FEDERAL DAM - Federal Dam Daze, a day-long community-wide celebration, is Saturday July 31, in Federal Dam. Activities will begin at 7 a.m., and conclude at midnight.
Due to recent rainfall and greening conditions, the Chippewa National Forest has removed all restrictions on campfires on national forest lands. Previously, due to extreme fire danger across all of northern Minnesota, the Forest Service had prohibited campfires, charcoal and wood-burning campstoves within the Chippewa National Forest.
LITTLE FALLS - Through a partnership with the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) program, the Initiative Foundation is seeking 25 full-time national service members to "Fight Poverty with Passion" in project sites across central Minnesota.
With the sun shinning bright, the sky blue, and the winds blowing gently, the turtles were all smiles on this turtle racing day in Longville. The racers, also all smiling, were eager to hear the starting gun for each racing heat. Each of the 368 racers were hoping that their …
ST CLOUD, Minn. (7/27/2010) - Freezing is a quick and convenient way to preserve vegetables at home, and sweet corn is a popular, easy vegetable to freeze. If you have the freezer space, corn is an excellent vegetable to store frozen.
ST. PAUL, MINN. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, willhost a free youth fishing derby Aug. 14 for youngsters age 14 and younger atits Crosslake Recreation Area in Crosslake, Minn.
Beginning July 1, Cass County Environmental Services launched a new project "Conserving Sensitive and Priority Shorelands in Cass County" in collaboration with the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation (LLAWF). Cass County is receiving $300,000 in funding for the project from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
After five years of work and multiple conservation projects involving the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, the Child, Girl, Woman Lake Property Owners Association (CGWLPOA), dedicated individuals, and willing conservation-minded landowners, the Minnesota DNR now owns 5,000+ feet of shoreline in Lantern Bay of Woman Lake.
There will be an exhibit of the art of Barbara Bjorgaard from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 14, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 220 Third Street, Hackensack.
A "Taste of the Olde West" is the theme for the Taste of Longville & Merchant Garage Sale to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 6, on Main Street.
