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A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store, police said. The ordeal happened last Thursday night in front of shocked shoppers in the town just outside Birmingham, Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said. The 42-year-old Alabama…
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We now know the name of the 82 year old man who died on Friday when the ATV he was driving went through the ice on a lake near Cass Lake. The Cas County (MN) Sheriff’s Office says Thomas Steele of Bemidji was driving the ATV when it went through the ice and into the…
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The Ada-Borup-West School Board has a new chair. Superintendent Aaron Cook says the change was part of the organization that takes place at the first meeting of a new calendar year. Another item of business at Tuesday’s Ada-Borup-West School Board meeting was hiring Kylie Borgen as a second grade teacher. Cook says adding a third…
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You get all sorts of questions at a job interview. Some of them make you uncomfortable. One uncomfortable question became illegal to ask in Minnesota as of January 1st. State Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead tells us the question. This new law was one of several that took effect in Minnesota on New Year’s Day.
Colleen Faacks, Executive Officer of the Mid-Minnesota Builder’s Association, along with the marketing team from Advantage Seamless Gutters in the Brainerd Lakes Area, Zach Lundt and Derek Owen, join us to express the positive business relationship they have with one another. We talk about what Advantage Seamless Gutters offers the area and how others can…
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The Norman County Commission met for their first meeting of 2024 last Thursday and new Commission Chair LeAnn Hall says the main focus of the meeting was reorganization. The Commission also heard reports from the county’s many departments including the Norman County Sheriff’s office who gave their year end report. Hall talks about this report…
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Following a focus group meeting Monday night, the Hillsboro Pool Committee is moving forward with a public forum tentatively scheduled for next month. Committee Spokesperson, Paul Geray, emphasizes that all options are open at this time for a new pool. Geray talks about a possible location and additional amenities. The Grow Hillsboro event is tentatively…
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Norman County Ag Day is Tomorrow and there will be plenty of opportunities to learn new information and get caught up with everything going on in the agriculture industry. Heather Dufault of Norman County Extension highlights some of the experts that will be hosting panels at the event. Dufault says that there will also be…
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The Polk County Commission held their first meeting of the year last week. Polk County’s 4th District Commissioner Joan Lee says it was a quiet meeting but they did have to make changes regarding the county’s official newspaper. Lee also looked back at their final meeting of 2023 and gave an overview of their operating…
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Demolition has started on the old Norman County Highway Department. In late 2023 county staff officially moved out of the old highway department building and into a new state of the art facility after a lengthy construction project. Norman County Engineer Keith Berndt says that he and the county staff are happy to be in…
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