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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Aitkin County Assessor Mike Dangers presented the 2025 assessment summary to the Aitkin City Council at its meeting April 7. He went through the summary with the council and included city specific information on value changes and the size of the tax base. Dangers’ report said, “Values generally increased for the 2025 assessment.” The largest percentage increase of a class was for apartments (8.7%).
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Palisade Fire Chief Jere Gruhlke went to get more chairs to seat the people who packed city hall at the Palisade City Council meeting April 7. Four members from the Minnesota Rural Water Association: Technical Advisors Kyle Kedrowski and Jennifer Koenig along with Lead and Copper Technical Advisor John Nelson and Wastewater Technical Advisor Jeff Frost, were in attendance to speak about a prior asset management plan performed by MRW in Palisade.
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Kristian Myers was the first guest speaker at the Hill City City Council meeting held April 8. Myers is the owner/agent at Woodland Insurance Services and talked to the council about the city general liability and property insurance renewal. “I’d like to start with the good news.
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1 week ago | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Kat Robb
Kristian Myers was the first guest speaker at the Hill City City Council meeting held April 8. Myers is the owner/agent at Woodland Insurance Services and talked to the council about the city general liability and property insurance renewal. “I’d like to start with the good news.
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1 week ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
(Note: Reporting based on city council meeting minutes and information provided by city officials. Current and previous legal McGregor City Council minutes may be requested by contacting Brittany Sorensen by email at [email protected].)Alex Kowitz with the McGregor Fire Department was present at the McGregor City Council meeting April 1 to request equipment purchases.
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2 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Getting more and more forgetful over the years, it worried me when recently it started happening more frequently. I have had a lot going on lately with work and … life, but mostly work. Writing and reading consume the majority of my waking hours and I figured that was to blame for “things” failing to make an impression on my mind so I could retain them in my memory. kAmp=E9@F89 E96D6 E9:?8D 92G6?’E >256 2? :>A24E @? >J 72>:=J 2D 72C 2D x <?@H[ 56>6?E:2 2?5 p=K96:>6C’D 92G6 2=H2JD 366? 2 4@?46C?
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2 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
The Aitkin School Board members laughed at the March 17 meeting when the three members of the Aitkin Robotics team brought in the group’s robot named, “The Freedom Turkey.” Board member Kassie Peterson was absent. A high school robotics team is a group of students who design, build, program and compete with robots in competitive events. kAm%96 C@@<:6 E62> 92D 366? 4@>A6E:?8 2?5 25;FDE:?8^255:?8 762EFC6D E@ E96 C@3@E] %96 EC:@ 6IA=2:?65 E96 AC@46DD6D FD65 E@ 3F:=5 E96 C@3@E 2?5 9@H E96J 92G6 366?
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3 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Aitkin School Superintendent Dan Stifter shared potential budget reduction ideas with the Aitkin School Board at its meeting March 17. “We’re looking at about a $900,000 potential budget deficit, $965,000 I believe it was.” The board is looking at various ways it can reduce that number. “Looking at the cuts and what we would have had to do, it just seemed to be too much,” said Stifter. In January, a Memorandum of Understanding was approved for an early retirement incentive program for teachers.
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3 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
A few years ago, when people wanted to research a particular topic, they would have to head to their encyclopedia set or spend some time at the local library along with speaking to experts on the subject. If you saw a photograph, chances were it was real. The people and places in the picture were probably real. If there were two people, it was likely they were with each other when the picture was taken.
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3 weeks ago | 
messagemedia.co | Kat Robb
Two years into World War I, 1916 was a leap year. A loaf of bread cost about seven cents, an average car was $400 and a home would only set you back about $5,000. Albert Einstein completed his formulation of a general theory of relativity and, on April 14, Clarence A. and Cora Goff established the Glen Store. Glen is a town with a population of 496. It is located within Glen and Malmo townships in Aitkin County and 5 miles north of Mille Lacs Lake.
