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McGregor School Board meeting from Monday

The McGregor School Board held a Work Session meeting Monday to review items including a Legislative Update and observations from Board members that attended the Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA) Conference. Katie Nelson shared some statistics pertaining to college and work: Superintendent Brad Johnson gave the Board a resource to keep up with legislative action:…
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February 16, 2023 0

Aitkin School Board meeting from Monday

The Aitkin School Board met Monday. ICS representatives gave an overview of Rippleside Elementary and the High School building facilities assessment. Possible new buildings were discussed.  The Board also discussed bringing in the Minnesota School Board Association to aid in the process of a Strategic Plan for the District. The Board voted to set up a virtual…
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February 16, 2023 0

DNR Weekly Conservation Officer Reports – District 9 (Brainerd area)

CO Eric Sullivan (Brainerd) reports area lakes are seeing less angling pressure as winter progresses. Anglers are starting to target sunfish and crappies. Snowmobile trails in the area are starting to show wear with the recent increase in temperature, but riding conditions are still good. Deer-hunting investigations continued and enforcement action was taken for an…
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February 15, 2023 0

CLC Performing Arts Center, Brainerd Community Theatre announce summer productions

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center and Brainerd Community Theatre areproud to announce two musical productions for summer 2023. High School Musical Jr., based on the hit Disney movie franchise, performs July 6-9, with an all-youth cast! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of love, friendsand family while…
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February 15, 2023 0

Book Vending Machine Comes To Hillsboro

HILLSBORO, ND—People in Traill County will soon have a new way to get books: through a vending machine.  The machine is in Hillsboro at the Agassiz Valley Human Services Office.  Kim Jacobson, the Agassiz Valley Human Services Zone Director, explains how her building got the book vending machine. Jacobson says the machine will be able…
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February 15, 2023 0

Fertile City Council News & Notes from February 13th Meeting

Fertile, MN — The Fertile City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, February 13th. At the meeting, the council got an update from their engineer on a couple of their infrastructure projects awaiting funding from the legislature. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says their water project is still in line to receive…
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February 15, 2023 0

Ada-Borup-West School Board Approves New Football Scoreboard

Ada, MN — The Ada-Borup-West School Board held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday morning, February 14th, where they approved purchasing a new football scoreboard and sound system improvements to their gym and auditorium. The board reviewed and approved quotes from AIM electronics for a new 8 by 18ft scoreboard and a 4 1/2 by…
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February 15, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “CO Man Fighting HOA To Keep Toilet As Lawn Decoration”

(Windsor, CO)  —  A Colorado man is fighting with his homeowners association over their demand that he remove an unusual decoration from his lawn.  Sean McGarry says he found a toilet sitting in his yard last October in Windsor, near Fort Collins.  He found out later that his neighbors had placed the toilet there as…
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February 15, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Toronto company creating plant-based fish alternative”

“Looks, cooks, tastes and flakes like ordinary fish” … That’s the advertisement for a new plant-based seafood line that’s starting to gain traction in Toronto. New School Foods spent the last three years developing a plant-based salmon that, they say, is as close to the real thing as it gets. The plant-based salmon will even…
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