News Stories 11/21/2016

A Princeton man who was walking along Highway 200 near Laporte died when he was hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says 45 year old Luke Prescott’s car had gone off the road. Investigators say he got out of his vehicle when he was hit. The other driver was not…

SCHOOL CLOSING 11/18/16

Walker-Hackensack Akeley schools… CLOSED TODAY Walker Boys and Girls Club… CLOSED TODAY Nevis schools… CLOSED TODAY

HENSRUD INAUGURATED 10-14-16

DR. FAITH HENSRUD WAS INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT OF BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY & NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CEREMONY, WHICH WAS HELD IN THE BSU GYMNASIUM. IN HER INAUGURAL ADDRESS, HENSRUD SAID THE SCHOOLS THAT SHE WILL NOW OVERSEE ARE INDISPENSABLE, AND CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH TO THE WORLD AT LARGE, AS…

SENATE DISTRICT 2 RACE 10-14-16

THIS YEAR’S RACE IN MINNESOTA SENATE DISTRICT 2 FEATURES A LONG TIME INCUMBENT, AND HIS CHALLENGER, A NEWCOMER POLITICALLY. SENATOR ROD SKOE HAS HELD THE SEAT FOR SEVERAL TERMS. A DFL MEMBER, SKOE SAYS HE’D LIKE TO GO BACK TO ST PAUL AND GET THE TAX BILL THROUGH THAT HE WORKED ON IN A BI-PARTISAN…