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Minnesotan’s Can Get “Thrifty” Thanks to This Website
As the realization that summer is over half-way gone, if you’ve been in a store recently you’ve noticed that school supplies are already readily available so parents can begin to make purchases for the upcoming school year. According to an article from PR Newswire about how much it...
Homeless camping bans surfacing in Minnesota cities in wake of Supreme Court ruling
About a dozen homeless people escaped the afternoon heat in an air-conditioned shelter in downtown Rochester last week as staff at the Landing MN worried where the group would be sleeping that night. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness has advocates like Dan Fifield, co-founder of the Rochester...
Stuff the Bus program is underway, KXRA/KX92/Z99 is a drop off location
(Undated)--Back to school is just around the corner, and you can help area students start the year strong with your donation of new school supplies with the United Way of Douglas and Pope counties and their Stuff the Bus program! The United ways is looking for backpacks, markers, notebooks (wide ruled), pocket folders, glue sticks, pencils, pouches, erasers, and pencil sharpers to give to our area students.
Xpedition performs Tuesday as part of the Summer Sounds by Brophy concerts
(Alexandria, MN)--The second of this year’s Summer Sounds by Brophy concerts took place with the Three of Us and then Xpedition as the main act last night. (Tuesday) Xpedition played the hits of Styx, Journey, Foreigner, and many other artists of the 1970s, 1980s, and 19990s. Next Tuesday night...
Rockin Robbins changed again Tuesday after rain makes field soggy
(Willmar MN-) For the second week in a row, mother nature Tuesday forced the organizers of Rockin Robbins in Willmar to go to Plan B. Joy Baker is Marketing Coordinator for the Rockin Robbins Planning Committee, and says after an inch of rain fell in the span of about 90 minutes in Willmar Tuesday morning, they decided to once again keep the stage, food trucks and concert-goers off the grass...
Comfortable temps expected today (Wednesday) before warmer temps arrive
(Undated)--The National Weather Service says to try to set some time to get outdoors today (Wednesday) if you can. They say that comfortable temperatures are expected today and tomorrow before warming up back into the upper 80s and lower 90s by this weekend. Officials say that rain chances return late this weekend into early next week.
LET’S GO FRISCHIN’: Mike Frisch of “Fishing The Midwest” Is In to Talk ICast, Fishing, TV In The 21st Century & His Battle With OCD
Mike Frisch went public with his battle against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder earlier this year. He discusses that today, along with his trip to ICast, fishing in the Alexandria area and Big Stone, TV changes in the last decade and a Fast Five. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices.
Man critically injured in early morning shooting, Moorhead Police investigating
MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - The Moorhead Police Department is investigating after a shooting early Wednesday morning. Police say they were called to the 900 Block of 18th St. S around 3:20 a.m. July 24, for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived they found a man in the parking lot of an apartment with a critical gunshot wound to the head, he was transported to the hospital but his condition is unknown.
Clean-up moves to Haack’s business
A crew from Junk Masters has started the clean-up process on Maple Lake City Councilor John Haack’s second property, his business on Birch Avenue. Above, they are pictured pulling a full-sized van off the grounds. Maple Lake City Council hired Junk Masters to carry out an abatement order that was first served to councilor Haack in September of 2022.
Sawatzke family is feeling the love
Aug. 9 Big Daddy Benefit will help former MLE principal. Eight years ago, Andy Sawatzke was the new guy in town. Maple Lake Schools had just hired him to replace the well-known and much loved elementary principal Kris Harlan who was retiring. “They took a chance on him,” said Lisa...
Opening Day for the 2024 Wright County Fair
The 153rd Wright County Fair officially begins its five-day run today. For thousands of people from throughout the area, the annual fair is one of the biggest events of the summer. Ward Westphal of Buffalo has been the President of the Wright County Fair Board for some 10 years, and...
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