Author: Devon Krueger

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Wake the Lakes DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day

–Video games really downplay how tough it is to crouch walk. –We spend our entire lives inside our minds, only experiencing the outside world through the lens of our perception. (OOOoooooo, soooo deep with that one) –A job interview feels like a conversation between two liars, both of which know the other is lying. –A…
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March 23, 2023 0

Aitkin School Board meeting from March 20th

The Aitkin School Board met Monday evening for their regular monthly meeting. High school student Seth Parkin spoke to the board about his work with the Northland Foundation’s “Youth in Philanthropy” Board:  Community Education Director Lara Parkin presented to the Board, proposing they creating their own Youth in Philanthropy Board within Aitkin HS: The Aitkin School Board will hold…
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March 23, 2023 0

Verse Like Water presents Dr. Athena Kildegaard

Verse Like Water, the visiting poet program of Central Lakes College, presents Dr. Athena Kildegaard at noon on March 27 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Kildegaard is a Minnesota poet and director of the Honors Program at the University of Minnesota-Morris. With funding from the Minnesota…
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March 22, 2023 0

Public Transit to increase starting May 1st

Brainerd & Crow Wing Public Transit provides public transit services to the City of Brainerd. Generally, Brainerd resident ridership fares cover the local share financial obligation of the operation within the City of Brainerd. At the Brainerd City Council meeting March 20, 2023, a fare increase of $1.00 was approved for the Brainerd-to-Brainerd Dial-a-Ride service,…
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March 22, 2023 0

House Fire Results in Fatality in Pine River

From the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page: PINE RIVER, MN – Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that at 2:09 AM on March 21st, 2023, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a house fire on 40th AVE SW (County Road 26) in Walden Township, rural Pine River, MN. Deputies and…
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March 22, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “High School Librarian Charged With Public Drunkenness”

(Uniontown, PA) — An investigation is underway after a high school librarian allegedly came to school drunk in Uniontown.  District officials say 51-year-old Shawn Chory had been placed on administrative leave after showing up drunk to the school on the morning of Tuesday, March 14th.  Chory had just been hired as the baseball coach last…
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March 22, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Chaffee County Man Attacked By Cougar In Hot Tub”

(Nathrop, CO)  —  A Chaffee County, Colorado man is recovering after he was attacked by a mountain lion while relaxing in a hot tub.  Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the man felt something grab his head on Saturday night at his home near Nathrop.  He and his wife began splashing water on the big cat…
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March 22, 2023 0

Talon Metals Community Listening Sessions return March 27th

Talon Metals is moving on to the next phase for the nickel mining project in Tamarack. They have a new area of exploration. (they’re calling the raptor zone, which explores an area 1 mile north of the currently known nickel resource) Talon Metals Community outreach coordinator Jessica Johnson: Johnson described the first real public step in…
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March 22, 2023 0