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All are welcome to “Mind, Body, Spirit Grief Support” events that will be offered by Pastor Brian Kimbler and Optage Hospice Chaplain Jenny Schroedel on January 26 and 27 at Heartwood Senior Living Community in Crosby. Grief 101 will be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. On Friday, Jan. 27, questions will…
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CO Chelsey Best (Pequot Lakes) spent the week on fishing, snowmobiling and trapping activity. Enforcement action was taken for no fishing license, no shelter tag, and expired registration. CO Eric Sullivan (Brainerd) reports the Nisswa 100 cross country snowmobile race brought race families and race fans to the area. Area lakes are seeing lots of…
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Our DNA can tell us a lot about our health. That’s why the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is returning health-related DNA results to thousands of participants nationwide. The All of Us Research Program partnered with Essentia Health in 2018, and since then more than 3,500 participants have signed up in Essentia Health service areas. …
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Round and round … A family in the U.K. lives in one of the most unique houses in the world and has gotten a lot of attention, mostly for their decades of defiance against the local government. David John and Eirian Howatson moved into their house in 1960, when it seemed like a normal, typical…
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A man in India recently lost his wife of 39 years, but she’ll always be with him — because he’s fulfilled her dying wish of creating a life-sized statue of her so they could be together forever. Tapas Sandilya lost his wife to COVID in 2021. While she was in the hospital, she asked that…
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(Minneapolis, MN) — Leading Minnesota antiwar activist Polly Mann has died at age 103. Mann died Thursday at age 103 after suffering a stroke in San Francisco. She was a co-founder of Women Against Military Madness and was active in the group well into her 90s. Mann became active in politics during the 1950s and…
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(St. Paul, MN) — Organizers of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival released the first named artists for the upcoming event this summer. Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera and bassist Christian McBride will headline. The rest of the lineup will be introduced at a later date. The Twin Cities Jazz Fest starts on June 23rd and…
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(St. Paul, MN) — Music icon Madonna is going back on tour, making a stop in St. Paul this summer. She announced that she will go on the 35-city Celebration Tour, kicking off on July 15th in Vancouver and ending in Amsterdam on December 1st. Madonna will stop at the Xcel Energy Center on July…
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(St. Paul, MN) — Three men are accused of running a sex trafficking operation in the Twin Cities. The defendants are charged with offenses ranging from promoting prostitution, sex trafficking, and receiving profits from prostitution. Two of the suspects are held on a 500-thousand-dollar bond and the third defendant has yet to appear in court.
(Princeton)— An incident involving a Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Deputy led to four suspects charged with felonies and misdemeanors. The deputy tried unsuccessfully over the weekend to serve civil papers to a resident at 2769 56th Avenue. After allegedly being targeted with the laser site of a firearm, the deputy retreated to safety. Charles Rigge, age 77, was charged…
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