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Good Samaritan Society residents look forward to weekly flowers. 3:00 am, Apr. 18, 2021 × One resident at the Pine River Good Samaritan facility arranged flowers for a living and has since lent her talents to arranging flowers donated every Friday by Sherwood Florist.Travis Grimler / Echo Journal The last year has been challenging for many, especially those in senior living communities where contact with others has been severely limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and communal ...

Employee is disciplined for a different complaint Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Crosslake City Attorney Brad Person on Monday, April 12, provided the following written summaries of recent closed city council meetings, and council member Dave Schrupp read each summary: The council considered a respectful workplace complaint that an employee initiated and took no disciplinary action. The Respectful Workplace Policy will be distributed to and reviewed by all employees, including depa...

Legion passes $1 million mark in total assistance in the history of its program. Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 4:00 am, Apr. 17, 2021 × The Backus American Legion Charitable Gaming Partnership donated a record $95,392 to charitable causes in 2020 and passed the $1 million mark in total assistance in the history of its program. The partnership, consisting of the Legion and its longtime gaming affiliate, Willard’s Saloon & Eatery in Backus, also paid $114,23...

This Was Brainerd - April 16 A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | × 20 years ago (2001) A missing persons case turned into a murder investigation when a body discovered near Breezy Point was identified as that of Rachel Anthony, who went missing in Pine River in February. The county coroner determined the cause of death t...

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201 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 51 schools, says Michigan’s April 12 report Justin P. Hicks, mlive.com © Joel Bissell/Joel Bissell | MLive.com A student walks into the Sindecuse Health Center rapid COVID testing site inside the Student Recreation Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. A total of 201 students and staff at 48 K-12 school districts and three colleges have been infected by coronavirus in new school-...

Crosslake churchgoers undertake charitable challenge and put money where their mouth is The Log Church bankrolls this challenge for charity by giving 50 people each $100 to spend as they wished. 3:00 am, Apr. 11, 2021 × Pastor Mark Holmen of the Crosslake Log Church surprised 50 volunteers of his congregation Feb. 28 with a challenge inspired by his "Whats Your Why?" sermon series. "The last sermon in that series is Why doesnt God do something?" Holmen said. "Because a l...

Heritage Group North worked the past year to digitize every high school yearbook the group could find 3:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 × Roofers Local 96 donated time and material to repair the roof of the historic caboose in Pine River in March 2021. Submitted Photo Yearbooks going back as far as 1936 are now available to view online for graduates of Pine River High School. Backus yearbooks going back to 1948 have also been digitized, as have all of the high school yearbooks under the merged...

Heritage Group North worked the past year to digitize every high school yearbook the group could find 3:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 × Roofers Local 96 donated time and material to repair the roof of the historic caboose in Pine River in March 2021. Submitted Photo Yearbooks going back as far as 1936 are now available to view online for graduates of Pine River High School. Backus yearbooks going back to 1948 have also been digitized, as have all of the high school yearbooks under the merged...