The Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash Friday morning, November 18 involving a Waste Partners garbage truck and a deer. The crash happened around 6am on County Road 1 in Maple Township, near Pequot Lakes. The southbound truck was struck by two deer which entered the highway. The collision caused the truck to veer off the…
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Sue Galligan, Events and Connections Manager at Brainerd Lakes Chamber, updates us on upcoming chamber events and happenings around Brainerd, Pequot Lakes, Crosslake and Breezy Point.
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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Mayor Tyler Gardner updated us on the latest highlights from the Pequot Lakes City Council meeting held Tuesday, July 6th. He began with the news of the resignation of a long time volunteer firefighter. He followed that up with news of a police officer also moving on. That led to the discussion of hiring an…
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(PEQUOT LAKES, MN) — Last week, the city of Pequot Lakes held its council meeting for the month of June, so we spoke with Mayor Tyler Gardner to gather the latest from them. Gardner first mentioned a presentation given to the council on workforce housing. There is an ongoing conversation between the cities of Pequot…
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On Monday, June 7th at 6pm, the Pequot Lakes School Board will be interviewing four candidates for an interim superintendent position. Superintendent Chris Lindholm resigned effective June 30th after accepting the superintendent position in the Cook County School District. He has been the Pequot Lakes superintendent since 2013. The interviews are to be held in…
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(PEQUOT LAKES, MN) — Last week, it was announced that the superintendent of Pequot Lakes Schools, Chris Lindholm, would be resigning his position and taking up a similar position in Cook County. Though Lindholm described the job in Cook County as “a dream position,” the move notably comes on the heels of a controversy surrounding…
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(PEQUOT LAKES, MN) — The city of Pequot Lakes held its latest regular council meeting on May 4, so we spoke with Mayor Tyler Gardner to get the latest from him. Gardner first mentioned the local broadband coalition that the city of Pequot Lakes has joined, and said that in an unrelated development TDS is…
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