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A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo and Echo Journal weekly newspapers

A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo and Echo Journal weekly newspapers

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A candlelight vigil on Bell Island Friday night marked International Overdose Awareness Day. 

The Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is searching for a new welding instructor.

There are numerous other landmarks and mainstays throughout the city that speak specifically to Ottawa. They’re not necessarily the obvious ones that bring visitors to the capital, like the tulip beds, the Peace Tower or skating on the canal. Rather, they’re things that we Ottawans recognize as uniquely ours, little Easter eggs hidden thought the city

The Ottawa sign in the ByWard Market is a beacon where tourists from around the world and local residents alike gather to take pictures. So why is there another one in a field far from downtown in the city’s south end?

When the chance came to purchase property near the high school complex, the Central Montcalm Public School Board of Education agreed to take that opportunity. During an 11-minute meeting on Monday, board members voted to purchase a parcel of land for $16,500 at 1390 S. Sheridan Road (M-66) near the high school complex. The property sits on the corner of Sheridan Road and Clifton Drive and was recently condemned. The property will be cleaned up, making it available for future use to the school di...

Kathy Haen, age 66, of Atwater, MN formerly of Olivia, MN passed away from cancer on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 11 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Olivia with Rev. Joe Steinbeisser as celebrant. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 21, 2022 from 5-7 p.m. at Dirks-Blem Funeral Home in Olivia. Memorials are preferred to St. Mary’s Catholic School in Bird Island.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Giggs was nicknamed Randy Ryan and the Welsh Wanderer by female staff at Manchester United because of a series of affairs he had,