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Purple Pride and the Falls Education Foundation legends interview brought to everyone by Border Bank of International Falls. Each month Purple Pride and the Falls Education Foundation will be auctioning off great prizes that will be used to support Purple Pride. This months prize is a 16 person suite at the UMD Bulldogs hockey game…
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Ada, MN — Enrollment for the Second Phase of the Emergency Relief Program will be opening soon, according to Norman and Clay County FSA Director James Kruize. To help agricultural producers offset the impacts of natural disasters in 2020 and 2021, Congress included emergency relief funding in the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance…
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Ada, MN — You can learn a lot about your local history by visiting your local history museum, but now through a partnership with the Minnesota Historic Northwest Consortium, they hope educators will begin including it in their lesson plans. A handful of the local county heritage museums, including Polk County and Norman County, recently…
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St. Paul, MN — Could the state of Minnesota be the next to legalize recreational marijuana? Democratic legislators and Governor Tim Walz are making a strong push this session in hopes that it will. During a conversation this past week with R & J News, Governor Walz stated that marijuana use is already happening here…
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The Relationship Safety Alliance is a rebranding of the Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center. They’ve been in Brainerd since the 70’s, and the rebranding recognizes the evolving nature of domestic violence prevention and assistance. Executive Director Shannon Wussow shared some stark statistics: Support groups are free through the support of LAUW and are available in person, virtually,…
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The Isle City Council met on Tuesday. The entire council was sworn in, even though there is only one new member, because the new term requires taking the oath of office again. A new vehicle for Public Works was authorized to replace one that has issues including holes in the floorboards. The replacement vehicle will…
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Staples, MN – January 13, 2023 — Alyssa Manning, family nurse practitioner, joins Lakewood Health System’s oncology medical staff. Originally from Rock Lake, ND, Manning earned her undergraduate degree from Jamestown University and her master’s degree from North Dakota State University. She is a member of the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology and Sigma…
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Environmental Services Aides Edward Kesller of Pequot Lakes and Mike Mueller of Crosby were recently presented Cuyuna Regional Medical Center’s Trophy Fish Award for going above and beyond in their job duties by donating some of their personal vacation time to a co-worker. One of their co-workers’ mother had been declining with some health issues…
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LITTLE FALLS, MN—Twelve hometown projects that will bring more than $10.2 million in main street improvements to Little Falls, Long Prairie and St. Cloud have been approved by the Initiative Foundation as part of the Minnesota Main Street Revitalization program. In December, the Initiative Foundation approved 13 projects with investments totaling $3.9 million in Brainerd,…
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