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Long Lake Conservation Center has released their summer camp schedule for 2023. Registration for a variety of summer activities is open now. Camps will be available most of June through August. Campers and their parents may chose from a firearm safety camp, an astronomy camp, a fishing camp, and an outdoor explorers camp, each lasting…
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FERTILE, MN—It’s not simply a New Year’s resolution. In 2023, the Fertile Community Center will see several changes….as Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden explains. Liden was speaking to R&J Broadcasting’s Mark Askelson as part of our Year in Review series.
Minnesota’s minimum-wage rates will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2023, to $10.59 an hour for large employers and $8.63 an hour for other state minimum wages. As of Jan. 1, 2023: The state minimum-wage rates will not apply to work performed in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which have higher minimum-wage…
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Winter is here and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has tips for anyone who wants to try ice fishing. The DNR’s learn to ice fish page (mndnr.gov/GoFishing/Learn-Ice-Fish.html) has information about how to search for fishing lakes online with DNR LakeFinder, how to dress, thrifty ways to get fishing equipment, and how to catch fish through the…
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Heartwood Senior Living Community Activities Assistant Jessicca Monse of Crosby of today was presented Cuyuna Regional Medical Center’s Trophy Fish Award for going above and beyond in her job duties by on her own personal time helping a resident obtain her medications. Her nominator wrote, “An assisted living resident was visiting her daughter at the…
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NEWS RELEASE Morrison County Sheriff’s Office December 28, 2022 The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 12-27-2022 at approximately 7:59 am, their office received a report of a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of 93rd Street and 220th Avenue, approximately five miles west of Buckman, MN in Buckman Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 63-year-old…
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Last updated: 2022-12-27 CO Eric Sullivan (Brainerd) reports area snowmobile trail groups continue to work hard on clearing area trails. Thank you to all who volunteer to help clear trails. Ice anglers are starting to get fish houses out on area lakes after challenging ice conditions. Anglers are reporting mixed results with catching fish. CO Jim…
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In the next few days, we’ll be taking down Christmas decorations and wondering what to do with the Christmas tree. In the City of Ada, it’s recommended that you take the tree to the City’s compost site. You can also put it on the curb, but you must also call the Ada Public Works department…
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As we continue to look back on the year 2022, Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson shares information on crime in the county. Sheriff Halverson also talks about challenges his department faces in the new year. Which area of Clearwater County had the most calls in 2022? Halverson says it was Bagley, with 2767 calls.
A smoking cessation class will be held in January at the Aitkin Public Library courtesy of the American Lung Association. Brea Hamsdorf and Liz Short from Aitkin County Public Health shared the details:. There are several thing that make it especially hard to quit smoking tobacco: Short made clear this isn’t a high-pressure environment: Classes…
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