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The Alexandria Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and West Central Minnesota Drug Task Force arrested 32 year old Jeffrey Burdine of Alexandria on Tuesday. There was a felony warrant out on Burdine for a parole violation. Officers …
29 Mar 12
A program to regulate dairy production across the US might be introduced as part of the 2012 Farm Bill. A representative of Collin Peterson–Tom Meium–was recently in Morris to talk about the Farm Bill. He described the dairy …
29 Mar 12
The Capitol is cracking–the marble dome, that is. The Minnesota legislature has been looking at options to restore various parts of the long-standing capitol building, including the dome that caps the building. One of the options is to …
29 Mar 12
Ask any Stevens County 4-H Project Bowl member what they have been doing the last few months and the answer will be studying, practicing and having fun! Since early January, 13 Stevens County 4-Hers have been learning all …
28 Mar 12
7:30 p.m. Reading by poet Michael Dekel, McGinnis Room of Briggs Library 8:30 p.m. Open Mic Reading, McGinnis Room of Briggs Library Friday March 30, 2012 4:00 p.m. Refreshments, HFA 64:30–6 p.m. Artist talk with Brittney …
28 Mar 12
A DFLer has entered the race for the newly-created District 12 Senate seat. John Schultz, a former DFL State Finance Chair in Minnesota, has lived in Big Stone County for forty years in rural Correll. Schultz was one …
28 Mar 12
The Prairie Island Bill of 2003, carried by Representative Torrey Westrom, will likely see some changes this legislative session that will effect local research and outreach efforts. Dollars that had previously been collected from utilities companies and used …
28 Mar 12
Five UMM students addressed the city council last night (Tuesday) about an issue they’d like the council to take symbolic action on. Citing the US Supreme Court’s 2006 decision on an organization’s (Citizen’s United) right to freedom of …
28 Mar 12
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 …
