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On Sunday March 12th at 1:36 pm the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a six year old boy who had fallen though the ice. The location was next to a dock on a small lake, in an area that was normally used as an ice skating rink, but was covered with snow. The…
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Colleen Faacks, Executive Officer of the Mid-Minnesota Builders Association and Chad Houg and Angela Chapman from Nelson Sanitation & Rental, Inc. join us on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show.
Ada, MN — Applications are now open for Minnesota 4-Her’s looking to take their leadership to the next level through their State Ambassador program. Linda Houglum with Norman County 4-H talks more about the State Ambassador program and the leadership opportunities it provides. During the State Ambassador term, they participate in a variety of activities…
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Lakes Area United Way Executive Director Jon Aga returned to give an update seminars coming to be part of their Vision Council for non-profit funding, initiatives for National Reading Month and Food Share Month with programs for Crow Wing County and the “Flavors of Community Drive” with Central Lakes College:
Twin Valley, MN — The Twin Valley Community Booster’s Club is inviting everyone to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with their first ever Club Crawl this Friday, March 17th. The Club Crawl is similar to that of a Pub Crawl, but with there only being two liquor establishments in town, they’ve enlisted a handful of community…
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Twin Valley, MN — The Twin Valley City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, March 13th at the Twin Valley Community Center. At the meeting, the council picked up their discussion on appointing a new council member to fill the vacancy. The council had two interested applicants at their special meeting last…
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A Scottish man totally blew his shot at Father of the Year honors by “accidentally” robbing his own son at knifepoint at an ATM. The 45-year-old, whose name has not been released, was allegedly masked and gloved when he sneaked up on the 17-year-old victim, who’d just withdrawn ten pounds (roughly 12 bucks) from the…
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Some sights from Jim Birkemeyer on the R&J Broadcasting, Inc. Holiday Vacations Hawaii tour Kauai Coffee: Waimea Canyon
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers the upcoming deadline to remove ice shelters from lakes in the northern one-third of the state is quickly approaching. Heavy snow and slush in some areas means conditions on the ice might be challenging, so the DNR urges anglers to plan ahead to ensure they’re able to…
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