SHELLY, MN—The Shelly City Council spent a great deal of time at Monday’s regular monthly meeting talking about homes that aren’t taken care of…with lawns much higher than city codes allow. Shelly Mayor Ron Cakebread talks about how big the problem is. Also at Monday’s meeting, the Shelly City Council met with a consultant from…
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SHELLY, MN—At Monday night’s Shelly City Council meeting, a newcomer to the area was approved to receive one of the city’s free lots to build a home. George Swenson, acting mayor at Monday’s council meeting, talks about the free lots program. Swenson says the lots aren’t totally free; there will be some expense for hooking…
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Flood warnings remain in effect for the listening area until further notice. This includes the Red River at Halstad, the Wild Rice River at Hendrum, the Marsh River at Shelly and Norman County. Here are the latest river reports as of around 9 this morning from the National Weather Service: The Red River at Halstad…
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HALSTAD, MN—R&J Broadcasting’s Jim Birkemeyer spoke with Halstad Utility Superintendent Lucas Spaeth on the flooding situation in Halstad. Here’s what the National Weather Servicer was reporting for flood water levels as of 9:30 am Wednesday. The Red River at Halstad was at 29.66 feet, with flood stage at 26 feet. The Red is expected to…
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R&J News reached out to Norman County Emergency Manager Garry Johanson for the latest on the flood situation in Norman County. Johanson later told us that there is water over the road on Highway 9, five miles north of Ada, between 260th Avenue and 280th Avenue. He says there are no barricades on the highway….and…
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Shelly, MN — The town of Shelly celebrated its 125th birthday over the weekend with the annual Shelly Days celebration. George Swenson of the Shelly Community Club says the event went quite well. Swenson says there were two new activities this year that became quite popular. Some familiar events at Shelly Days were also well…
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Shelly, MN — The Shelly Fire Department will once again have an active role in this weekend’s Shelly Days & 125th Anniversary Celebration, including hosting a pulled pork supper, street dance, raffles, and even water wars. The water wars are scheduled from 11:30am in the City Park and Shelly Fire Chief David Swenson says they…
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Shelly, MN — Celebrate Shelly Days and the 125th Anniversary of Shelly this Saturday and Sunday. Many of your favorite small town celebration events are the schedule including a car show, parade, bouncy houses, bingo, food, and street dance, but also several new and unique activities this year as well, such as axe throwing, lawn…
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Shelly, MN — The Shelly Fire and Recue Department is hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast this Saturday, March 12th from 7am until 9:30am at the Shelly Community Center. It is a free will offering. After the past few years of either not having events or having to try the “to-go” option, Shelly Fire and Rescue…
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