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Brainerd Public Schools Foundation 10th Annual Big Event 2023

Brainerd Public Schools Foundation Executive Director, Jessica Gangl, tells us more about the BPSF Big Event coming up on Saturday, February 4th, 2023 and being held at the Gather on 3 event space at The Woods.


February 1, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “School Worker Charged With Stealing $1.5 Million Worth Of Chicken Wings”

(Harvey, IL)  —  A food service director is being accused of stealing one-and-a-half million dollars worth of chicken wings from a Chicago-area school district.  Vera Liddell is accused of ordering more than eleven-thousand cases of the wings from the district’s food provider before picking them up in a district cargo van.  Court records say the…
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February 1, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Girls Basketball Coach plays in place of 13-year-old”

An assistant girls’ basketball coach at a high school in Virginia has been fired after the 22-year-old woman put on a uniform and played in place of a 13-year-old member of the team.  Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia says the 13-year-old girl was out of town and unable to make the junior varsity game,…
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February 1, 2023 0

Lakes Area Food Shelf – Community Resource Hub

Lakes Area Food Shelf Board Chair, Tim Moore, joins the Wake the Lakes Morning Show to talk about their goal of building a Community Resource Hub to address the growing need for social services in northern Crow Wing County.


January 31, 2023 0

Aitkin Community Education on January 31st Community Connection

Lara Parkin and Rocco DiPaolo on behalf Aitkin Community Education spoke about upcoming programming that will connection youth with older generation thanks for grant funding from the Northland Foundation, where you can find out more on Community Education, and the how Ag Programming through Aitkin High Schools has great benefits for students as well as…
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January 31, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes Moron Lawbreaker for the Week: “San Diego man parks stolen car, falls asleep in front of Police Station”

A San Diego man was arrested after he stole a car, parked it in front of the police station, and then fell asleep in the driver’s seat. Cops with the San Diego Traffic Division noticed a car parked in a handicapped spot and saw a man sleeping behind the wheel. A check of the license…
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January 31, 2023 0

MONDAY’S Life Hack for the Week: “Why Didn’t I Think of That?…Life Hacks” 1-30-23

–Stack your folded clothes vertically in a drawer instead of laying them on top of one another. This way, you can easily see them all when opening the drawer. –Here’s a simple keyboard cleaning hack. Before you throw away that Post-It note, run the adhesive edge between the keys on your keyboard to collect crumbs…
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January 30, 2023 0