan Grunhovd says 2026 will be a special year for the fair. Grunhovd thanked the volunteers who helped make this year’s Polk County Fair a success.
FERTILE, MN—The Polk County Fair finished its five day run on Sunday. Polk County Fair Board President Dan Grunhovde spoke with R&J’s Sean Bjerk about the fair. Grunhovde says he’s not taking time off now that the fair is over. He’s already working on the 2026 Polk County Fair.
There’s a new multi-purpose building coming to the grounds of the Polk County Fair in Fertile. The building will be known as the TDS Event Center, powered by Fertile Events Group. Mark Holly is with the Fertile Events Group, and talks about how this project came about. Virgil Campbell, with the Fertile Events Group, talks…
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FERTILE, MN—If you’re thinking about going to the Polk County Fair Thursday night, Polk County Fair Board President Danny Grundhovd goes over the night’s activities. You can check out what’s coming up at the Polk County Fair Friday, Saturday and Sunday through this link: https://www.polkcountyfairfertilemn.com/