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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/23/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District will be putting together special educational programming this Spring to learn more about the wooded areas that cover the Aitkin area. In our monthly conversation we had with District manager Steve Hughes he spoke about the classes that will…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/23/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, February 16th conducted a search and arrested 3 individuals for various charges including drug and weapons possession. According to a release on the Aitkin PD Facebook page, Aitkin Police, the Aitkin Sheriff’s Office, Aitkin Itasca…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/23/22) (Crosby, MN) — Cuyuna Regional Medical Center’s Board of Governors, after a lengthy search, have named Amy Hart of the Brainerd Lakes Area as their new Chief Executive Officer to lead its staff of more than 1,000 and manage a budget of $154 million. Hart has been serving as the…
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CO Andrew Dirks (CCSRA) Checked ice anglers and snowmobilers throughout the week. Enforcement action included registration violations. CO Chelsey Best (Pequot Lakes) spent the week mainly on snowmobile and fishing activity. Enforcement action was taken for speeding, registration and failure to stop. Investigations continue for work in public waters and trapping cases.CO Eric Sullivan (Brainerd)…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/22/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Weather permitting, the Aitkin and City of Hill City Council meetings are scheduled to meet Tuesday, February 22nd after City offices were closed in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. The Aitkin City Council meeting woll review the Aitkin County Highway Department 2022 Municipal Maintenance Agreement, open…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/22/22) (Brainerd, MN) — The Crossing Arts Alliance has opened the application process for their annual arts scholarship for graduating high school seniors in the Lakes Area. A $500 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton, Crosslake Charter, Pequot Lakes, Pillager, and Pine River schools. The applicant…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (2/22/22) (Minnesota) — The Minnesota Department of Health is expanding their program to provide Minnesotans with free COVID-19 at-home rapid testing through community-based organizations around the state. MDH will be providing over 300,000 rapid antigen tests kits to local public health agencies, tribal health, food shelves, and COVID-19 Community Coordinators to…
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(NISSWA, MN) — The city of Nisswa held its February regular council meeting last week… Among the topics discussed was the possibility of installing a new sound system for the downtown area… The Nisswa Chamber of Commerce is taking preliminary steps to identify vendors and the city is asking for public input on the idea,…
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(BAXTER, MN) — The city of Baxter held its second regular council meeting of the month of February last week… The council heard a presentation from Crow Wing County engineer Tim Bray about the possibility of performing a study to present to MnDOT on the intersection between Highways 210 and 371… The council also discussed…
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–RELEASE– The City of Brainerd has declared a SNOW EMERGENCY effective Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The parking ban and snow removal schedule is as follows. Parking is banned beginning at 4:00 AM on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 on the following streets and until the street is plowed from curb to curb*: All Snow Emergency Routes…
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