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On the February 11th edition Ed Gackley began the show with a special thank you, and some interviews with Lakers players from last week’s media day. Ed’s first guest on this week’s show was Angela Halvorsen Smith from the Rainy River Future Development Program. The next guest was the Flint House’s very own Jerome Tuesday…
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Nancy Cross, President of the Brainerd Lions Club; Dave Kaul, Gambling Manager of the Brainerd Lions Club; and Mari Kaul, Vice President of the Brainerd Leo Club inform us about their efforts to collect needed educational items for the hurricane affected Swannanoa North Carolina school system.
In Littlefork-Big Falls, the Vikings Boys team played at home against Floodwood where the home team would blowout Floodwood 124-31. Tommy Larson would lead the scoring with a school record 66 points passing the old mark of 62 that was set by his grandfather Earl “Snuffy” Larson in 1952. Tommy also now holds the seventh-best…
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Giving Hearts Day is on Thursday, and REACH is asking that you consider donating to them, so they can continue to offer their many programs. REACH Director Stephanie Schneck tells us how you can donate this Giving Hearts Day, and what your donation would be used on. With REACH being a local non profit, Schneck…
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The Minnesota Senate Committee on Education Policy met on Monday, and had a discussion on Senate File 508, which is a bill that would restrict cell phone usage in schools statewide. Bill Author Senator Alice Mann summarizes her bill. Senator Mann said her bill was written after traveling the state to meet with school staff,…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council had been looking for an auditor for several months. At Monday night’s regular meeting, the Council voted to hire Minneapolis-based CliftonLarsonAllen LLP to handle audits for 2023 and 2024. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells us more. Nephew talks about other business at Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting. Jude Olson died…
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Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach joined nearly 30 others in Congress in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. The letter asks that biofuels continue to help meet America’s energy needs. The letter points out that ethanol added over $54 billion to the US gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023….and that bio-based diesel…
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CLIMAX, MN—This is going to be a short week for students at the Climax-Shelly School. Climax-Shelly Principal Lucas Soine explains. For more information on Thursday’s parent/teacher conferences at Climax-Shelly, call 218-857-2395.