After days of intense discussions, bargaining and an eventual compromise, the legislative session drew to a close Monday after a brief special session.
Citizens voiced their opinions and asked questions Tuesday, May 11, about the Pequot Lakes School District's $33.175 million building bond referendum that district residents will vote on June 8.
The Pequot Lakes American Legion Ben Krueger Post #49, the Jenkins VFW Northern Post #3839 and their respective auxiliaries will jointly sponsor the annual Memorial Day program at 10 a.m. Monday, May 31, in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
Tony Fraser donated an octagonal copper roofed bird feeder to the Crosslake Area Historical Society to be a prize to be given away by the society at the Cider and Candlelight Tour in September.
The Pine River-Backus Community Education class Hypnosis for Weight Loss and/or Smoking Cessation will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, in the high school library.
Lymes Ticks Me Off, a Pine River-Backus Community Education class, will offer information about Lymes disease from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, at the Hunt Utilities Group campus just west of Pine River on County Road 2 off Highway 371.
The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will offer a 55+ Driver Improvement Course on the following days:
June 1 and 2, eight-hour full course, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Crosby/Ironton Public School.
The school board is proposing a $33.175 million building bond referendum over 23 1/2 years to update and improve school buildings. The cost to taxpayers is estimated to be $25 per year per $100,000 of taxable market home value.
Census takers across the nation are going door to door to follow up with households that either didn't mail back their form or didn't receive one. An estimated 48 million addresses will be visited through July 10.
Black Dog Bar & Grill in Crosby will host its fourth annual Spring Warm-Up Ride for Veterans, a charity motorcycle ride to benefit homeless veterans, Saturday, June 5.
At 10:45 p.m. Sunday May 23, the Central Minnesota Teen Challenge Choir will sing at the Crosslake Christian Assembly of God Church. More than 50 men who are in the drug treatment program in Brainerd will sing and share stories of their
Pequot Lakes High School has received national certification for the Project Lead The Way engineering program, and Pequot Lakes Middle School has received national recognition for the Gateway To Technology (GTT) Project Lead The Way program it has been offering since 2008.
Pequot Lakes High School seniors and their families and friends are invited to attend the 2010 Baccalaureate service from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
Sarah Nick, a sophomore at Concordia College n Moorhead, is traveling abroad during May on a May Seminar offered through the Global Education Office at Concordia.
Garr Pemberton announced plans to run for Cass County Sheriff. He has a college education with 17 years of law enforcement experience. He spent 11 of those years administering budgets and managing personnel.
Safety Kids is an early childhood program for children between ages 4 and 6 that will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, through Friday, June 11, at the Pequot Lakes High School/Middle School building.
Pequot Lakes Middle School Artists of the Fourth Quarter are Bailey Steadman, sixth grade; Jordan Lightner, seventh grade; and Bridget Erickson, eighth grade.
Since last July, Pine River residents have had handgun certification available right in their hometown. At that time Darrell and Tracy Wolkenhauer began offering classes for permit to carry firearm certification.
Tuesday marked the first day of filing for county, state and federal offices - including two candidates vying for Bob Kangas' county commissioner seat.
In a move to give back to the cities, counties and school districts in Region 5, the National Joint Powers Alliance Board of Directors recently approved a rebate program that will initially turn $539,754 back over to many of its local members - including Pine River-Backus.
The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded the cities of Hackensack and Walker with a Small Cities Development Program grant on April 14.
The Pine River-Backus School Board made some changes to its clerical structure, Monday night, including eliminating the district office's administrative assistant position, effective June 30.
Sunshine and a great walleye bite made for a perfect Minnesota fishing opener with some limits of walleye seen on area lakes, according to DNR conservation officer Nikki Shoutz.
