Litchfield City Council approves bids for new shower building
06/18/13 08:22 AM
The Litchfield City Council has approved of a bid for the restroom/shower building at Memorial Park by Lake Ripley. The project will cost more than originally expected. The American Legion will be contributing $35,000 towards the project which was originally expected to be half of the cost of the project. Mayor Keith Johnson says the building will use a type of block that is more MORE...
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| Sen. Klobuchar |
NSA eavesdropping protested today at Klobuchar's office
06/18/13 08:18 AM
Members of Minnesota's peace and justice community are protesting N-S-A
surveillance today (Tues, 4:30pm) outside U-S Senator Amy Klobuchar's office.
Civil liberties supporters are speaking out against the National Security
Agency's secret monitoring of telephone calls and emails. The Anti-War
Committee and MN Committee to Stop F-B-I Repression will be carrying signs
that read MORE...
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| UH-60 Blackhawks from Minnesota Army National Guard C. Co. 2-211 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) Air Ambulance attached to 3rd Marine Air Wing are parked and are waiting to assume the mission in Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on Oct. 11. |
Soldiers coming home from Afghanistan
06/18/13 08:04 AM
Over 50 soldiers from the Company C, 2-211th General
Support Aviation Battalion return to Minnesota today after serving nearly a
year in Afghanistan. National Guard Major Dan O'Meara says the company flew
more than 3,200 hours and covered an area of approximately 62,000 square
miles in western Afghanistan. A welcome home ceremony will be held over the
noon hour at the Army MORE...
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Minnesota has 5th fastest-growing economy
06/18/13 08:02 AM
Minnesota has one of the fastest-growing economies in the
country. The Gopher State tied California for fifth place in growth of
domestic product(GDP) last year, based on data for durable-goods
manufacturing, construction, mining, agriculture, wholesale trade, and
finance and insurance. GDP for Minnesota climbed 3.5 percent in 2012, a full
percentage point better than the national average. MORE...
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| Mayor Yanish |
Yanish offers alternative to Brimeyer-Fuhrsman study recommendations
06/18/13 07:33 AM
Willmar Mayor Frank Yanish has criticized recommendations in the government organizational study being put together by the consulting firm of Brimeyer-Fuhrsman as being "old school", unrealistic, unsustainable and unjustified. Among the ideas put forth in the early drafts of the study are to create a position of "director of external services" to head day-to-day operations MORE...
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Charities group in Willmar today to talk about electronic games
06/18/13 07:30 AM
Allied Charities of Minnesota is hosting an informational meeting in Willmar today to discuss electronic gaming and the opportunities for local charities. Allied Charities Executive Director Alan Lund says with the increased number of e-game sites and broad marketplace availability of e-bingo, they're hitting the road to tell charitable gaming operators about the potential for e-games and MORE...
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| Rogator |
Farm implement crash hurts Richmond woman
06/18/13 07:26 AM
A Richmond woman was hurt when her mini-van collided with a farm implement in Stearns County yesterday morning. The sheriff's office says 73-year-old Lucille Gertken tried to pass a 2011 RoGator tractor traveling northeast on County Road 2 in Rockville Township. At the same time she tried to pass, the RoGator, driven by 36-year-old Clinton Rausch of Watkins, made a MORE...
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Daycare Provider Charged With Neglect And Child Endangerment
06/17/13 03:54 PM
(Pine City, MN) -- A Sandstone daycare provider has been charged in Pine County with child neglect and child endangerment. 56-year-old Carrie Richardson is accused of losing track of a toddler on June 12th. The child wandered onto a state highway before being rescued by a good Samaritan. MORE.....
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Tornado Outbreak
06/17/13 03:53 PM
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Today marks the three-year anniversary of the largest single-day tornado outbreak in Minnesota history (6/17). Assistant State Climatologist Pete Boulay (BOO'-lay) says we received a year's worth of twisters on June 17th, 2010. MORE....
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| Rep. Tim Walz |
U.S. House to look at Farm Bill this week
06/17/13 09:37 AM
A busy week in Washington D.C. The U.S. House is
expected to take up the farm bill. First District Congressman Tim Walz says
he is pleased with the overall bill, adding that the bill does the things
that his constituents asked for--including putting a safety net in place for
when times are tough. The deadline for amendments on the farm bill is this
afternoon. (1 central) The Senate MORE...
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