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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Aitkin County Public Health talks “My Ascension” Suicide Prevention events coming up in September
Stacey Durgin Smith of Aitkin County Public Health talks about the “My Ascension” documentary and suicide prevention presentation, breaking the stigma of mental health, and helpful resources on the August 23rd Community Connection:
Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out join Community Connection on August 23rd
Russell Moore of Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out joins Community Connection on August 23rd to talk 16th annual Lakes Bluegrass Festival, his roots through Bluegrass, favorite venues, and more:
New Theme Adds Tropical Twist to this Year’s Flom Farm Fest
Flom, MN — Fling to Flom this weekend! It’s the annual Flom Farm Fest set for Friday, August 26th through Sunday, August 28th! Many of the favorite Flom Fun activities and events return, including the bean bag tournament, parade, pancakes breakfast, threshing bee, car cruise, and loads of live music. New this year is a…
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Wake The Lakes “Moron Lawbreaker of the Week”: Woman Makes Eleven-Thousand Calls To Police This Year
A woman was arrested after making over eleven-thousand calls to police this year (That’s almost a full-time job!!). Carla Jefferson was busted recently on a misdemeanor charge of placing a torrent of calls to a Florida police department and sheriff’s office. At one point, Jefferson made 512 calls to police in a 24-hour period. Authorities…
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