LOCAL
Backus woman injured in crash
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on July 25, 2025 at 11:36 a.m., a 2011 Lexus RX SUV driven by Jennifer Ann Bunce, age 78 of Backus, MN was driving northbound on Highway 6 near Big Rice Lake Road when it veered off the road and hit a few trees.
Level 3 offender relocation to rural Pine River area
Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that the Cass County Sheriff’s Office has been notified by the Minnesota Department of Corrections that a Risk Level 3 Offender will be relocating to the Bungo Township, rural Pine River, MN 56474 area on August 8, 2025.
Second Harvest Northland extends matching gift opportunity through Dec. 31
DULUTH – In February, Second Harvest Northland (SHN) kicked off the public phase of its $20 million Nourish the Northland Capital Campaign, which aims to strengthen its capacity to increase the amount and variety of food available to its agency and community partners and neighbors facing hunger within its 15-county …
Local students awarded Blandin Foundation scholarship
GRAND RAPIDS – Blandin Foundation is pleased to celebrate the 380 Itasca-area students, including eight from Bug O Nay Ge Shig School and Northland Remer, who have been awarded a Blandin Foundation Scholarship to support the pursuit of their academic goals.
Longville High School Reunion Aug. 14
The Annual Longville High School Reunion Lunch will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14 at Jane Carpenter Stresnak’s house at 4716 28th Ave. NE, Longville.
Final Detour Days of the summer on Aug. 13
The Hackensack Hub will hold its final “Detour Days–Crazy Days” sale event on Wednesday, August 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hub parking lot (rain or shine).
Help Save a Piece of Hackensack History
Join us on Wednesday, August 20, from 5 PM-6 PM., for a special Benefit Dinner at the Union Congregational Church supporting the Hackensack Lending Library Restoration Project that is currently bringing back an important piece of history.
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Remer’s 77th Annual Harvest Festival
Gather your friends, family and lawn chairs, it’s time for Remer’s 77th Annual Harvest Festival, taking place Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9. This year’s theme, The Great Outdoors, promises two days of games, food, music and good old-fashioned small-town fun.
Garden season events focus on growing and using produce
Two events in August from Happy Dancing Turtle bring the opportunity to appreciate the summer season’s bounty.
Pickleball legend Scott Moore returns to Longville
Pickleball Hall of Famer, Scott Moore, winner of 21 National gold medals and 7 National Triple Crowns (a feat that may never be duplicated) will return to Longville on August 27th to share his “10 principles of winning pickleball” with our Longville pickleball community.
Holding water on the landscape. How to encourage this critical function?
2025 started with very little precipitation and cold weather. As spring arrived, my worries began to increase, as it seemed the spring/summer rains were not going to materialize, and we would be back into a drought cycle.
78 Kids caught and released 189 fish at Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest
This year we feel like we are professional weather watchers – today was no exception. We watched the thunderstorm pass over in the morning.
Salem Lutheran meatball dinner July 30
Salem Lutheran Church will host its Swedish Meatball Dinner fundraiser on Wednesday, July 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
