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Aitkin County has another business grant available, thanks to Federal Fiscal Recovery Funding. Grants ranging from $1000 to $5000 per application are open to applicants via the Aitkin County Business Revitalization Grant Program. The grant fund is meant to help support local businesses by allowing them to upgrade/revitalize the outside presence of their business property in…
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The next Rosenmeier Forum, titled The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: Getting it Right for Minnesota, will be held next Monday at 7 p.m. in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College’s Brainerd campus. Peter Tester, MPCA deputy commissioner, will be the speaker. As always, the forum is free and open to the public. Deputy commissioner Tester advises…
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation reported that Road Weather Information Systems stations are now active in seven central Minnesota locations, with highway camera views available at 511mn.org. RWIS collects and processes current weather and road surface data and sends the data to both the National Weather Service and the Minnesota 511 traveler information system. MNDoT uses the…
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Anne Hasskamp Sambar left a legacy that will benefit area seniors and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center employees. The Hasskamp family established a Memorial Nursing Scholarship to honor her years working as a nurses’ aide at CRMC in Crosby. Hasskamp was a graduate of Crosby-Ironton High School and continued her education in the Licensed Practical Nursing program at what is…
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It was only his second time in the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza tournament and his first to catch anything, but Zac Padrnos made it count. He took home the grand prize. Making the win even more astonishing, Padrnos is just 13 years old, meaning it’ll be at least 3 years before he can legally use his prize.…
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Ada, MN — A local Mayor is facing DWI charges following an incident back in November. According to court records, the Norman County Sheriff’s Office received a report on November 2, 2022 at around 4pm of a vehicle in the ditch in the area of 150th Ave and 200th St in southwestern Norman County. Upon arrival,…
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Halstad, MN — A new indoor corn hole tournament has been organized in memory of Katie Brommenschenkel Vilmo, a young farmer who was killed in a farm accident in 2018. It’s been scheduled for 3pm on Saturday, February 18th at the Halstad Legion Recreation Center. There has been a golf tournament in memory Katie in…
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Ada, MN — Newly elected Norman County Attorney Elizabeth Brainard took the oath office on January 3rd and after a few weeks of getting her feet wet in the new position, she joined the KRJB Kaleidoscope Program to talk about the new role and her goals moving forward. She noted that one thing that is…
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Denise Kulig with the International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce talks about Ice Box Days and the events that will be kicking off as well as those that have already occured.
Conservation Officer Darrin Kittleson was my guest and we discussed the trail conditions on both trails and area lakes. Darrin also talked about Law requirements as it pertained to Snowmobiles and some differences between speed on and off of Voyageur National Park Lakes and Trails.