A North Carolina man who was fed up with phone solicitors is turning those annoying telemarketing calls into a new business venture. Omar Khouri, like most others, was home every day during the pandemic and couldn’t get over how much he was being harassed by telemarketers, even though he is on the Do Not Call…
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(Maddock, ND) — A North Dakota woman is facing criminal charges after setting off a statewide rabies exposure warning. Erin Christensen brought a raccoon into a bar last week, prompting state officials to issue a warning about potential rabies exposure. She’s accused of illegally possessing the animal and concealing it from law enforcement trying to…
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Aitkin Public Schools Superintendent Dan Stifter talks upcoming Homecoming activities for next week, recent events, and the upcoming School Board Candidate forum:
A woman in the U.K. was arrested for drunk driving and couldn’t understand why because she explained to cops that she wasn’t even driving — her dog was. 47-year-old Melissa Jenkins Johanson was arrested after she drove on a walking path and crashed into a bus stop. She fled the scene and was later visited…
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–Use a clothespin to hold on to a nail when hammering to lessen the risk of smashed fingers. –Put a wooden spoon across a boiling pot of water to keep it from boiling over. –Put freshly mixed pancake batter in an empty ketchup bottle that has a squeeze top for a no-mess experience making it…
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(Undated) — James Earl Jones is retiring from Star Wars. After 45 years of voicing Darth Vader, Jones announced he’s officially signed his voice rights over to Lucasfilm. Now, sound editors will use archival recordings and an A.I. program to create new dialogue with his iconic voice. This method has already been used in the…
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(Washington, DC) — NASA is set to purposely crash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday. The so-called “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” or “DART” will test whether it’s possible to deflect a space rock on a collision course with Earth. The over 500-foot asteroid known as Dimorphos poses no threat to the planet, but scientists are…
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Aitkin County Economic Development Coordinator Mark Jeffers joined the show to give updates on the Communication Project help “brand” Aitkin County, the Community Grant and Child Care Grant Programs, and the newsletter that provides need to know information:
–Earth is like someone who knows exactly where to stand next to a bonfire. –The Swiss must have been pretty confident in their chances of victory if they included a wine bottle corkscrew on their army knife. –It kinda makes sense that the target audience for fidget spinners lost interest in them so quickly. –The…
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A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple felony charges after he walked into a Dairy Queen with a handgun and said he wanted to restore Donald Trump as president. Usually people go to Dairy Queen and just order a Blizzard, but 61-year-old Jan Stawovy had a much more unattainable request. It was also clear that he…
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