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Aitkin Mayor Megan Workman discussed the City of Aitkin’s Legislative Priorities for 2023 working with new State Representative Ron Kresha: A bonding bill the city has on its agenda would be used to help construct a warming house/community room at the City Park: Workman also made her pitch for a 1% city sales tax: The full conversation…
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The Morrison County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9am on tomorrow, January 3rd. In their first regular monthly meeting of the year, the board will elect the Board Chair & Vice-Chair for 2023. They’ll also authorize travel expenses for elected officials on out-of-state board business, standard payments for County Board appointed committees, and other…
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A free, virtual weight loss surgery support group meeting will take place Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The support group is facilitated by the Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery for pre-and post-surgical weight loss patients. The support group offers a variety of speakers and topics related to weight loss surgery. Supportive family members and friends…
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Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida updated us on Emergency Management following the recent winter storms, activity in the Aitkin County Jail, and looking ahead to 2023:
Aitkin County CARE Executive Director Lynne Jacobs returned to give an update on a class coming January 13th with the Senior LinkAge Line, more events for ‘Donuts with Dawn’, and needed employments opportunities:
–Let’s take a moment to appreciate that mother-nature not only pre-sliced, but also pre-wrapped oranges. –Cars should have two horns: one is a “nice” one, the other is a “mean” one. –A group of squid should be called a squad. –We say “hair” when referring to lots of it but we say “hairs” when referring…
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The Minnesota State Patrol responded to an incident involving an injury on Tuesday evening just outside of Aitkin. 70 year old Richard Wayne Clemons of Palisade was southbound on highway 169 in Spencer Township, just east of Aitkin in Aitkin county, on December 27th. He pulled his 1992 Ford Econoline motor home onto the side…
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Long Lake Conservation Center has released their summer camp schedule for 2023. Registration for a variety of summer activities is open now. Camps will be available most of June through August. Campers and their parents may chose from a firearm safety camp, an astronomy camp, a fishing camp, and an outdoor explorers camp, each lasting…
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