FOSSTON, MN—A Polk County District Court judge has ordered the City of Fosston’s dispute with Essentia Health should go through the arbitration process. The City, which owns the Fosston Hospital, has been in dispute with Essentia since 2022…when Essentia removed labor and delivery service from Fosston. Now the nearest place to deliver a baby for…
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CROOKSTON, MN—A woman from Gary is facing felony charges for writing bad checks. Polk County prosecutors say 36-year-old Kelsey Rae Wastweet of Gary wrote bad checks to a Sacred Heart School fundraiser and a local sports equipment company while using an account that had been closed for fraud years earlier. Two checks were written in July…
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ADA, MN—Back in March, Norman, Mahnomen and Polk Counties, plus three other northwest Minnesota counties, began a program where you could put food scraps into a special green bag…and then those food scraps would be turned into compost. Norman County Environmental Services Director Garry Johanson says the program has had a good response. While there…
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ST. PAUL, MN—The Commission on Judicial Selection announced Monday that three people have been nominated to fill a current opening in Polk County and a future opening in Marshall County. The nominees are Max Schafer-LaCoursiere, an assistant public defender based in Thief River Falls; Symon Schindler-Syme, an assistant county attorney in the Beltrami County Attorney’s…
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You’ll be able to turn food scraps into compost thanks to a new organics recycling program in Norman, Mahnomen, Polk and Clearwater Counties. Norman County Environmental Services Director Garry Johanson tells us how the idea came about. All you have to do to take part in this recycling program is pick up a green bag…
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Over in Mahnomen County, both the Republican and DFL caucuses will be held at the Mahnomen School. The Republicans will meet in the library and the DFL in the cafeteria. Registration begins at 6:30 and each caucus begins at 7. And in Polk County, the Polk/Red Lake County DFL will caucus at Highland Elementary School…
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ST. PAUL, MN—A Polk County Judge has been appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Judge Anne Rasmusson will succeed the retiring Randall Slieter. In a statement, Governor Tim Walz said “Judge Rasmusson is a remarkable judge who has dedicated her career to administering fair and equitable justice in Greater Minnesota. Having her perspective on…
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ST. PAUL, MN—A Polk County judge has been nominated for a spot on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Judge Anne Rasmusson is the assistant chief judge in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District. She has established and served on the White Earth/Mahnomen DWI and Drug Court, and the DWI Courts for Norman, Polk and Red Lake Counties.
FERTILE, MN—Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting had a break for an hour and 20 minutes…while the Council went into closed session to consider allegations or charges against an individual subject to the Council’s authority. The matter wasn’t resolved in that closed session and will be taken up again at the Council’s next meeting on September…
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