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–Instead of scraping ice off your vehicle’s windows, try spraying it with a mixture of ⅔ cup vinegar and ⅓ cup water. Ice will melt right off. –Get rid of nighttime coughs by rubbing Vicks Vaporub on your feet and then placing socks over them. According to this, your cough will stop within minutes. –”Flying…
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Isaiah Moengen informs us about a new non-profit in the area that he started called “Lakes Area Heroes” which helps raise funds to support our area’s local HEROES (“Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS Personnel and their families in times of need”).
Karl Samp, Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation Executive Director, tells us how they provide innovative ways for area residents and businesses to give back to their community.
Aitkin County Public Health’s Liz Short and Brea Hamsdorf discussed upcoming Smoking Cessation Classes coming on Tuesday in January and February at the Aitkin Public Library:
–Manuals for TVs are regarded as useless, but in five thousand years they are as valuable as the Rosetta Stone: Most of those manuals have the same text in over 20 different languages and alphabets. –Tom and Jerry are best friends. But Tom has to pretend to hate Jerry in order to protect (Jerry) so…
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City of Aitkin Megan Workman highlighted the efforts of snow removal from last week and this week, coordination in dealing with bitter cold temperatures, 2023 Levy and Budgets, and business and employment opportunities:
(Katwe Kabatoro, Uganda) — A hungry hippopotamus in Uganda swallowed a toddler whole before spitting the child out. Police say the two-year-old boy was playing in his family’s house near Uganda’s western border when the animal attacked and swallowed him head-first. A man who saw what happened threw rocks at the hippo. The startled animal…
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A bear on the prowl for dinner in Florida found something a whole better than a pick-a-nick basket — and stole a bag of Chick-Fil-A chow from a man’s front porch. Paul Newman had placed a Grubhub order and was set to fetch it from his porch when he noticed his four-legged visitor had beaten…
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Pequot Lakes Chamber Director, Nichole Heinen, previews two big events in the Pequot Lakes area coming up in early 2023: The “2023 Excellence in Service Awards” on January 12th and the “2023 Bobber Bocce on Ice” on February 11th.