Aitkin PD and DARE Officer Joe Fuhrmann on August 29th Community Connection
Aitkin Police and DARE Officer Joe Fuhrmann talks about him joining the Department, his law enforcement background, the DARE program on the August 29th Community Connection program:
Wake The Lakes “Lifehack of the Week”: Amazing Things to Do With Simple Lemons
Sanitize a chopping block. Run a slice of lemon over the surface to disinfect. 2. Eliminate the browning that occurs when food sits out too long. Sprinkle those foods, like apple or pear slices, with lemon juice before serving, or squeeze a bit into guacamole and give it a stir. 3. Remove tough food stains…
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Crow Wing County Veteran Services
Veterans Service Officer, Erik Flowers, provides us with information regarding the Post 9/11 Veterans Grant from the state of Minnesota and the (recently passed into law) PACT ACT. We discuss what that means for our gulf war veterans and Vietnam/AO veterans and the expansion of benefits now available.
Golden Horizons Assisted Living on August 24th Community Connection
Sean Weimer and Robin Gerard of Golden Horizons Assisted Living in Aitkin talk about their Carnival Party on August 27th, a fundraisers for Aitkin Schools:
Business Matters: Josh & Carri Visser Bring Construction and CrossFit Businesses from Texas to Ada
Ada, MN — This week on the Business Matters Program, we’re featuring Josh and Carri Visser who are both new residents to the Ada community by the way of Texas who brought their businesses with them. Josh runs T-Rex Construction, a project management and commercial and residential construction company, while his wife Carri is operating…
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Fosston School Board News & Notes
Fosston, MN — The Fosston School Board took care of a number of personnel items at this month’s regular meeting. Much of the new hires were paraprofessionals and support staff positions, according to Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk. He notes that the Fosston School District is actually fully staffed heading into the school year, which is…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Man finds rare purple pearl in seafood dinner”
Scott Overland was enjoying dinner with his family at a seafood restaurant in Delaware when he made an amazing discovery. While enjoying an appetizer, Scott found a rare purple pearl inside one of the clams. At first, he thought it was a bead or a little piece of candy that the chef might have put…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Musicians and Composers Helping Automakers with Car Sounds”
Automakers are now working with musicians and composers to help with creating pleasing alert systems — as well as in-cabin chimes and tones. For example, world famous film composer Hans Zimmer was involved in scoring sounds for BMW’s Vision M Next car. And, Atlanta-based electronic musician Richard Devine was brought in to help make the…
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