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Saturday, July 04, 2009


Chokio native Andy Schuster found his musical niche with the St. Cloud-based rock band Electric Allmighty. Schuster and the band will play at the Morris music festival Rock the Groundz on Saturday, July 11 at the Stevens County Fairgrounds.
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Schuster brings it back home

Chokio native to Rock the Groundz at Morris music festival July 11

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Campaign volunteers and others surrounded Al Franken Wednesday, like this woman who wanted his autograph on a piece of campaign literature. He is to be sworn in as a U.S. senator next week. Photo by Don Davis, St. Paul Capitol Bureau.
Franken among friends

Franken ‘won’t waste that chance’

Supporters got a glimpse of a looser Al Franken than has surfaced in quite some time during Wednesday's rally

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Area Weather: Post-July 4 shows temps above normal for a good share of next week

KSAX TV meteorologist Mark Anthony says temps on rise, along with chances for breezy conditions

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County debates holding rooms, space needs of new facility

Goal is to save money but misuse of holding rooms could bring Department of Corrections into the picture, advisor says

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Bridget Harris Volden (left) at Don’s Cafe in Morris, where her discussions of her life with Ruth and Neil Thielke (right) led to the book co-authored by Volden and Ruth Thielke, “If Only the Rod Had Been Round.”
Authors at Don's Cafe

‘If Only the Rod Had Been Round’

Abuse, loss and alcoholism could not destroy the spirit of Bridget Harris Volden

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Obama Administration names Linda Hennen to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Minnesota

New Minnesota FSA Director is from Stevens County.

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Al and Franni Franken wave to supporters outside their Minneapolis townhouse Tuesday after he spoke to reporters about becoming Minnesota's new U.S. senator. Photo by Don Davis, St. Paul Capitol Bureau.
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Franken wins longest election

Coleman would not comment about his future but said that information will come soon enough. Some speculate he will run for governor

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Chairman Mike Kilgore of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council told reporters Monday that Minnesota will be greener in a year, thanks to nearly $300 million in outdoors project spending from funds generated by a sales tax increase.

Conservationists say tax equals green Minnesota

Minnesota forests will stay green, prairies will turn greener and some wetlands will return to their green state thanks to a sales tax increase voters approved last November, outdoors activists say.

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Annual LTD Memorial Tour stops in Morris

Motorcycle ride honoring three National Guard soldiers stops in Morris Saturday afternoon

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Morris-area soldiers of the 1st Battalion 151st Field Artillery in a May 2009 photograph.The National Guard soldiers recently completed a four-day leave and are expected to be deployed to Kuwait in July. Photo courtesy Danter’s Photography.
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Morale good as 151st prepares to deploy

Commander says 600 Minnesota National Guard soldiers will be in Kuwait in July

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Sunnyslope Road is part of the City of Morris' Highland Homes Addition infrastructure work this summer. The City Council on Tuesday voted to keep the street's width at 40 feet instead of the 36-foot width its experts say is best.
Sunnyslope under construction

UPDATE: Sunnyslope Road won't be narrowed

The Morris City Council went against its engineering experts' advice and sided with neighborhood residents and Morris' police chief, who say keeping the street at a 40-foot width makes more sense for safety, parking and maintenance

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Camp Alpha students and staffers watched at one camper’s rocket lifted off Monday evening near the Morris Area Elementary School.The four-day camp, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, was conceived by Morris Area teacher Ken Gagner as a way to cultivate students’ interest in sciences in a fun and interesting environment. In addition to learning about rocketry and building and launching their own models, the students study astronomy and aerospace engineering, with an emphasis on NASA and its work.
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Taking Young Minds Up, Up and Away

Camp Alpha celebrates 10th year of helping kids learn about aerospace and other sciences while they have a great time shooting things into the air

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