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John Wagner

Cambridge

Managing Editor at County News Review

Staff Writer at Forest Lake Times

Community Editor for the County News Review in Cambridge, MN. Retired sports writer for The (Toledo) Blade. Certain that "Sweet Caroline" is a pox on mankind.

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  • 2 days ago | hometownsource.com | John Wagner

    So you want to be a baseball manager, right? You want to make the tough decisions on when to pull a pitcher, and when to leave him in, do you? Well, several local Town Ball managers got a taste of managing this past week — and the taste was not sweet. kAm%2<6[ 7@C 6I2>A=6[ E96 49@:46 724:?8 ~H6? u@CD496? H96? E96 kDEC@?8mr2>3C:586 q2?5:EDk^DEC@?8m 72465 E96 kDEC@?8mxD2?E: #653:C5Dk^DEC@?8m @?

  • 2 days ago | hometownsource.com | John Wagner

    Cambridge-Isanti High School put together a strong spring on the diamond, track, court and course this season. The Bluejacket boys track and field team returned to the top of the Mississippi 8 Conference with a runaway win in the league meet; C-I also nearly qualified for the Class AAA True Team state meet, then tied for seventh place at the Class AAA state meet. kAmr2>3C:586\xD2?E: 925 2 H9@AA:?8 `h 2E9=6E6D 62C? p==\|:DD:DD:AA: g r@?76C6?46 9@?@CDi 7C6D9>2?

  • 2 days ago | hometownsource.com | John Wagner

    Lakes Region EMS once made a trip to the offices of the Frandsen Family Foundation. “We got as many of our employees who weren’t working together, and we took all of our vehicles over to his corporate offices,” said Aarron Reinert, the executive director of Lakes Region EMS. “We all wrote personal thank-you notes. And we found out he was working from home!kAm“(6 2== 4C2>>65 :?E@ 9:D @77:46 2?5 E@@< 2 A9@E@ @7 :E] (6 ;FDE H2?E65 E@ D2J E92?< J@F]”k^AmkAm(92E H2D E96 C62D@?

  • 2 days ago | hometownsource.com | John Wagner

    The Isanti County Commissioners unanimously approved its portion of the funding for the Heritage Boulevard Intersection Improvement Project as part of its meeting held Tuesday, June 17. County Engineer Justin Bergerson brought forward the bids for the project, which focuses on creating a roundabout at the intersection of County State Aid Highway 5 and East Dual Boulevard in the city of Isanti.

  • 4 days ago | hometownsource.com | John Wagner

    Two members of the Braham Area High School staff have been named winners of the 2025 Educator of Excellence Award, which is presented by the East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative. Doug Lind, the school’s career and technical education teacher, and Julie Johnson, the secretary for the high school principal, will be honored at the ECMECC Conference, which will be held Aug. 5 at Mora Area Schools. kAmpH2C566D 2C6 D6=64E65 32D65 @? E96:C FD6 @7 E649?@=@8J :?

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John Wagner
John Wagner @JohnWagnerMedia
4 Jun 25

#RepDetroit

Baseball America
Baseball America @BaseballAmerica

There was a lot of noise in West Michigan from a trio of Tigers prospects: 🌊 Josue Briceño: 4-for-4 with a double, a walk and his 13th homer this season 🌊 Kevin McGonigle: two-run homer 🌊 Max Clark: two walks, a double and one RBI More info: https://t.co/g9MFvGdcVL https://t.co/K4x9cn8Vrb

John Wagner
John Wagner @JohnWagnerMedia
3 Jun 25

“Oaklamento” is perfect for this clown show.

County News Review
County News Review @CoNewsReview

We did a literal "spit take" when SF Giants announcer Mike Krukow called them "Oaklamento." Not using Sacramento is shameful. I know our sports guy @JohnWagnerMedia will never just call them simply "The Athletics" ... Oaklamento sounds about right.

John Wagner
John Wagner @JohnWagnerMedia
3 Jun 25

And getting paid $15 million for his “efforts.” Uffdah.

Chris McCosky
Chris McCosky @cmccosky

Luis Robert, Jr., hitting .180 and slugging .291. Hitting seventh for a team that's 23 games under .500. Woof.