Larry Godejohn of Lincoln was diagnosed in March By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Larry Godejohn of Lincoln was diagnosed with Lyme disease in March. He has a feeling he was bit by a deer tick last fall. “My first symptoms were pain in my right knee and right shoulder in March,” he said. “It was Read more »
By TINA SNELL, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Tom Sundahl, owner of Lincoln Lakes Liquor and Lincoln Lakes Motel, has opened a laundromat in the same business complex. “This is definitely something we need in the area,” said Sundahl. “There’s a laundromat in Motley and another in Randall, but nothing closer. There are enough summer people who need Read more »
By Terry Lehrke, News Editor terry.lehrke@mcrecord.com In mid-April someone contacted Little Falls City Hall to complain about the pencil drawing that has hung in the Carnegie Library in Little Falls for the past three years. The complainant said the drawing, given to the library by a grateful inmate, had religious connotations and didn’t belong in a Read more »
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Tim Rice, president of Lakewood Health Systems in Staples, presented the 2011 annual report to members of the Motley City Council Tuesday. “Since 1980, the hospital has grown from four doctors to 43 today,” he said. “We continue to recruit new people.” In 2011, several new people were hired. They Read more »
The couple then lived in five different countries, returning to Little Falls in 1987 By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Jerry Pasela met his wife, then Betty Ring, while training for his second stint in the Peace Corps. He was from rural Ohio, she was from Little Falls. She had just joined for the first time. Read more »
By TINA SNELL, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com The 19th annual Take Back the Night event will be held Thursday at Maple Island Park in Little Falls. The speaker will be Patty Wetterling from St. Joseph. Wetterling, currently employed at the Minnesota Department of Health, is the director of the Sexual Violence Prevention Program. She has also served Read more »
Stephanie Crawford of Cushing was killed this morning Wednesday, May 9, when her vehicle struck a tree on 320th Street east of Highway 10 in Scandia Valley Township. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Department received the accident report at about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday. The Scandia Valley Fire and Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance responded, along with Read more »
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com At the endorsing convention Saturday, May 5, the GOP nominated and endorsed Paul Gazelka for the state senator representing the 9th District, Mark Anderson for state representative in District 9A on unanimous votes. But it wasn’t that easy for Ron Kresha, who sought the endorsement for state representative in District Read more »
Turkey producer gives back to the community by giving blood By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com John Gessell knew something out of the ordinary was happening when he received a phone call the day before the Jennie-O annual grower/partner meeting, April 13, asking for the names of his employees. “That had never happened before,” said Gessell, but Read more »
Sent. Paul Gazelka, R-Brainerd, who represents Senate District 12, will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the 2012 legislative session. The meeting will be held Saturday, May 12, at 9 a.m. at the VFW, 1210 Third Ave. N.E., Little Falls.
Randy H. Winscher has announced he will run for the Morrison County Commissioner seat to represent District 3. Winscher was raised on a dairy farm outside of Buckman. He and his wife Nancy have been married for 32 years, live on a small farm near Royalton, and have three grown children. Winscher graduated from Royalton Read more »
Jeff Schilling has announced his candidacy for a fourth term as Morrison County Commissioner representing District 2, which consists of Ripley, Platte, Belle Prairie and Buh townships and the city of Harding. Schilling has lived in Morrison County his entire life and currently resides in Ripley Township. He is a lifelong member of Holy Family Read more »
By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer Joyce Sutphen, poet laureate of Minnesota since 2011, will read her poetry selections at the Royalton Public Library Wednesday, from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. This event is open to people of all ages, with a limit of 50. Preregistration is being taken through May 9 by calling the library Read more »
Concerts and board meetings set in both Little Falls and Brainerd By JENNIE ZEITLER Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com The Heartland Symphony Orchestra is a treasure for the rural area of Central Minnesota. The membership of the orchestra reflects the diversity of the residents of this region, by pulling in musicians from Wadena and Nisswa, Crosby Read more »
National military reputation and economic influence also contribute By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com Camp Ripley was recently visited by producers of a National Geographic feature on the Mississippi River. “One of the producers told us that they believe the 18-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that runs through Camp Ripley could be the longest Read more »
