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(Harvey, IL) — A food service director is being accused of stealing one-and-a-half million dollars worth of chicken wings from a Chicago-area school district. Vera Liddell is accused of ordering more than eleven-thousand cases of the wings from the district’s food provider before picking them up in a district cargo van. Court records say the…
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An assistant girls’ basketball coach at a high school in Virginia has been fired after the 22-year-old woman put on a uniform and played in place of a 13-year-old member of the team. Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia says the 13-year-old girl was out of town and unable to make the junior varsity game,…
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Crosby City Administrator Matthew Hill shared an update on the roundabout that will be going in this summer, after school lets out. There’s a three month timeline for the project, including one solid month of construction. Hill described the scope of the project: There are several changes coming to downtown Crosby. Hill, again: e also…
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McGregor Schools Superintendent/Elementary Principal Brad Johnson attended the Minnesota School Board Association convention recently. After stressing the importance of Special Ed funding, he’s hopeful the district will see results: Johnson expressed some concern about the status of funding for mental health services, however: Our conversation with Superintendent Johnson included details on upcoming events, the school…
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CO Jim Guida (Brainerd East) worked angling and snowmobile activity this week. Guida worked with another conservation officer on a snowmobile detail. Speeding and registration violations were detected. Guida issued car-killed deer permits and fielded a call coming out of the metro from a person who was nervous about the vocal brush wolves in her…
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“The News Photography of Steve Kohls” will be the focus of the next Rosenmeier Forum, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Kohls has shot news, sporting events and artistic photos for the Brainerd Dispatch for…
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Staples, MN – January 27, 2023 — World Cancer Day is February 4, 2023. It is an annual event that brings attention to cancer and encourages people to take steps to prevent, find, and treat it. As many people know, cancer is a disease that occurs when abnormal cells in the body grow and divide in…
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Lara Parkin and Rocco DiPaolo on behalf Aitkin Community Education spoke about upcoming programming that will connection youth with older generation thanks for grant funding from the Northland Foundation, where you can find out more on Community Education, and the how Ag Programming through Aitkin High Schools has great benefits for students as well as…
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A San Diego man was arrested after he stole a car, parked it in front of the police station, and then fell asleep in the driver’s seat. Cops with the San Diego Traffic Division noticed a car parked in a handicapped spot and saw a man sleeping behind the wheel. A check of the license…
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Winter Wonderama, the Aitkin Chamber of Commerce’s mid-winter celebration, is planned for February 11 in Aitkin. This is the second year for this annual event. The Aitkin City Park will host activities ranging from ice bowling to an obstacle course for little ones to a possible scavenger hunt. From 4:30-6pm, the festivities will move over to the…
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