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Rush City’s Music and Art Festival will have a new coordinator next year. Joanne Ploetz told the Rush City council she is stepping down from her position. Ploetz spoke to the council Monday

The High School football season gets underway tonight. On 1350 WCMP-AM hear a heavyweight bout between the Pine City Dragons, and the Moose-Lake Willow-River Rebels. This is a rematch of last year’s nailbiting Rebels 6-0 win.

Pine City graduate Jon Rydberg is heading to the Paralympic Games in China. Rydberg, 30, is competing in both singles and doubles tennis. This is Rydberg’s second trip to the Paralympics, he went to Athens in 2004.

he Minnesota Department of Transportation urges motorists to use the 511 Travel Information Service when making Labor Day weekend travel plans.

Three teens and a 20-year-old in Isanti County are in custody for first degree burglary of an occupied dwelling. The Isanti County Attorney’s office expect charges to be filed later Wednesday or Thursday.

Former motivational speaker and Isanti resident, Russell James Simon, Jr. was convicted of a series of felonies in Isanti County Court, Tuesday.

The honey-gathering season is near over, and the local crop this year looks bleak.
Members of the Polk-Burnett County Bee Association reported heavy shortages at their August meeting last Thursday in the Polk County Government Center.
“Very poor,” said Paul Ekblad, Grantsburg beekeeper. “I’ve never seen it to be this bad in my 60 years of [...]