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Slinger Speedway owner and promoter Todd Thelan closed on the purchase of roughly 20 acres of land that includes the track itself.

The third local race falling outside the norm this year was the one for Baxter City Council. After the August filing period closed for local candidates, one name was noticeably absent — Todd Holman, who’d been on the council for 13 years. Just one person, council member Mark Cross, filed to run for two open seats on the council. In the weeks that followed two write-in contenders emerged, providing three options to Baxter residents. Former DFL state legislator John Ward and Lon Schmidt, a part-time bus driver for the Brainerd School District and former radio host, both made public announce...

George Vinson has worked in several capacities for the Fargo Police Department over the past 17 years. 2:00 am, Dec. 22, 2020 × George Vinson George Vinson, a lieutenant in the Fargo Police Department, is in line to become the next Brainerd police chief should he accept the job offer. The Brainerd City Council voted Monday, Dec. 21, to offer Vinson the job of outgoing Chief Corky McQuiston, who is soon set to retire. After the city’s civil service commission whittled the top seven candidates down to three, the council voted 5-2 to offer Vinson the job. Dave Pritschet, Kelly Bevan...

prevent the algae from forming wasn't calibrated correctly. >> we had to figure out exactly how much ozone to inject into the water to kill the nutrients that the algae feeds on and because we had it to low at the beginning, algae took hold. >> i used to clean pools as an engineer and i know what can happen with this. one little change and the algae is everywhere. >> reporter: it will take a few days for clean-up to be completed and then three more days for the pool to be refilled. all the work costs about $100,000, the money coming out of national park service's maintenance budget. ...

many today are enjoying a day of leisure, but we've never forgotten the men and women who paid for the freedom we enjoy the day. ceremonies honoring america's war dead were held across the country, including two led by the commander-in-chief. president obama began the day on hallowed ground: arlington national cemetery in virginia where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. during the ceremony, the president noted for the first time in nine years, no americans are fighting in iraq and that the end of fighting was also near in afghanistan. >> after a decade under the dark clou...