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16th annual Lakes Area Bluegrass Festival kicks off this week

(Pine River, MN) — The venue is set and Bluegrass bands and musicians from all over the country will be making their way to Pine River to the Lakes Music and Events Park for the 16th annual Lakes Bluegrass Festival, running August 24-28. We recently caught up with Tim and Cindy Roggenkamp about the Festival…
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August 21, 2022 0

PGA Canada brings first event to States with CRMC Championship at Cragun’s this week

(Brainerd, MN) — For the first time in the history of PGA Canada, an event will be held on American soil with the CRMC Championship presented by Gerten’s at Cragun’s Legacy Course in Brainerd for a week-long schedule of events. Cragun’s Director of Golf and Tournament Director Jack Wawro first spoke about PGA Canada bringing this…
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August 21, 2022 0

New CRMC Care Center Public Forum set for September 13th

The public is invited to hear details about the state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar nursing home to soon be built on the Heartwood Senior Living Community campus in Crosby at a public forum set for Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Heartwood’s Conference Room. Senior Housing Partners Development Manager Kevin Lohry will speak about the…
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August 21, 2022 0

McGregor Friends of the Library Book Sale during Wild Rice Days

Everyone is welcome to browse the Friends of the McGregor Public Library’s annual book sale during Wild Rice Days on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2-3. Choose from a large selection of books of all genres, DVDs, and more.  The sale will be held in the library’s meeting room during regular open hours on Friday (10…
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August 21, 2022 0

Red Lake Falls School Board accepts grant

At Wednesday night’s Red Lake Falls School Board meeting, the Board received a $5000 donation from Garden Valley Technologies.  Red Lake Falls Superintendent Jim Guetter tells R&J Broadcasting how the grant will be used. Guetter also says a major project at Red Lake Falls High School is nearly completed. Red Lake Falls opens its home…
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August 19, 2022 0

Mahnomen County Landfill to Close at End of Month

Mahnomen, MN — Mahnomen County is reminding area residents that the Mahnomen County Demolition Landfill will be closing to the public at the end of month. The landfill is nearly full and costs of expanding the landfill are too high to continue operation. Following the closure date, Mahnomen County Administrator CJ Holl says they will…
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August 19, 2022 0

Mahnomen City Council Hires New City Administrator

Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council has selected their next city Administrator to take over for Kari Kirschbaum, who recently accepted a role with the city of Crookston. The council agreed to hire Taylor Vonderharr, who was an applicant in their last search. Kirshbaum, who took part in her final Mahnomen City Council meeting…
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August 19, 2022 0