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Krystal Klicka, Research Specialist at Essentia Health, describes the mission of the “All of Us Research Program” which is to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, treatment and care for all of us.
Detroit Lakes, MN — The Minnesota DNR recently announced new regulations for gar, which is part of a broader effort to provide more value to species that have long been considered rough fish. Spearers, anglers and bowfishers are allowed to keep up to 10 gar – the toothy, prehistoric fish native to Minnesota waters –…
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–Don’t throw out your old work gloves. Cut the fingers off and you’ll find lots of uses for them. Use them to protect the tips of chisels when you need to carry them. They’re also good for softening the grip of pliers and many other applications. –Make a Squeegee From a Rake. Need a squeegee…
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Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman, updates the Wake the Lakes Morning Show listeners on what’s happening in our Minnesota Legislature.
Crosby-Ironton Schools Superintendent D. Jamie Skjeveland returned with an update on the troubling topic of Snow Days, the next round of construction coming this Summer, and keeping close tabs on the District’s Budget:
Fosston, MN — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is warning community members about scammers once again after a resident was duped out of nearly $30,000 recently. Polk County Sheriff Investigator Justin Swan joined the KKCQ Food for Thought Program recently to discuss the incident. In this particular case, Investigator Swan says they tricked the victim…
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Christine Bright of the Ripple Center in Aitkin informed us of the upcoming shows at the downtown music venue for the Month of March and we were joined by Bob from Midnight River Choir gave us some background of their group ahead of their show on March 15th:
Ada, MN — March is National Nutrition Month, a month set aside to educate people more about the dietary choices they make each day and encourage them to develop healthy eating habits. A nutritious diet consists of three main groups of foods, including protein, carbohydrates, and fats. Kristy Rott of Norman-Mahnomen Public Health says when…
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–There’s a massive difference between eating ramen noodles because you want to and eating them because you have to. –There are 1.2 billion cars on the road right now. One of our biggest goals is to keep them from touching. –The speed limit is the maximum speed you can go by the law and also…
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