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Josie Seela, stage name Josie Nelson, has performed musically more times than she can estimate. It started with doing what scared her.
The Echo Press contacted Brad Bonk and Dion Turgeon to find out what the maintenance plan is for the Central Lakes Trail.
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Now here are the top stories to look out for in Friday’s paper:
- A new U.S. Bike Route that includes the Central Lakes Trail.
- Two sets of young Afghan refugees are expected to arrive in Alexandria soon.
- An Alexandria police officer was honored for getting a “hat trick.”
- In Life, a hearing center that’s expanding treatment for musicians
- In Sports, the first female will be inducted into the Viking Speedway Hall of Fame.
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This warm blob has been created by a large region of high pressure in the atmosphere.
The West African Monsoon season is likely to start generating large tropical waves.
Abbey McDonald, the former Bluejacket star, still has her “ups and downs,” but hopes her story can help others battling similar problems.
Tomassoni, an independent lawmaker from Chisholm, was first elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 1992. He revealed his diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in 2021, and continued to serve as a senator.
The Iron Range lawmaker's legacy will include a $25 million law that will help fund research of ALS, which he had for the last year of his life.
What's coming up for the Alexandria Planning Commission, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Management
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It had been a few years since there was a decent blueberry crop where I pick, but this year the stars aligned.
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Minnerath, a 2010 Jefferson High School graduate (Kelli Winter), most recently served as the director of operations at Habitat for Humanity of Douglas County Minnesota.
After a lifetime of emitting a Stihl MS 881-worthy respiratory buzz that could cleave through a sequoia like butter, columnist Tammy Swift learns that her apnea could be much easier to detect these days — thanks to a compact, at-home sleep test.
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