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Historic Machine Shop Overcomes Three Historic Floods

Even as the flood waters recede, the Finstad Auto-Marine Shop will host its annual openhouse on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Befitting its listing on the National Record of Historic Places, the 108-year-old shop on the shores of Rainy Lake has the best-preserved marine-oriented machine shop in Minnesota. The Shop has survived floods of historic proportions…
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National Park Service to Search Lakes for Zebra Mussels

The National Park Service will search for zebra mussels in and near Voyageurs National Park from August 2 through August 5, 2022. The effort will include a SCUBA team who will dive to inspect areas of Black Bay on Rainy Lake just outside of park boundaries where the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR)…
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Conservation Report – District 5

CO Curtis Simonson (International Falls #2) reports spending the week working Rainy Lake and the Rainy River. ATV activity was monitored throughout the area and nuisance-animal calls were handled. AIS work was conducted throughout the week at area landings and highways. Enforcement action was taken for angling without licenses, allowing illegal operation of juveniles riding…
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Minnesota deer hunting seasons

You can now buy a deer hunting license in Minnesota for this fall’s hunting season. Minnesota DNR big game program leader Barbara Keller tells us where to get up to date information on deer hunting in Minnesota. Keller reminds hunters that the firearms deer season that begins November 5 isn’t the only deer hunting season…
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Master Gardener

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—–Are you interested in gardening?  The University of Minnesota Extension Office is offering a master gardener program.  Heather Dufaut, Polk and Norman County Extension Educator, talks about the master gardener program. There’s more information on the master gardener program online at extension.umn.edu


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Business Highway 371 closes as work resumes in south Brainerd Aug. 8

BAXTER, Minn. –Business Highway 371 will close and detour from south of Greenwood Street to Buffalo Hills Lane/Industrial Park Road in Brainerd as roadwork resumes on Monday, Aug. 8. Motorists to follow a signed detour along Highway 371 to Highway 210 Baxter back to Business Highway 371/S Sixth Street in Brainerd.  Here’s what to expect within the work…
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Lakes Area Music Festival Cabaret Back By Popular Demand

The Lakes Area Music Festival’s all-star cast of opera singers will serenade audiences with some of their musical theater favorites at this year’s Cabaret event, August 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Grandview Lodge’s Norway Center. This popular ticketed event will sweep audiences off their feet as soloists from the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera and…
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Crosby-Ironton Sports Physicals at CRMC set for August 11th

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Physicians are offering sports physicals for Ranger student athletes in grades seven to 12 on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Crosby-Ironton School. The exam on a first-come, first-serve basis will consist of a medical history review, physical exam, hearing, and vision checks and immunization review.…
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DNR announces CWD sampling changes

As part of an adaptive approach to chronic wasting disease management statewide, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is broadening the options this year for hunters to get their deer tested for CWD. “Keeping Minnesota’s deer healthy remains a top DNR priority,” DNR Wildlife Section Manager Kelly Straka said. “The DNR’s commitment to sound surveillance…
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