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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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September 22, 2022 0

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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September 22, 2022 0

$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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September 22, 2022 0

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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September 22, 2022 0

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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September 22, 2022 0

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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September 22, 2022 0

International Falls School Lockdown and Evacuation.

On 09/21/22, at approximately 1326 hours, the Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office 911 center receiveda call of an active shooter at the International Falls High School. International Falls Police DepartmentSchool Resource Officer Ballejo was at the school at the time of the call and reported there was no signof a shooting at the school. Officer Ballejo…
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September 22, 2022 0

Learning about ricing

MAHNOMEN, MN–Students in Mahnomen have been learning about wild rice harvesting this week.  Mahnomen Activities Director Aimee Pederson says a field trip was part of that learning. Pederson says students will also hear from community members about ricing. Pederson says Mahnomen’s Indian Education program has played a big part in this week’s lessons on ricing. …
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September 22, 2022 0

Fall Dinner & Bazaar Returns to St. Williams Catholic Church in Twin Valley This Sunday

Twin Valley, MN — For the first time since 2019, the St. Williams Catholic Church in Twin Valley will welcome all back to their annual Fall Dinner and Bazaar this Sunday, September 25th from 11-1pm following mass at a special time of 9am. The dinner will feature their special grilled turkey and ham, mashed potatoes,…
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September 22, 2022 0

Oktoberfest at the Norman County Fairgrounds Coliseum this Sunday

Ada, MN — The Norman County Ag Society welcomes all to celebrate Oktoberfest and enjoy some authentic German cuisine this Sunday, September 25th from 11am until 1pm at the Norman County Fairgrounds Coliseum. Guests can enjoy German Sausage, sauerkraut, German potato salad, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, and desserts. Norman County Ag Society President Don…
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September 22, 2022 0