PLUMMER, MN—A Thief River Falls man is dead after his pickup truck collided with a semi Wednesday morning on Highway 59 south of Plummer. The Minnesota State Patrol says an unnamed 18-year-old man was going south on Highway 59 just before 7am Wednesday when his pickup truck struck a northbound semi driven by 61-year-old Robert…
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WASHINGTON, DC—Minnesota 7th District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach announced that over five and a half million dollars in federal funding has been approved for two projects in her district. The first is a million and a half dollars for sanitary sewer improvements in Plummer. This project will allow Plummer to modernize its sanitary sewer system and…
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Two farms in Northwest Minnesota have been recognized by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for superior herd management. The Waukon Dairy and Walter Brothers Dairy of Plummer are among 90 herds that have low somatic cell counts. Somatic cell count, or SCC, is a key indicator of milk quality. A low SCC is better for…
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A 13-year-old boy from Plummer is recovering from severe burns suffered in a gasoline explosion earlier this month. O’Rian Rude was at a Plummer gas station filling his three-wheeler with gas on May 21. Law enforcement says the ATV was still running while it was being filled up and O’Rian was sitting on the seat…
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