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Weight Loss Class starts in January with CRMC

Living Well:  The Weight Loss Series, a weight loss and lifestyle change program that includes educational classes and group support, is being offered on Mondays evenings in Baxter this winter by Cuyuna Regional Medical Center’s Medical Weight Management program. In the class, students will be given a meal plan for weight loss along with tools…
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December 29, 2022 0

DNR Conservation Officer Reports – District 10 (Mille Lacs area)

CO Victoria Griffith (Isle) checked ice anglers on area lakes. Trapping activity was monitored in deep snow conditions. Snowmobilers were also checked. CO Dan Starr (Onamia) monitored very little outdoor activity with extreme cold temps making it miserable to be outside. A trespass case was worked on along with a fail to register deer case.…
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December 29, 2022 0

Aitkin County Care Update on December 29th Community Connection

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:


December 29, 2022 0

Wake the Lakes “DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”

–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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December 29, 2022 0

Palisade man injured as RV tipped in Aitkin area

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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December 29, 2022 0

Long Lake Announces Full Summer Camp Schedule

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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December 29, 2022 0

Fertile Community Center Update

FERTILE, MN—It’s not simply a New Year’s resolution.  In 2023, the Fertile Community Center will see several changes….as Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden explains. Liden was speaking to R&J Broadcasting’s Mark Askelson as part of our Year in Review series.


December 28, 2022 0

New year, new minimum-wage rates as of Jan. 1, 2023

Minnesota’s minimum-wage rates will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2023, to $10.59 an hour for large employers and $8.63 an hour for other state minimum wages. As of Jan. 1, 2023: The state minimum-wage rates will not apply to work performed in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have higher minimum-wage…
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December 28, 2022 0

DNR shares tips to start ice fishing this season  

Winter is here and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has tips for anyone who wants to try ice fishing. The DNR’s learn to ice fish page (mndnr.gov/GoFishing/Learn-Ice-Fish.html) has information about how to search for fishing lakes online with DNR LakeFinder, how to dress, thrifty ways to get fishing equipment, and how to catch fish through the…
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December 28, 2022 0

Monse Receives CRMC Trophy Fish Award

Heartwood Senior Living Community Activities Assistant Jessicca Monse of Crosby of today was presented Cuyuna Regional Medical Center’s Trophy Fish Award for going above and beyond in her job duties by on her own personal time helping a resident obtain her medications. Her nominator wrote, “An assisted living resident was visiting her daughter at the…
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December 28, 2022 0