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Governors Wind Energy Coalition Wisconsin’s original renewables roll with climate change Source: By CHRIS HUBBUCH, Associated Press • Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2020 WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — Decades before the construction of Wisconsin’s first coal-fired generator, an engineer named Magnus Swenson and his partners harnessed the power of the Wisconsin River behind a wall of concrete. More than a century later, the Kilbourn dam is still churning out electricity, eno...

Senior Nutrition Program offers meals in Pine River and Crosslake, as well as Meals on Wheels Delivery Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 10:00 am, Dec. 20, 2020 × Photo illustration, Metro Creative Graphics, Inc. The Senior Nutrition Program still offers a nutritionally balanced meal at 11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday in Pine River and Crosslake, but people must pick them up at the door at Heartland Apartments, 445 Snell Ave., in Pine River, or have meals delivered by ...

Brainerd area DNR Conservation Officer Weekly Reports - Dec. 16, 2020 1:00 am, Dec. 19, 2020 × District 9 - Brainerd area CO Amber Ladd (McGregor) reports some ice fishing is underway in the area, but anglers need to be aware ice conditions vary greatly. A deer went through the ice on an area lake. Many of the area lakes are not safe for foot travel. Ladd also assisted with training at Camp Ripley. CO Jim Guida (Brainerd East) checked muzzleloader hunting activity and early ice angli...

A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo. 8:00 am, Dec. 18, 2020 × Pequot Lakes Area Chamber President Bob Booth attends a governor’s conference on tourism. Musicians Pro Shop in Pequot Lakes, owned by Bev and Darol Mitchell, is featured as the Echo’s Business of the Week. 30 years ago, Dec. 20, 1990 Two skeletons are discovered under the floor of an abandoned farm house in Maple Township. The remains were that of a father and daughter who disappeared six ...

State fines Mission Tavern, suspends license Written By: Gabriel D. Lagarde | 8:22 pm, Dec. 16, 2020 × People protesting the shutdown stand on County Highway 3 in front of Mission Tavern offering free pizza Saturday, Dec. 12, in Mission Township. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch A coalition of Minnesota businesses — mostly restaurants and bars — are defying a new mandate from Gov. Tim Walz that prohibits services like indoor dining in the coming weeks. Walz announ...

Article continues below advertisement ↴ Three people are facing a combined 16 charges after an armed robbery in Manitobas Parkland Region earlier this week. On December 12, 2020, at approximately 5:40 pm, Winnipegosis RCMP and Dauphin RCMP responded to an armed robbery at a business located on 1st Avenue, in Pine River. Two males wearing masks entered the business carrying a rifle and demanded money, cigarettes and liquor. The males then fled on an all-terrain vehicle. The employee relayed t...

Area MnDNR Conservation Officer Weekly Reports - Dec. 15, 2020 Written By: Prepared by Joe Albert, Communications coordinator | Division of Enforcement | 9:00 am, Dec. 15, 2020 × District 4 - Walker area CO (Conservation Officer) Jacque Hughes (Longville) checked hunting and fishing activity. She responded to a call of someone falling out of their deer stand. She also received calls regarding trap tampering and carcasses dumped along the roads. CO Jordan Anderson (Wadena) spent time...

Pequot Lakes Cub Scouts show appreciation for community helpers by making, delivering gift baskets As part of Cub Scout packs service learning project on community helpers, they learn these helpers include more than firefighters and police officers Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Calvin Traxler, 7, a Tiger Scout with Pequot Lakes Cub Scout Pack 102, enjoyed making an appreciation basket for teachers.Submitted Photo Learning about community helpers took on a whole new mea...

Posted: Dec 14, 2020 7:00 PM CT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 On Dec. 12, Winnipegosis RCMP and Dauphin RCMP retrieved a gun used in an armed robbery at a business in Pine River. (Submitted by RCMP) RCMP arrested three people after an armed robbery at a store in Pine River and a brief ATV chase. At around 5:40 p.m. Monday, an employee of a store on 1st avenue called 911 about an armed robbery by two men wearing masks and armed with a gun who demanded money, liquor, and cigarettes, ...

By Doug Falconer Three arrests were made after an armed robbery in Pine River, over the weekend. On Saturday, two males entered a business wearing masks and armed with a rifle, demanding cash, cigarettes and liquor, before fleeing on an A-T-V. RCMP spotted the suspects near Camperville, where they fled into a nearby field, before being eventually arrested. 33-year-old James Flatfoot of Dauphin and a 16-year-old boy from the Pine Creek First Nation are facing several charges, including a...