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40 years ago, Nov. 30, 1978 A 62 1/2 -inch muskellunge was found washed up on the north shore of Leech Lake. It could have been a new state record if it had been caught on a hook and line. In the first game of the basketball season, Pequot Lakes ...
By the time this column makes it to readers, I'll be working my last couple days at the PineandLakes Echo Journal. After a lot of deliberation, I decided to throw my hat in the ring for the open reporter position at the Brainerd Dispatch, and I s...
Controlled house burn on September 11, hosted by the Backus Fire Department.
Trying to get someone to spill the beans is hard! Travis Grimler tries to get the secret recipe to the Bean Hole Days beans but is unsuccessful. There's always next year...

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The Pineandlakes Echo Journal had an open house at their Pequot Lakes office on Thrusday, June 25., with over 100 people showing up.
The first duck races of the summer happened on Friday, June 19 in Pine River. Duck races are held every Friday at 2 pm. Mya Durr, 9, Pine River, was the Duchess of Duck after her duck won the grand champion race.
Nancy Vogt and Becca Clemens try out the new green screen and show what it's like to be at the events coming up this weekend.
Pete talks with Tyler Wittwer, a Nisswa Lightning baseball player and coach in the Nisswa Lightninig Baseball Camp Youth Camp.
The Class of 2015 graduates from Pequot Lakes High School on Friday, May 29, 2015. For more photos, KLICK Here!...
The Class of 2015 graduates from Pine River-Backus High School on Friday, May 29, 2015. For more photos, KLICK Here!...

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As the spring season comes to an end, some sports teams advance and others finish out their season.
Nisswa Elementary School fourth-graders in Karla Ziegler's and Nancy Bieganek's classes graduated Friday, May 22, in a ceremony in the school gym complete with caps and diplomas.
Pete talks with the head coach of the Pequot Lakes trapshooting team.

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