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People Jan 10th 2021 - 1pm

Take-charge teacher Eleanor Kraker was a driving force in northern Minnesota education

Martha Look has served as clerk for Edward Lake Township since 1974. Submitted Photo

People Jan 10th 2021 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: After 46 years, Lake Edward Township clerk leaves her position

Hunter Rowland of Crosslake is a beacon of positivity even after he has been diagnosed with cancer. Submitted Photo

People Jan 8th 2021 - 3am

Pequot Lakes senior won't let cancer diagnosis get him down

Tim Bell in the Stillwater Fire Department Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. He started as a police officer in 1968, and on Oct. 7, 1969 he became a volunteer firefighter. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press)

People Jan 6th 2021 - 10am

Minnesota's longest-tenured volunteer firefighter calls it quits after 51 years

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Rep. Josh Heintzeman

Government and Politics Jan 6th 2021 - 12am

Heintzeman named GOP lead on House Environment Finance and Policy Committee

Iris Westman smiled as she told stories of growing up in the upper Midwest in Northwood, N.D. in this photo taken on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)

People Jan 4th 2021 - 4pm

North Dakota's oldest resident Iris Westman dies at age 115

CEO Tammy Pflugshaupt, franchise owner Doug Pflugshaupt, office manager Ellie Wright and agent Colleen Bursch are the new Lakeplace.com team working from the former Lundrigan Law Office. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal

Small Business Dec 31st 2020 - 3am

Pine River real estate broker excited to be an owner again

Sen. Carrie Ruud

Government and Politics Dec 28th 2020 - 6am

Ruud receives Legislator of Distinction Award

Riverview Church Pastor Tristan Borland wound up in Pine River through a series of fortuitous meetings in his life path. Travis Grimler / Staff Writer

People Dec 27th 2020 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: Borland seeks blessings even in tragedy

Cori Wrobel and Mark Skogen pose together on a golf course in Nevada. Together for nine years, the pair met while golfing. Submitted photo

Coronavirus Dec 23rd 2020 - 4am

He won’t be home for Christmas, but he’s alive: Brainerd man slowly recovers from COVID-19

Opinion Dec 20th 2020 - 9am

Claude & Ernie cartoonist shares final 'bob of the bobber'

Jon Mobeck. Submitted Photo

People Dec 20th 2020 - 3am

National Loon Center welcomes first executive director

Bob Eastman of Roseau, Minn., an early Polaris engineer, racer and member of the Snowmobile Hall of Fame, stands by the "Shooting Star," an experimental snowmobile built for speed, in February 2015 in the Polaris Experience Center in Roseau. Eastman hand-built the chassis for the sled, which had two 795cc Fuji engines and was clocked at a top speed of 130 mph. Eastman died Tuesday, Dec. 15, after a lengthy illness. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Forum News Service)

People Dec 18th 2020 - 1pm

Polaris racing icon 'Gentleman Bob' Eastman remembered by friends, colleagues

Books Dec 15th 2020 - 7am

Pequot Lakes author named Laura Literary Award finalist

Deborah Best and Darel Murphy's Poplar Avenue home is now adorned with roughly 23,000 Christmas bulbs. Submitted Photo

People Dec 12th 2020 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: Nisswa couple lets their lights shine

Sherri Delahunt has been named The Outreach Program 2020 adult volunteer of the year. Submitted Photo

People Dec 11th 2020 - 7am

Delahunt honored as program's Adult Volunteer of the Year

From the family housing area where the Gilmores lived, smoke billowed up from Pearl Harbor. Submitted photo.

People Dec 7th 2020 - 7am

Childhood experience at Pearl Harbor leads to a lifetime of service for Minnesota man

Luther “Lupy” Myrho and his son Steve pose for a portrait on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, outside his home in Rushford. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

People Dec 6th 2020 - 3pm

On his 96th birthday, Minnesota man credits being in 'good shape' for beating back COVID-19

Denise Sundquist cuts a loaf of her sourdough bread Wednesday, Dec. 1, at her Brainerd home. After l losing her job during the early month's of the pandemic, Sundquist began to devote her early morning hours to baking her specialty sourdough breads as gifts for others. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch

People Dec 6th 2020 - 4am

Brainerd woman turns tragedy into triumph with sourdough starter

Father and daughter Doug and Jennifer Kuschel are a leather working team that makes up 33 Ranch and Saddlery. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal

People Nov 28th 2020 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: Father-daughter team makes art in leather

Alyssa Greene poses with the money she raised via Instagram and Venmo to give a generous tip for staff at Va Bene Caffe on the last day of indoor dining. (Photo courtesy of Jon Greene)

People Nov 25th 2020 - 12pm

Minnesota woman raises $4,000 to tip servers at Duluth restaurant

People Nov 25th 2020 - 5am

Ryan remembered for her love of journalism

Cliff Skagen joined Crosslake Community School as its director in January, just five weeks before the coronavirus pandemic struck the area. Submitte PHoto

People Nov 22nd 2020 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: Crosslake School director found a passion for helping kids

John Donelson stands among the tools of his trade as a blacksmith. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal

People Nov 14th 2020 - 3am

Lake Country Faces: New Pine River resident hammering out his place in the world

Detail from the 2020 Veterans Salute Magazine cover.

People Nov 11th 2020 - 1am

Salute Magazine - Veterans Day 2020

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