Lakes Area United Way set to begin Campaign Season
(Brainerd, MN) — Quickly winding down the month of September, the Lakes Area United Way will be launching their Campaign Season to usher in another round of fundraising for their local non-profit organizations and partner sponsors. In our monthly conversation with Lakes Area United Way Executive Director Jonathan Aga spoke about this year’s theme for campaign…
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Registration Opens October 1st for 2023 Grandma’s Marathon Weekend
(DULUTH, MINN.) — Registration will open on Saturday, October 1 for the 2023 Grandma’s Marathon weekend, which hosted more than 20,000 runners this past summer in reaching the organization’s first total sellout since 2016. Helped by wonderful weather for runners, the 2022 race weekend saw perhaps the event’s highest-ever number of personal records run across the…
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The Great American Songbook to be Presented Locally by Lakes Area Music Festival
The Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off its fall programming on Friday, September 30 with a concert of vocal jazz and showtunes featuring audience favorite, Broadway soprano Andrea Ross. The performance will take place at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts beginning at 7:30 p.m. Ross will bring a program of familiar tunes from the…
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$1,000 Scholarships Available for Credit Union Members
Baxter, MN (September 21, 2022) – Applications are now being accepted for the Minnesota Credit Union Foundation Scholarship Council (FSC) scholarship program. As part of Mid Minnesota Federal Credit Union’s continued efforts to support students and their families in their financial education journey, we encourage those that qualify to apply for this scholarship opportunity available exclusively…
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Green Gables Road closes, detours Sept. 26 at Highway 371
BAXTER, Minn. –The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close and detour Green Gables Road/Crow Wing County Road 126 at Highway 371 east of Gull Lake, Brainerd, to reconstruct the entrance and replace an underground pipe. The road will close between Highway 371 and Joannes Drive NW on Monday, Sept. 26 and reopen by Friday, Oct. 7. County…
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Business Highway 371 intersection remains closed until Monday, Sept. 26 in south Brainerd
BAXTER, Minn. –Due to rainy weather received last week, the Business Highway 371 intersection at Buffalo Hills Lane and Industrial Park Road will remain closed in south Brainerd until Monday, Sept. 26. Crews have yet to pave the gravel road surface, and dry weather is necessary to complete this task. Access continues as follows: Buffalo Hills…
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Minnesota’s regular waterfowl season begins this weekend
Minnesota’s regular waterfowl season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 24, with the same regulations as last year. Minnesota has three waterfowl hunting zones — north, central and south — that share the Sept. 24 season opener but have varying end dates. The central and south zones also have a mid-season closure Oct.…
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Aitkin City Council meeting from Monday, September 19th
By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/22/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin City Council held their second meeting of September on Monday to discuss their next moves over the Tank Trail, parking restrictions, and bids for the Aitkin Police Department roof replacement from the Community Room of the Aitkin Public Library. City Administrator Mike Skrbich began the…
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