Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Cat Wakes Woman Having Heart Attack”
A woman in Nottinghamshire, England, says her cat saved her life by pounding on her chest to wake her up while she was having a heart attack. While sleeping at home, 42-year-old Sam Felstead suffered a heart attack. Somehow, some way, Sam’s seven-year-old cat, Billy, figured out something was wrong, jumped on Sam’s chest and…
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Foster Grandparents being sought by Lutheran Social Services
(Minnesota) — Making an all important connection between youth and the aging population through the Foster Grandparent program was the topic of conversation with Ron Urbanski from Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota. As Foster Grandparent Program Director for LSS Minnesota, Urbanski gave background on how it all began. Coordination with schools in the area and…
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Crosby-Ironton Schools to wrap up, move on to next Referendum Phase with start of new school year
(Crosby, MN) — In our monthly update on the Crosby-Ironton School District, Superintendent Dr. Jamie Skjeveland noted the next phase of the District’s Referendum projects with the beginning of the 2022-23 school year. Superintendent Skjeveland did talk about the near end of the improvements for Phase 3 of the project that will wrap in the early…
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Aitkin Anglers State Sendoff on Thursday, September 8th
(Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin community is invited Thursday afternoon to send off 3 boats representing Aitkin High School at the State High School Bass Fishing Tournament this weekend. Members of the Aitkin Anglers Fishing Team, Noah Moss and Quinn Crowther, Maggie Borseth and Kolbe Sahr, Kaleb Sahr and Damon Washburn, and boat captains Dan…
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ISD 361 Update with Superintendent Kevin Grover
Kevin stopped in to talk about issues and update to the district on this first days of school. The full conversation with Superintendent Kevin Grover is available here:
Lois Lundin of Backus talks about Backus Community Center
Let’s talk about: ~ Community Cafe ~ Summer Lunch for kids~ Performing Arts Season and the concerts that are lined up. Lois gives all the information about these items from Backus and more…
KSDM/KGHS with NHL’s Neil Sheehy Raise $2400.00 in 5 minutes for Charity.
Retired NHL player Neil Sheehy joined us this morning for a fund raiser to help Nick Hagen and Josh Urban with Medical Expenses after their boating accident on Rainy Lake this past month. The other recipient will be the family at Northeraire Houseboats after their devastating fire that destroyed their home and business office.