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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/29/22) (Brainerd, MN) — Crow Wing County property owners will soon be receiving their annual notices of property valuation and classification for taxes payable next year, and the tax statement for taxes due this year. Both notices will arrive in one envelope. The notice of property valuation and classification shows the…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/29/22) (Staples, MN) — Onamia-native Joshua Klous is the newest member of Lakewood Health System Emergency Medicine team as a family nurse practitioner. Klous received his undergraduate degree from the College of St. Scholastica, and his Master of Science in Nursing degree from Walden University and is a member of the…
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Fargo, ND — From one side of the state to the other, North Dakota has been experiencing some very unique and contrasting weather patterns recently. On the eastern side of the state and in the Red River Valley, people have been experiencing spring flooding, but North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network Director Daryl Ritchison says most…
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Fosston, MN — March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and Grant Coauette of Essentia Health in Fosston joined our Access Health Program this weekend to spread awareness about the disease and encourage people to schedule a colonoscopy. Colorectal Cancer is one of the most common occurring cancers in the United States. Coauette says colon cancer…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission held a public town hall for their proposed $12 million citywide paving project on Tuesday night, March 22nd at the Main Street Community Center. The city had hoped to do the project this summer if grant funding was available but will now wait until 2023 when some of…
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(BRAINERD, MN) — The Brainerd Chamber hosted its first in-person Eggs and Issues event in two years on Friday, March 25. Chief among the topics discussed at the event were redistricting, the state’s $9.3 billion budget surplus, and the unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund. State Senators Paul Gazelka and Carrie Ruud and District Representatives Josh…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/28/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin City Council held their second meeting of March this past Monday to review topics of the Tour of Opportunities and lighting at the Aitkin Public Library. City Administrator Mike Skribch notified the Council that Garrison Disposal will be continuing with the City on the placement…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/28/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Aitkin High School Principal Paul Karelis spoke before the School Board this past week on some upcoming changes and future plans for the coming school year including building updates and schedule. Karelis first updated the Board of the retirement of longtime Band director Chris Halvorson and the…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/28/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Aitkin County Soil & Water Conservation District will be showcasing all of the natural beauty of the wooded areas that surround Aitkin with their “Walk in the Woods” classes this Spring and Summer. In our monthly chat with Aitkin County SWCD Manager Steve Hughes offers the chance…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (3/28/22) (Brainerd, MN) — More nuisance and brush tree removal and pothole patching will continue for Crow Wing County Highway Department this week. Highway maintenance crews will be performing brush and nuisance tree removal along CSAH 3 (Mill Avenue) in Brainerd on Monday and Friday. Sweeping operations will also be taking…
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