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pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
50 years ago: April 17, 1975 (Photo) Members of the Pequot Lakes Woman's Club joined women from other parts of the state in a Legislative Day held by the Minnesota Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
klick! Photo Gallery: 2025 Miss Pequot Lakes Scholarship Pageant 1 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025.JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 2 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (1).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 3 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (2).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 4 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (3).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 5 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (4).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 6 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (5).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo Journal 7 of 177: MissPequotLakes2025 (6).JPG Tom Fraki / Echo...
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2 weeks ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
50 years ago: April 10, 1975 People gathered at the Ben Krueger American Legion Post 49 in Pequot Lakes for the ceremonial burning of the building's mortgage. The Pequot Lakes Indians basketball team announced junior Vern Alberts as its Most Valuable Player at the team’s annual basketball dinner March 31.
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3 weeks ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
50 years ago: April 3, 1975 Bronko Nagurski, the legendary Minnesota football star, has agreed to act as the honorary chairman of the second annual Camp Confidence Celebrity Golf Tournament. (Headline) Young people need permits to operate 24 hp motors or larger, says DNR 40 years ago: April 4, 1985 Neighbors Organized in Support of the Environment (NOISE) forces shutdown of the Edgewater Trap and Skeet Range in Breezy Point.
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3 weeks ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
PEQUOT LAKES — It’s no joke, the lakes area is set to experience an April winter storm. The National Weather Service in Duluth issued a winter storm warning for late Tuesday, April 1, through late Wednesday, April 2, for much of northern Minnesota, including Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd and Wadena counties.
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4 weeks ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
BREEZY POINT — The Breezy Point City Council will continue with its search for a permanent city administrator after it interviewed two alternate choice candidates for the position at a special meeting Wednesday, March 19. The council interviewed Fred Ventresco, former town administrator for Pinetops, North Carolina, and Thief River Falls Economic Development Coordinator Richard Baker.
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1 month ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
PEQUOT LAKES — The Pequot Lakes School Board heard an update on potential changes to middle school math programs and daily schedule structures from Pequot Lakes Middle School Principal Mike O’Neil and team members at its regular meeting Monday, March 17. Recently, Pequot Lakes math teachers visited with regional colleagues at Sartell and Pierz schools to evaluate engagement and learning structures.
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1 month ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
50 years ago: March 27, 1975 February milk production by Minnesota’s distressed dairy industry was a new all-time low for the month, 777 million pounds, reports the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Four deer shiners arrested by state conservation officers in Itasca County last fall received stiff fines and jail sentences when their cases came up for trial in Grand Rapids last month.
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1 month ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
50 years ago: March 20, 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Duane B. Nelson of Pequot Lakes wish to announce the adoption of their daughter, Verlee Arlene Nelson, from Korea on March 11, 1975. 803 cows from 18 herds were tested in the Cass/Crow Wing Dairy Herd Improvement Association in February. 40 years ago: March 21, 1985 Pequot’s trusty civil defense siren, diligently blowing its whistle for two decades, was finally in need of repair.
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1 month ago | 
pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki |Pequot Lakes. He
CROSSLAKE — Record high temperatures March 14 led to storms followed by wind and snow for the 51st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration in Crosslake on Saturday, March 15. Despite the weather and fewer than normal spectators, thousands of die-hard parade-goers and participants still packed the city’s streets for the annual tradition.
