Women’s Empowerment Summit on Wednesday, September 28th
Ada, MN — Network with other women and leave with a more positive outlook during the Rural Women’s Empowerment Summit this Wednesday morning, September 28th at the Ada Events Center. The summit, which is being sponsored by REACH, will feature presentations from Monica McMonkley, a rural counselor with the University of Minnesota, and Dawn Chisholm,…
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The Great Pumpkin Medallion Hunt: Week #1, Clue #4 for Thursday, 9/22/22
Plaid, football, and pumpkin spiced things. Are some of the items the fall season brings. In a Main Street Park, there’s a certain mammal. But you’ll no longer catch him wearing his flannel.
Traill County Historical Society Hosting Fall Festival
Hillsboro, ND — The Traill County Historical Society invites all to their annual Fall Festival this Saturday, September 24th at Heritage Park in Hillsboro. Attendees can do some shopping at the vendor fair, check out the antique car and farm equipment display, enjoy lunch, listen to music, and bring the kids for games and demonstrations.…
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“Wake the Lakes” DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”
–Earth is like someone who knows exactly where to stand next to a bonfire. –The Swiss must have been pretty confident in their chances of victory if they included a wine bottle corkscrew on their army knife. –It kinda makes sense that the target audience for fidget spinners lost interest in them so quickly. –The…
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The Great Pumpkin Medallion Hunt: Week #1, Clue #3 for Wednesday, 9/21/22
Where are you Roberta? Have we finally stumped you? This game was designed to lead you askew. The clue today will give more away. Somewhere on Main Street is where you should stay.
DNR Conservation Officer Reports – District 10 (Mille Lacs area)
District 10 – Mille Lacs area Last updated: 2022-09-19 CO Gregory Verkuilen (Garrison) checked lake activity and found boats and docks were starting to come out for the season. As more hunting seasons opened up, questions came in about land use and legal hunting ages. Verkuilen also attended some training and followed up on complaints. CO…
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Ada Police Department Reports Uptick in Thefts from Storage Sheds
Ada, MN — The Ada Police Department is reminding residents to please lock up your outbuildings and storage sheds following a recent uptick in thefts in the community this past month. Ada Interim Police Chief Steve Hager says these snatch and grab thefts are mostly occurring in unsecured, unattached sheds and encourages residents to either…
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Clearwater County Sheriff Comments on Recent Jail Inspection Report
Bagley, MN — A recently released inspection report from the Minnesota Department of Correction painted a grim picture of the Clearwater County Jail that might make you think the twenty-five-year-old facility is falling apart. However, Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halvorson says that is absolutely not the case while clearing the air during a visit on…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Man walks into DQ with gun to give political rant”
A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple felony charges after he walked into a Dairy Queen with a handgun and said he wanted to restore Donald Trump as president. Usually people go to Dairy Queen and just order a Blizzard, but 61-year-old Jan Stawovy had a much more unattainable request. It was also clear that he…
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