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Cultural Thursday Presents – Lessons from Chile: 40 days and 4,000 kilometers

Central Lakes College’s Cultural Thursday series presents Lessons from Chile: 40 days and 4,000 kilometers with CLC sociologist and photographer Gary Payne. There are two sessions on April 6: The first is at noon in the Chalberg Theatre and the second is at 7 p.m. in room E354. Both are free and open to the…
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March 23, 2023 0

Minnesota Agencies Offer Suicide Prevention Trainings to Equip Rural Ministry Leaders

St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) are partnering to offer free suicide prevention trainings for rural faith leaders this April and May. Clergy and lay leaders who serve rural congregations of all faiths and denominations are welcome. “Faith is an important cornerstone in the lives…
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March 23, 2023 0

Aitkin School Board meeting from March 20th

The Aitkin School Board met Monday evening for their regular monthly meeting. High school student Seth Parkin spoke to the board about his work with the Northland Foundation’s “Youth in Philanthropy” Board:  Community Education Director Lara Parkin presented to the Board, proposing they creating their own Youth in Philanthropy Board within Aitkin HS: The Aitkin School Board will hold…
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March 23, 2023 0

Verse Like Water presents Dr. Athena Kildegaard

Verse Like Water, the visiting poet program of Central Lakes College, presents Dr. Athena Kildegaard at noon on March 27 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Kildegaard is a Minnesota poet and director of the Honors Program at the University of Minnesota-Morris. With funding from the Minnesota…
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March 22, 2023 0

Public Transit to increase starting May 1st

Brainerd & Crow Wing Public Transit provides public transit services to the City of Brainerd. Generally, Brainerd resident ridership fares cover the local share financial obligation of the operation within the City of Brainerd. At the Brainerd City Council meeting March 20, 2023, a fare increase of $1.00 was approved for the Brainerd-to-Brainerd Dial-a-Ride service,…
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March 22, 2023 0

House Fire Results in Fatality in Pine River

From the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page: PINE RIVER, MN – Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that at 2:09 AM on March 21st, 2023, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a house fire on 40th AVE SW (County Road 26) in Walden Township, rural Pine River, MN. Deputies and…
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March 22, 2023 0

Talon Metals Community Listening Sessions return March 27th

Talon Metals is moving on to the next phase for the nickel mining project in Tamarack. They have a new area of exploration. (they’re calling the raptor zone, which explores an area 1 mile north of the currently known nickel resource) Talon Metals Community outreach coordinator Jessica Johnson: Johnson described the first real public step in…
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March 22, 2023 0