HILLSBORO, ND—An auction house and event center in Hillsboro is making progress. The UDA’s Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program has approved a one million dollar, interest free loan for the complex. Pifer’s Auction and Realty announced plans for the auction house and event center in November 2024. Jim Murphy, the executive director of…
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HILLSBORO, ND—The Hillsboro Kiwanis Food Pantry is looking for donations. Not only all canned goods, but also things like laundry detergent, paper products, shampoo and toothpaste. Rich Gehrke, a member of the food pantry’s committee, says cash will also be accepted. Gehrke says donations can be dropped off at Farmers Union Insurance in Hillsboro at…
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This is Election Day in North Dakota. Polls will be open until 7 tonight with several city and county races on the ballot. In Traill County, voters will decide on approving a home rule charter. This could allow the county to ask voters to approve a county sales tax, lodging tax or restaurant tax. Also,…
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HILLSBORO, ND—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you yesterday. New details have been released about a Hillsboro man facing felony charges. 48-year-old Robert E. Taylor has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault. According to court documents, Traill County Deputies responded to a 911 call…
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HILLSBORO, ND—A Hillsboro man is looking at felony charges, including criminal intent to commit murder and aggravated assault on an adult. According to court documents, Robert Ernest Taylor was charged last Friday in Traill County. The alleged incident took place in the area of 2nd Avenue SW in Hillsboro. Taylor is due in court on…
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HILLSBORO, ND—It’s not an official holiday, but the Saturday after Thanksgiving has become known as Small Business Saturday—a day when shoppers are encouraged to visit local businesses for their Christmas shopping. Jim Murphy, the executive director of the Traill County Economic Development Commission, tells us more. Murphy says there are many activities planned for downtown…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. The woman who was injured in a rollover accident early Thursday morning northeast of Hillsboro has been identified. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Theresa Custer of Hillsboro was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with serious injuries after her pickup rolled over on…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. The man who died in a rollover accident Sunday night in Traill County has been identified. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 66-year-old Rollin Eberhardt of Hillsboro died when his vehicle went off Traill County Road 13 and rolled over. Eberhardt died before he…
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A Hillsboro man has died after a rollover accident Sunday evening in Traill County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the accident happened just before 6:30pm Sunday. A Chevrolet Silverado was going east on Traill County Road 13 near the 16300 block when it ran off the road and rolled over. The driver, a 66-year-old…
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A proposed dairy near Hillsboro got a thumbs up this week from the State of North Dakota. Riverview LLP’s request for a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation has been approved by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. Riverview LLP spokesperson Martha Koehl reacts to the approval. Koehl talks about the scope of the dairy. She…
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