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Wisconsin Water Utility Shocked Me With Urgent Phone Call
I got a call yesterday that shocked me for good and bad reasons, but in the end, I'm glad they called. The call came in the afternoon, and it certainly sent me into a mini panic to get to the source of their call and avoid a huge cost down the road.
Minnesota is a good place for children, but we can still do better
I’m proud to call Minnesota home. One reason is because our state values its young people. Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota was happy to learn Minnesota retained its rank as America’s fifth best state for child well-being, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book. We should celebrate this extraordinary accomplishment. But there’s […]
Standard Communities Makes First Investment in Minnesota
Standard Communities, a national multifamily housing investor and developer, has made its first investment in Minnesota, acquiring Rivertown Commons, a 96-unit 100% affordable community for seniors and individuals with disabilities in Stillwater. The transaction is capitalized at $27.8 million. Standard completed the acquisition in partnership with the Washington County Community...
Inflation’s Grip On Childhood: Minnesota Kids Working To Help Their Families Survive!
MAPLE GROVE, MN – Mariah Williams, a single mom from Maple Grove, Minnesota, is feeling the squeeze of inflation. With rising costs, she’s faced with an impossible decision. Her daughters, Miranda, 16, and Missy, 17, have taken up summer jobs to help make ends meet. This isn’t how she envisioned their summer.
Duluth woman arrested for multiple fuel thefts in Cass County
CASS COUNTY, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A Duluth woman was arrested in Cass County for stealing hundreds of dollars worth of fuel. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday at around 8:20 p.m., deputies responded to the report of $259.55 worth of fuel stolen from a retailer in Hackensack, Minn., south of Walker, Minn.
Remembering Duluth’s Portia Johnson; Civil Rights Advocate, Educator, Mother
DULUTH, Minn. — Longtime Duluth activist Portia Johnson died over the weekend at the age of 88. Tuesday afternoon, family members, friends, and community members gathered for a special ribbon cutting extending Portia Johnson Drive down the hill from the Duluth Public School District’s administrative offices. “She listened...
No AC? DECC Arena Boils Over During Recent Harbor Monsters Games
DULUTH, Minn. — It’s been a hot, steamy and humid summer the past few weekends, which has been nice for beachgoers, but not so nice for the Harbor Monsters and their fans because there’s no air conditioning in the DECC Arena until the summer of 2025. The...
Lucky Minnesota Lottery Winner Scores Big in Rochester
Another big Minnesota Lottery winner has emerged from a lucky scratch-off purchase in Rochester this month. Minnesota has been buzzing with big lottery wins this year. In June, a record-breaking Gopher 5 jackpot was won in Baxter, and four massive scratch-off winners in New Brighton, Austin, Brooklyn Park, and Vandais Heights were also announced. Adding to the excitement, there have been two $1 million Powerball winners and two multi-million dollar Lotto America winners already this year.
There Will Be a Lot Less Big Lots As Many Stores Closing in MI
Nearly 200 Big Lots locations are going away across the United States and some stores may be the ones you shop at in West Michigan. In most Michigan communities there is a Big Lots store. I stop at the one occasionally in Big Rapids since I live further north of Grand Rapids.
Town of Superior Volunteer Fire Department battles fire at processing facility
The Town of Superior Volunteer Fire Department spent over a dozen hours battling a fire at the Omaha Track Grinding railroad tie processing facility on Monday, July 22. Fire Chief Darryl Fiegle arrived on scene shortly before 4:30 a.m. and discovered a high canopy covered by woods chips smoking at the location.
More renewables projects were funded by rural energy program REAP in 2023, but small-scale funding was down
Up until a few years ago, when people visited Lavalier's Berry Patch outside Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to pick strawberries, lingonberries, and apples, Stuart Lavalier would tell them to look for a red building next to County Road 91 to find the turn-off to his farm. Now, he tells them to...
Minnesota Seeks Public Input on Rail Expansion Plans Amid Recent Derailment Concerns
(KNSI) – Less than a week after 15 Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail cars went off the tracks in Big Lake, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking for public input on current plans to expand passenger rail service. The questionnaire comes out as the memory of March 2023’s...
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