Author: Devon Krueger

Local Radio

Wake the Lakes “DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”

–Plastic bags are the city version of tumbleweed. –The voice in your head is an extraordinary singer. –If you wash the dirt from an ice cube that you drop on the floor, you are washing your water with water,  in the hope that there’s only water..on the water…you will add to your water. –There are…
Read more


March 9, 2023 0

Crosby-Ironton Schools moving into next Phase of Construction

Crosby-Ironton Schools had $10M worth of repairs and updates that needed to be done over ten years, according to a facilities study furnished to the school district several years ago. In 2019, the voters in the district passed a referendum to fund the upgrades and the district got to work.  Superintendent Dr. Jamie Skjeveland: The upgrades are moving…
Read more


March 9, 2023 0

The Ripple Center is feeling lucky with March performances, shows

The Aitkin County Friends of the Arts will host a performance on March 25th at the Ripple Center in Aitkin. This is just one of several performances and events that will take place at the Ripple Center throughout March and into April. Christine Bright shared some details about what they have planned for the week…
Read more


March 9, 2023 0

Essentia Health opening clinic and drive-through pharmacy in Staples  

Essentia Health has been proudly serving the Staples community since 1981 and is excited to be bringing care closer to home for patients living there. Essentia is moving forward with a new clinic and drive-through pharmacy located near Hwy 10 and 12th St NE in Staples.   The stand-alone space represents a multi-million-dollar investment in the community…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0

Women’s Ag Leadership Conference to Enhance Life On and Off the Farm through Sterling Opportunities

Network with ag leaders at the 25th annual Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference (WALC) on April 12 at The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. This year’s WALC theme “Sterling History” plays into the 25th anniversary tradition of silver – and it also serves as a metaphor for the long-term value the conference provides. “Back in 1998 when Robin…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0

Andrew Gapinski to join the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as new director

 (Chaska, Minn.) March 6, 2023 — The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce Andrew Gapinski as the new director of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (fondly referred to as the “Arb”) effective May 1, 2023. Gapinski succeeds Peter Moe, who announced his retirement last…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0

CRMC’s Cancer Support Group to talk on ‘Grocery Store Shopping Tips’

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Registered Dietitian Johanna Christenson will provide practical tips on how to eat better while presenting “Grocery Store Shopping Tips” at CRMC’s Cancer Support Group on Thursday, March 16, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the hospital’s Clinic Conference Room. Christenson will give a virtual grocery store tour showing how to shop smarter…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0

Jaques Art Center on March 8th Community Connection

Barden Heft of the Jaques Art Center joined the program to talk the last days of the All Jaques Art Exhibit, the arrival and events for the Woodblock Prints Exhibit, upcoming classes and the Juried Art Show:


March 8, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Utah woman rids of ‘negative vibes’ by burning down apartment, complex”

(Sandy, UT)  —  A Utah woman is behind bars after admitting to starting a fire at her apartment complex to burn away “negative energy.”  Around a dozen units were damaged and several residents were displaced by the blaze on Sunday morning.  Thirty-eight-year-old Crystal Moss was arrested after telling police it was her fault.  Court documents…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Long Island man steals fire truck, crashes, sets house on fire”

A Long Island, New York man is under arrest after he allegedly got drunk and stole a fire department vehicle…which he then crashed into a utility pole…which set a nearby house on fire.  Firefighters responding to calls of a house fire arrived to find that a stolen fire department vehicle had been driven into a…
Read more


March 8, 2023 0