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    May 27, 2017
    PR-B Community Education classes listed
    Pine River-Backus Community Education offers the following upcoming classes. Register online at prbschools.revtrak.net or call 218-587-2080. • Four Days of Summer Fun: 1-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 12-15, Pine River-Backus School Forest. Fee: $20. Every day this group will take...
    News15 hours 39 min ago
    As things turned out, we didn't actually accomplish much building that first year, only managing to assemble one wren house and a robin platform. By the time we got the houses up, most of the returning wrens and robins had already made nesting arrangements. But later in the summer a pair of robins put the platform to good use, and that made both of us happy. PineandLakes.com Illustration
    The Cracker Barrel: Emergency birdhouse
    More than a dozen years ago, well before he started school, our grandson, Levi, got interested in building birdhouses. At that time he lived...
    News16 hours 8 min ago
    Police Blotter - May 25, 2017
    Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department BURGLARIES: Report on May 15 at 2 p.m. of a burglary on North Horseshoe Lake Road in Merrifield. Report...
    News18 hours 8 min ago
    WAPOA to host shoreland restoration contest
    The Whitefish Area Property Owners Association encourages lakeshore owners who are interested in improving water quality and shoreland wildlife habitat to participate in the ninth annual WAPOA Shoreline Restoration Contest. Eligible lakeshores must be on one of the 39 lakes (238 miles...
    News18 hours 39 min ago
    Lake Shore police chief Steve Sundstrom hands out stickers to children as area families gather at Fritz Loven Park on Thursday, May 18, to show their appreciation for area police, fire and rescue employees. Dan Determan/Echo Journal
    Lake Shore celebrates police, fire appreciation day
    Lakes area residents found their way to Fritz Loven Park in Lake Shore on Thursday, May 18, for a Lake Shore Parks and Recreation event to show...
    News19 hours 9 min ago
    May 26, 2017
    Minnesota state Sen. Bill Weber, facing camera, visits Rep. Joe Schomacker early Friday, May 26, 2017, in the waning hours of a special legislative session. Both are from Luverne. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    UPDATE: Dayton to decide whether to OK spending plan by Tuesday
    ST. PAUL -- The $46 billion question remains unanswered. Minnesota legislators finished passing a two-year state budget of that size early Friday,...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 4:54pm
    Randy Handel, Associate Athletic Director For Development at the University of Minnesota. Courtesy of the University of Minnesota via St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Minn. athletics fundraiser suspended over harassment accusation
    ST. PAUL — The University of Minnesota has suspended and demoted its top athletics fundraiser accused of sexually harassing a subordinate...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 10:15am
    Corrine Hodapp of the Crosslake Army Corps of Engineers spoke to a crowd of more than 50 people at the grand opening of the Linda Ulland Memorial Gardens on Friday, May 19. Dan Determan/Echo Journal
    Memorial garden opens at Crosslake Recreation Area
    More than 50 residents joined members of the Minnesota Army Corps of Engineers in attending an event marking the grand opening of the Linda Ulland...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 9:00am
    From left are Nisswa Legion members Richard Pommer and Leroy Nordby, Police Chief Craig Taylor, Legion gambling manager Dell Draves with a symbolic check to pay for Tasers for the police department, Nisswa Legion Commander Gina Taylor and Legion members John Greaves and Ray DeZurik. Submitted Photo
    Nisswa: Planning/zoning administrator hired
    Continuing to fill key positions in the city after resignations earlier this year, the Nisswa City Council hired a planning and zoning administrator...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 8:00am
    Pine River Chamber to host summer scavenger hunt
    The Pine River Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a PIne River scavenger hunt throughout the summer.
    News/Upcoming EventsMay 26, 2017 - 7:30am
    Nisswa fourth-graders sing a song for family and friends at their graduation program Friday, May 19, in the school gym. Nancy Vogt/Echo Journal
    Pomp and circumstance in Nisswa: 4th Grade Graduation
    " ... And now today, the path is winding around a new corner and there is no question that a beautiful road awaits. This seems like the perfect...
    News/educationMay 26, 2017 - 5:00am
    A restaurant is being proposed to be built next to the Nisswa Post Office. Nancy Vogt/Echo Journal
    Nisswa: Restaurant proposed near post office
    A full-service family restaurant is being proposed for downtown Nisswa, to be built next to the Nisswa Post Office. "I've always wanted to be...
    News/businessMay 26, 2017 - 4:00am
    May 25, 2017
    St. Paul Central High School teacher John Ekblad, right, speaks about his plans to sue the St. Paull Public Schools for failing to maintain a safe work environment during a news conference in the Bloomington, Minn. offices of his attorney, Philip G. Villaume, left, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Ekblad was hurt while intervening in a Dec. 4 lunchroom melee at Saint Paul Central. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi)
    Minnesota teacher's lawsuit over high school assault dismissed
    ST. PAUL—A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a St. Paul Central High School science teacher whose career ended when...
    NewsMay 25, 2017 - 9:20pm
    John Bruce Steurer Photo courtesy Anoka County Sheriff
    Minnesota man found guilty in attempt to kill his ex-wife at work
    ST. PAUL—John Steurer meant to kill his ex-wife when he ambushed her at her North St. Paul office last fall and shot her with a 20-gauge...
    NewsMay 25, 2017 - 9:15pm
    Minnesota project could help small farmers connect with rural grocery stores
    MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Department of Agriculture grant issued last week will fund an initiative that could help small-time farmers, rural grocery stores and wholesale food distributors simultaneously, simply by making the delivery system more efficient. The method, called "backhauling,"...
    NewsMay 25, 2017 - 9:07pm
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