L’A Rose opened its doors April 13 By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Lisa Kicker has been sewing since she can remember. She began at her mother’s knee when she was about 6 years old, taking scraps of material and making clothes for her Barbie dolls. “My mother told me I needed to learn how to Read more »
Jennifer and Shantel Koering have big plans for their futures By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Shantel and Jennifer Koering, Fort Ripley, 18-year-old twins, are taking classes at Central Lakes College (CLC) in Brainerd. Jennifer, a four-year assistant dairy ambassador, is taking welding courses but is hoping for a future as an automotive and diesel technician. Read more »
Sharon Ballou will seek election to the seat of the Morrison County Commissioner of District 1, which includes the townships of Rosing, Cushing, Green Prairie, Motley, Scandia Valley and Darling Township plus the cities of Randall, Motley and Ward 3 in Little Falls. Ballou, who resides in Darling Township, is currently the vice chair of Read more »
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Little Falls Community Services’ prices will increase for the 2012-13 school year. Business Manager Nancy Henderson presented the information to the Little Falls School Board at Monday night’s meeting. All adult education fees are based on the actual cost of the class which is the same as last year. After Read more »
Hensel’s lawsuit seeks damages from city of Little Falls, co-administrators, police chief By Terry Lehrke, News Editor terry.lehrke@mcrecord.com Little Falls resident Robin Hensel’s attorney Larry A. Frost, filed a lawsuit in federal court on her behalf against the city of Little Falls Monday, May 14. Included in the suit are Little Falls Co-City Administrators Jerry Read more »
Daniel J. Scepurek of Randall, died Monday, May 14, when two other vehicles struck him after he hit a deer while riding his motorcycle and landed in the roadway. At about 9:45 p.m., Scepurek was westbound on Highway 10, west of County Road 13 when he hit the deer and went down. The Minnesota State Read more »
By T.W. Budig, ECM Capitol Reporter Monday, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a tax bill freezing local government aid (LGA) for larger communities, but vetoed the main Republican tax bill that contained tax increment financing provisions for a number of area communities. Dayton had already this session vetoed an earlier Republican tax bill. Read more »
Sound of music delights neighbors, area residents and school children By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com There was just no telling that what started out as a jam session with an instructor and two students would develop into a weekly gathering of old friends playing and singing for friends and neighbors. In about 1996, Kelsi Read more »
Sometimes love comes in the form of a piano By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com The doors open wide at Tom and Joan Fussy’s home, and this year their home has been full of the sound of two young foreign exchange students’ voices as well as the lilting sound of a piano. Yeonha Choi from South Read more »
By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com At a special informational meeting Wednesday, Royalton City Council members heard about wind energy options available through a new company from Chaska, SheerWind. Mayor Andrea Lauer and Council Member Al Libke had previously visited SheerWind’s site. “A funnel is installed above ground which gathers the wind and channels it Read more »
Stearns County native writes about her roots on farm By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota’s poet laureate and child of the rural farming center of Minnesota, was back in the country Wednesday, “where a town is a gathering of houses, streets, and the very basic things: a library, some parks, a church or Read more »
By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com Sheriff Michel Wetzel’s salary appeal, allowed for under Minnesota Statutes, was settled Tuesday by the Morrison County Commissioners for less than half of the amount Wetzel requested. The County Board approved a resolution setting Wetzel’s salary at $98,118 for 2012, retroactive to Jan. 1. This is a 3.15 percent Read more »
By Terry Lehrke, News Editor terry.lehrke@mcrecord.com The Little Falls City Council has a decision to make — whether or not to change the city’s ordinance that doesn’t allow camping in city parks. If it decides not to make the change, vendors for the Antiques and Collectibles Fair in Little Falls, who set up in Le Bourget Read more »
Book signing by local author at the Good Book and Gift Shop May 19 By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com What began as an idea for a typed-up booklet for her two eldest grandsons’ birthdays has developed into the publication of Deb Thomalla’s first book. “The Bumblebee Cousins, Wyatt and Nolan Search for the Truth” was Read more »
By Terry Lehrke, News Editor terry.lehrke@mcrecord.com As part of reaching its goal to cut $150,000 from the School District’s budget, the Swanville School Board approved cutting holiday pay for part-time paraprofessionals (paras) and cooks, saving $5,750, and inservice days for paras for a savings of $6,536. This is in addition to cuts proposed in April — Read more »
