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Michael Lindgren ’14, Crystal, and Zak Threadgill ’15, Ramsey, are working together with the University of Minnesota, Morris’s Center for Small Towns (CST) to create an analysis of Lac qui Parle County’s (LqP) technology education …
15 Apr 13
A Column from Elbow Lake Republican Torrey Westrom: Last Tuesday, April 9th, a press conference was held to expose a medical assistance (MA) audit that shows Minnesotan’s have overpaid health care maintenance organizations (HMOs) $207 …
12 Apr 13
Jimmie Manning, assistant professor of organizational/corporate communication at Northern Illinois University (NIU), will be the spring guest speaker for the Communication, Media, Rhetoric Discipline. Manning will present on the topic “Fear of a Digital Planet: …
12 Apr 13
The Benson Police Department continues to search for items stolen a week ago from a storage locker. Benson Police say they have no suspects at this time. On Saturday, April 6, police received a report …
12 Apr 13
Sheri Breen, assistant professor of political science, received an all-University Imagine Fund Award for research she will conduct this summer on ownership of native seeds. This work will inform her forthcoming book, tentatively titled The …
11 Apr 13
Jong-Min Kim, professor of statistics, has been awarded the University of Minnesota, Morris Faculty Distinguished Research Award. Established in 2000, the award recognizes sustained research/artistic productivity of a Morris faculty member over the course of …
10 Apr 13
After a high-speed chase on I-94 yesterday morning (Wednesday), police arrested three people suspected of armed robbery in Cyrus, MN. Stevens County Sheriff Jason Dingman reports the robbery took place at approximately 7:30 a.m. Following …
10 Apr 13
A Minnesota author will be hosting a public reading at the Morris Public Library this week. Frederick Blanch’s book Last Words was nominated for the Minnesota Book Award in 2010. Blanch describes his book as …
10 Apr 13
This week’s KKOK Artist of the Week is: Dierks Bentley – Born November 20th, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona, Dierks Bentley got his start when Captiol Records in Nashville signed him in 2003. – Bentley worked …
