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  • Pastor with local ties chosen as host of national youth gathering

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:26pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    By Chad Koenen Publisher As he walked on to stage at the Superdome in New Orleans for the first time, Wadena-Deer Creek High School alum Pastor Brady Finnern summed up his feelings to approximately 20,000 youth from across the country in about as simple of terms as one could imagine. “I started by saying I’m excited, but… Read More

  • NYM Puppet Pageant gears up for 16th year

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:21pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    A pair of performances are planned for Friday, Saturday The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center invites the public to the 16th annual Kalevala Puppet Pageant public performances on Friday, Aug. 15 and Saturday, Aug. 16. The Kalevala Puppet Pageant is a large-scale, street-theater style performance bringing to life characters and tales from the Kalevala, the Finnish national… Read More

  • FFA Telethon to Spotlight Student Success Across Minnesota

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:16pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    With preparations for the Minnesota State Fair in full swing, the Minnesota FFA Foundation is also gearing up for another exciting tradition — the sixth annual Great Minnesota Give-Together Telethon. This signature event celebrates the powerful impact Agricultural Education and FFA continue to have on more than 40,000 students in classrooms across Minnesota. The Great Minnesota… Read More

  • Minnesota’s Buy Clean Grant Program accelerates low-carbon construction materials

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:15pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    The Minnesota Departments of Administration and Transportation announce grant awardees for the State of Minnesota’s Buy Clean EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) Grant Program. The grants will assist in the development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for manufacturers of eligible materials utilized in Minnesota construction, such as concrete and asphalt. The three grantees are the Aggregate and… Read More

  • DHS moves to terminate Housing Stabilization Services program

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:14pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), under the guidance of its own DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), moved to terminate the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program. In a letter sent Friday from DHS Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), DHS requested the unprecedented… Read More

  • Huebsch named Minnesota Farmfest Woman Farmer of the Year

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:14pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    CEO of Otter Berry Farms in New York Mills Kris Huebsch was named the 2025 Minnesota Farmfest Woman Farmer of the Year Thursday, Aug. 7, in Redwood County. Farmfest strives to bring together the best in agribusiness from Minnesota and around the country and endeavors to provide one place for farmers to network, experience and learn… Read More

  • Enyart named to dean’s list

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:09pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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      St. Cloud State University has announced the names of more than 1,016 students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2025 Spring semester dean’s list.  To be eligible for the honor, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Among the students who was named to the dean’s… Read More

  • Minnesota DNR invites conversation about wildlife

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 3:02pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    All wildlife topics welcome in discussions with local wildlife staff Anyone interested in wildlife is invited to chat with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife managers in local DNR offices across the state from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, or by phone during these same hours. “We’re asking people to please stop by or… Read More

  • NYM pool gears up for final week of the season

    | Published on August 12, 2025 at 2:57pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    Contributed photo The New York Mills lifeguards are gearing up for the final week of Legged Community Pool being open to the public this week. Lifeguards this year included: Front row: Jada Goeson, Abigail Berndt, Violet Radniecki and manager Harley Wurst. Back row: Lucy Wallgren, Avery Flath, Taylor Ziemke, Alex Mack and Elijah Geiser. Not… Read More

  • Turning back time in downtown New York Mills

    | Published on August 5, 2025 at 3:58pm GMT+0000 Tucker Henderson| Author: Tucker Henderson

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    Headers Car Club hosts first car show during Summer Celebration in New York Mills By Tucker Henderson Reporter While the New York Mills Summer Celebration has ended their festivities with a basketball tournament in recent years, a new finale to the annual event made its debut on the afternoon of Saturday, July 12. Headers Car Club,… Read More

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