Prep boys basketball: Tagarelli's FTs make a winner out of Waunakee
Wisconsin State Journal
Beaver Dam's RJ Shelton (11) elevates toward the basket as Grand Rapids' Mike Spoden (55) defends during Saturday's Border Battle game at Sun Prairie High School. SUN PRAIRIE--Down one with 5 seconds remaining, Waunakee senior Joe Tagarelli found ...

Naomi Friedrich — Austin
Post-Bulletin
They lived in Brownsdale and Austin, then moved to northern Minnesota, primarily Grand Rapids. They moved back to Brownsdale in 1966 to be closer to family. Ralph passed away in 1972. Naomi married Gustaf Friedrich in 1977 and they lived in Brownsdale ...

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MLive.com
Billy Sims makes Super Bowl pick and tortilla soup during visit to Knapp's ...
MLive.com
By Steve Kaminski | Skaminsk@mlive.com Diehard Detroit Lions fans who lined up to meet Billy Sims Saturday afternoon at the Knapp's Corner Meijer store in Grand Rapids might have thought they knew everything there is to know about Billy Sims.

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DFL Lawmakers Lay Out Jobs Plan in Grand Rapids
Northland's NewsCenter
By KBJR News 1 Grand Rapids, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - The main focus of lawmakers - jobs: from big to small businesses, making sure Minnesotans get back to work... or are able to break into the job market for their first time.
DFL Taking "Jobs Plan" Package to the CommunityFOX 21 Online

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Disease-carrying ticks move deeper into Northland
Duluth News Tribune
In addition, tick-borne diseases have become more common in the Brainerd and Grand Rapids areas in the past few years, Neitzel said. Minnesota had a record number of tick-borne illnesses in 2010, with 1293 confirmed cases of Lyme disease and 720 cases ...

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Nearly 150 animals seized in northern Minn.
Crookston Daily Times
Itasca County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant in late November at the Bigfork home of Joshua and Laura Anderson. In court documents, a deputy says animals on the property did not have adequate shelter or water, and some were tied to short ...

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DFL Taking "Jobs Plan" Package to the Community
FOX 21 Online
GRAND RAPIDS – DFL'ers say they're focused on what Minnesotans want this legislative session: getting back to work. "I represent over 30000 people and not one of them has said they want constitutional amendments to be our top priority this session," ...

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Foreign persons must report US agricultural land holdings
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
BAXTER — Trisha McMonagle, Crow Wing-Cass and Aitkin-Itasca County USDA Farm Service Agency executive director, recently issued a news release reminding foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required ...

Spuds set to face 11th ranked Grand Rapids
WDAY
Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - Members of the Moorhead boy's hockey team expect two things: to be a contender every year and to play the best the state has to offer. Moorhead has played some stingy defense, thanks in part to its sensational senior goaltender ...

Petersen named Region 7AA Triple “A” Award winner
Herald Review
Grand Rapids' Activities Director Wayne Pender presents Thunderhawk Karley Petersen with the Region 7AA Triple "A" award. Karley Petersen, Grand Rapids High School and Benjamin Nault-Mauerer, Cambridge-Isanti High School seniors, have been selected to ...

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Nearly 150 animals seized from property in northern Minn.
Devil's Lake Daily Journal
Itasca County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant in late November at the Bigfork home of Joshua and Laura Anderson. In court documents, a deputy says animals on the property did not have adequate shelter or water, and some were tied to short ...

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Friday's Sports Transactions
NOLA.com
DETROIT RED WINGS_Recalled G Joey MacDonald from Grand Rapids (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD_Traded F Casey Wellman to the New York Rangers for C Erik Christensen and a conditional 2013 seventh-round draft choice. Reassigned F Chad Rau to Houston (AHL).

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Nearly 150 animals seized from northern Minnesota couple
Grand Forks Herald
Itasca County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant in late November at the Bigfork home of Joshua and Laura Anderson. In court documents, a deputy says animals on the property did not have adequate shelter or water, and some were tied to short ...

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Minnesota Public Radio
Actress channels Judy Garland at 'End of the Rainbow'
Minnesota Public Radio
Born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn., in 1922, Judy Garland was America's fresh-faced girl next door. But by 1969 she was deeply troubled. Exhausted, broke, and dependant on prescription drugs she arrived in London for a five-week engagement at the ...
Judy Garland Musical Drama To Open At GuthrieCBS Local

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Column: Inspiring models of community engagement in Greater Minnesota
Worthington Daily Globe
Any constructive interest and involvement by community leaders in education outcomes is probably helpful, but a review of what is happening in rural and greater Minnesota finds particular promise in the efforts happening in Itasca County and in St.

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Column: Inspiring models of community engagement in Greater Minnesota
Worthington Daily Globe
PAUL — In the lakes-and-woods landscape surrounding Grand Rapids in north central Minnesota, a wide array of community leaders have banded together with seven school districts in several counties to chart a comprehensive road map toward improved ...

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Northland's NewsCenter
Duluth Drops Final Meet, Win Final Race at Morgan Park
Northland's NewsCenter
By KBJR News 1 Morgan Park, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- The Duluth boy's swim team had the honor of shutting down the Morgan Park pool to high school competition on Thursday night as they hosted the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks.

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Board approves land transfer
Superior Telegram
Sites between Coleraine and Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Minn., Illinois and Indiana are under consideration also for the project that would create 150 full-time jobs and calls for a $300 million investment. Parkland Industrial Park was the site of ...
Superior One Step Closer to Landing Magnetation DealFOX 21 Online

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146 Animals Seized at Bigfork Property
WDIO-TV
he end of November, the Itasca County Sheriff's office responded to a home in Bigfork, of possible animal neglect. Deputies executed a search warrant at the home of Joshua and Laura Anderson. It's on Lehringer Road. The deputy reported in court ...

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146 Animals Seized at Bigfork Property
WDIO-TV
At the end of November, the Itasca County Sheriff's office responded to a home in Bigfork, of possible animal neglect. Deputies executed a search warrant at the home of Joshua and Laura Anderson. It's on Lehringer Road. The deputy reported in court ...