Area News
County has Top 4 Red River flood, will only receive state aid
By Anna Jauhola The Red River presented a Top 4 flood this year in Kittson County as the river crested at Drayton at 47.3 feet, said Scot Olson, county emergency manager, at a county board meeting on Tuesday, April 21. The river crested at 50.2 feet at Pembina. In 2019, the river crested at 46.6…
Read MoreHallock Council sets public hearings for abatement, TIF
By Anna Jauhola The Hallock City Council has set two public hearing dates regarding tax relief for building housing within city limits. During the council’s regular meeting on Monday, April 6, the council set Monday, May 4 for a public hearing regarding the tax abatement requested by Robert Carr, of Carr Construction. Carr is building…
Read MoreCounty board won’t take extra pay during pandemic
By Anna Jauhola The Kittson County Board of Commissioners decided at its Tuesday, March 31 meeting they should be keeping track of hours they spend in meetings related to COVID-19. The board met via the digital platform GoToMeeting and it went better this time around. Three weeks ago, the board agreed to meet weekly until…
Read More‘We’ve got to stick together’
Lancaster School Board discusses distance learning By Anna Jauhola The Lancaster School Board discussed last week at length the district’s initial plans while the school is closed due to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak. The board held its regular meeting at the school on Thursday, March 19 but changed the venue to the math classroom…
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Farmers Store changes vendors, secondary brand By Anna Jauhola Through the next several weeks, Farmers Store shoppers will notice a few extra people in the building as they prepare for a vendor and brand change. The 116-year-old Hallock business is switching grocery distributors and will now be supplied by Mason Brothers for grocery and Russ…
Read MoreCurling Olympic hopefuls visit Hallock club
New Zealand team training in Manitoba plays exhibition against locals By Anna Jauhola Through old ties from Hallock’s hey days of curling, three young curlers from across the world made their first visit to the United States on Sunday. Brett Sargon, Benjamin Frew and Garion Long are from New Zealand and have been training in…
Read MoreCouncil hires Sugden as Hallock city clerk
By Anna Jauhola In a special meeting, the Hallock City Council voted to hire Aimee Sugden as the new city clerk. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the council met to discuss the personnel committee’s recommendations on the final two candidates for the job recently vacated by Angela Grafstrom. Councilor Naomi Larson called Sugden on Thursday evening…
Read MoreChange in Port of Entry hours remains at a stand-still
By Anna Jauhola LANCASTER, Minn. – The hours at the Lancaster Port of Entry will not be changing anytime soon. Representatives from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) met with Congressman Colin Peterson, D-Minn., and members of the Lancaster and area communities on Thursday, Aug. 29 to discuss the issue. As frustrations continue, they did not…
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