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The annual fundraiser gathered over 10,000 pounds of food for the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, which will help it meet the growing needs of the community as food insecurity increases.
The Bemidji Community Food Shelf was a buzz of activity on Monday morning as staff and volunteers gathered to unload the yearly Stuff-A-Truck donations.
Andy Lisak, 58, who formerly directed the Development Association in Douglas County and later was Douglas County administrator, died Monday in Superior after fighting cancer for more than three years. The Superior native was born in the North End and went on to obtain degrees in economics and sociology at American University and studied labor relations and collective bargaining as a post-graduate student at Cornell. After residing in Madison for a decade, he led the Development Association from 2001 to 2010 and Douglas County through 2017, when he became weakened by cancer. In a 2010 ...