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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (6/29/22) (Crosby, MN) — The Crosby-Ironton School Board moved to not renew the Coaching Contract of Brad Hollenhorst at Monday’s Board of Education meeting as they went forward with approving other contracts and began the process of preparing for the School Board Election in November. We spoke to Crosby-Ironton Schools Superintendent…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (6/29/22) (McGregor, MN) — The McGregor School Board held their monthly meeting Monday night to review annual and personnel contracts from the High School Auditorium. To begin the meeting, Todd Richter from Nexus, which is incharge of the District’s Referendum Building project, gave an update on the project of starting the…
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(Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin Public Schools Board meeting from June 20th featured the hiring of a new Activities Director, Community Education updates, and talks on transportation from the High School Media Center. Lara Parkin, on behalf of Community Education, presented to the Board as more activity has taken place over the past year. Superintendent Dan…
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Final results for the lakes area qualifiers for the state golf tournament: Girls Class AA:Pequot Lakes Team – 3rd Place (Genevieve Birkeland 4th; Morgan Krieger T-9th; Annie Neva T-56th; Charlee Sullivan T-62nd; Kate Stephens T-76th; Bahati Gibbs T-81st)Emily Virnig (Pierz) T-42nd; Abby Turkowski (Little Falls) T-47th; Mallory Uselman (Staples-Motley) T-60thClass A: Kianna Johnson (Walker-Hackensack-Akeley) 2nd;…
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(Brainerd) — The Minnesota State High School League at their meeting this past week opened the topic of Name, Image, and Likeness for student-athletes to earn money for their services in preparation for reaching the next level of competition and beyond. JJ Kern, owner of the Midwest Premier Football League, spoke with R&J Broadcasting, Inc about…
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(Aitkin, MN) —The Aitkin School Board held a special meeting Monday morning, following the end of the 2021-22 school year, to approve resignations of staff and the hiring of a new High School Principal. The Board approved the resignations of Agriculture and Industrial Arts teacher Erik Heimark and the Special Education Teacher Laurie Jost. Both positions…
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Release from Central Lakes College: Central Lakes College is pleased to announce the addition of two new leaders in its Performing ArtsCenter. Joey Yow has been named Director of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center andCory Johnson will serve as theatre faculty within the Liberal Arts and Sciences at the college. “The arts are…
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(Aitkin, MN) — With High School Graduation signaling the end of the 2021-22 school year for Aitkin Public Schools, work only continues for Superintendent Dan Stifter and ISD #1. In our monthly update from Superintendent Stifter, he spoke about putting a few finishing touches and quick maintenance on some projects at the High School. The summer before the…
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Outgoing Superintendent of Brainerd Public Schools joined us on the Wake the Lakes Morning Show to discuss her upcoming retirement and what’s coming up with Brainerd Schools. When asked about looking ahead to retirement, Larson said she doesn’t have the ‘senioritis’ version. Larson then went on to give the key dates for the upcoming graduation…
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The Aitkin School Board held their regular meeting for the month of May.Aitkin Superintendent Dan Stifter spoke before the Board on adding 2 Teacher Workshop Days for the 2022-23 School Calendar. The Board did move to approve the addition of 2 Workshop Days. Superintendent Stifter also touched on the plans for an outdoor graduation ceremony. Discussions…
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