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(McGregor, MN) — The McGregor School Board held a special session Monday night to hear a presentation on the Teacher Mentor Program from the High School Auditorium. McGregor Superintendent and Elementary Principal Brad Johnson about being appointed as the lead for the Education Identity and Access Management Board Resolution. Liz Kabus spoke before the Board…
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Nineteen students graduated from Central Lakes College’s Law Enforcement Skills program on Friday. These men and women have completed two years of general education and Criminal Justice studies, and now have been through an intense eight-week law enforcement training program. This unique program allows students to get in the driver’s seat of new, state-of-the-art squad cars…
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(Aitkin, MN) — The Summer months are proving to be just as busy as the school year for Aitkin Public Schools and Superintendent Dan Stifter. In our monthly conversation, Superintendent Stifter touched on the recent hiring of a new high school principal, Lisa DeMars, and the hiring process. Stifter also mentioned openings for staff and teaching…
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(McGregor, MN) — The McGregor School District has been busy during the first half of the summer with Summer School, Community Education programs, construction, while starting to prepare for the 2022-23 school year. In our conversation with McGregor Superintendent and Elementary Principal Brad Johnson first noted the end of the 2021-22 school year and coming…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (7/4/22) (Aitkin, MN) — 11 years of planning and one month of preparation are still ahead of the Aitkin All Class Reunion, August 6-9th in Aitkin. We chatted recently with All Class Reunion Committee members Wendi Johnson and Gary Tibbitts about the first step of getting ready for the big weekend…
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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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