REMER - Area-wide community of churches invite parents, students, teachers, coaches, bus drivers and to come to a special Back to School prayer service, at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Northland High School, in Remer.
EMILY - Boys and girls ages six to 15 are eligible to compete free in the NFL Punt Pass and Kick contest, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at the Emily West Park, on Hwy. 1.
SAN FRANCISCO - Commander Erik Langenbacher, formerly of Remer, Minn., recently assumed command of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco from Commander. Samuel Creech.
Betting that there would not be a turtle race on Wednesday a lot of people thought that early morning storms would stretch into the afternoon. But, the turtles prevailed and it turned out to be a great turtle-racing day. So great, in fact, that 352 racers jammed the racing circle …
Michelle Tessin, Director of the Northland Area Family Canter is pleased to announce the addition of Aubrey Watson to the Family Center staff. Watson, of Grand Rapids, Mich., recently moved to the area to work with the Family Center designing and implementing a literacy program.
Cass County Health, Human & Veterans Services has announced their blood pressure, immunization, and child & teen checkup clinic schedules for the month of September
The Margaret Welch Memorial Library of Longville will again be the recipient of funds raised at the Annual Bridge Benefit to be held at Patrick's Fine Dining on Monday, Aug. 30.
Westal John Maine, age 74, of Pequot Lakes, Minn., was sentenced in Cass County District for violating Minnesota Statute 169.443 which prohibits the movement of a school bus after children are unloaded without first visually determining that all children are a safe distance from the bus.
For the second time in two years the Board of Education for Northland Community Schools - ISD #118 find themselves in the midst of a superintendent search, following a request by current Superintendent Theresa Meyers at Thursday's board meeting to terminate her contract with the district.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Department of Commerce certified balloting results to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission which show that Lake Country Power members cast 18,358 ballots, with 6,697 members in support of MPUC rate regulation and 11,625 members opposed.
Part-time Cass County resident Joan Edlund has reached a milestone in her volunteer career - the summer of 2009 marked the 15th year she has been monitoring Thunder Lake through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Citizen Lake Monitoring Program (CLMP).
BACKUS - The Backus Lions will be selling fancy, ripe, juicy, huge Colorado peaches on Thursday, Sept. 9, beginning at approximately 8 a.m., in the parking lot at Jim's Off Sale, on the west side of Highway 371 just north of Backus.
The Boy River Hobo Club invites everyone to attend their annual Hobo Days, Saturday, in Boy River. The day begins at 9 a.m., with a flea market. Also at 9 a.m., the trap shoot will get underway.
The Arts of 84 Art Crawl, and 31-mile art touring event will be held Sept. 4-5, in various locations along State Highway 84, between Pine River and Longville. Show hours are: Saturday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday - 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The Initiative Foundation announced that it has awarded 17 community grants totaling over $94,950 to support local projects. The following organizations were selected as grant recipients:
