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CHS centralizes fertilizer facility near canola plant

By Anna Jauhola The new CHS Fertilizer plant is up and running. The 26,500-ton capacity facility is located south of the canola plant between Hallock and Kennedy, along Highway 75. “We loaded the first load on April 16,” said Ryan Anderson, senior director of operations in Warren. “We fill the plant by train mainly. We…

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KCC Golf teams presenting successful seasons

By Coach Trent Jerome The KCC Bearcat golfers have had a busy schedule the past couple weeks. Girls Golf The girls traveled to Stephen for their second Border Conference meet on Tuesday, April 29. It was a sunny but cool day for golfing. The girls came ready to play and all improved on their scores from…

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KCC Track working hard at May meets

By Coach Andi Patenaude We traveled to Walker for this year’s True Team meet on Tuesday, May 6. It was a beautiful day and we had a very successful meet. McKinley Folland took home first in the shot put and Greta Kuznia took home second in the 800 meter run. 100m Dash Berlyn Strege: 14.11…

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KCC Golf teams presenting successful seasons

By Coach Trent Jerome The KCC Bearcat golfers have had a busy schedule the past couple weeks. Girls Golf The girls traveled to Stephen for their second Border Conference meet on Tuesday, April 29. It was a sunny but cool day for golfing. The girls came ready to play and all improved on their scores from…

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Flag returns to Hallock after 80-year absence

By Anna Jauhola A few months before the 80th anniversary of Victory in England Day (VE Day), the Hallock city clerk’s office took a surprising phone call. A woman in California has been preparing to move and in her cleaning, she came across a U.S. flag her father had saved. Kelly Symmes didn’t know anything…

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Veryl J. Mortenson, 98

Veryl J. Mortenson, of La Jolla, Calif., passed peacefully on March 20, 2025, surrounded by family, her roses and the ocean breeze. Veryl J. Sorenson was born on July 9, 1926, in the small town of Kennedy, Minn. The youngest of 13 children born to Swedish immigrant parents Axel and Emily (Carlberg) Sorenson, she grew…

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Kathleen Jansen, 83

Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Jansen, 83, of New London, Minn., passed away Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, at Bethesda Grand in Willmar, Minn. She was born on Oct. 1, 1941, in Hallock, Minn., to Orville and Mildred E. (Backstrom) Wilson. Kathy spent her early years in Hallock and Noyes, Minn., and El Paso, Texas, where her father…

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Dennis M. Sobolik, 93

Dennis M. Sobolik, 93, of Hallock, Minn., passed away peacefully on Monday, May 12, 2025, at Kittson Memorial Nursing Home. Dennis was born on Sept. 16 ,1931, in Fordville, N.D., to D.J. and Belle Sobolik. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith, and upon graduation from high school, enlisted in the U.S. Army,…

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Brady Dean Phillips, 29

Brady Dean Phillips, 29, of Oklee, Minn., passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Brady was born to Dean and Lezlee (Urlaub) Phillips on Jan. 26, 1996. He spent his early years in Lancaster, Minn., until, at the age of 6, he and his family moved to Mesa, Ariz. The family lived in Mesa for…

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