By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/24/21) (Proctor, MN) — The Aitkin Gobblers football game against the Proctor Rails scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled due to an on-going school investigation at Proctor High School. The Rail Football season is now on hold with reports coming out Wednesday of student misconduct on the football team. In…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/22/21) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin School Board’s regular meeting from Monday continued the conversations on the Capital Projects Levy and the use of school owned land from the High School Media Center. Mike Schellin from JLG Architects presented before the Board on the most recent talks of the District’s “master…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/20/21) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin Public School Board will convene for a presentation concerning the Capital Projects Levy and review policy updates during their regular meeting Monday, September 20th from the High School Media Center. The Board will hear from Mike Schellin and Kent Koerbitz with ICS and JLG to…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/16/21) (McGregor, MN) — The McGregor School Board reviewed personnel changes and discussed the Transportation Supervisor contract from the High School Library Monday night. The Board did approve the language change in the Elementary Handbook for the section concerning name/picture being used within the District, a Memorandum of Understanding between the…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/15/21) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin School Board gave updates on the School Construction, Capital Projects Levy, and early weeks of Back to School during a Work Session Meeting Monday night from the High School Media Center. Aitkin Schools Superintendent Dan Stifter spoke on the Schools Construction with the northwest section…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/14/21) (Brainerd, MN) — Central Lakes College was recently named to the #RealCollege Institutional Capacity-Building Cohort (ICBC), by The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice. Chosen as one of 27 higher education institutions named to the cohort, Central Lakes College is part of the program that is designed to assist…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/9/21) (Aitkin, MN) — With students back for the first full week of school, we chatted with Aitkin County Public Health Supervisor Erin Melz about the latest concerns with COVID and the Delta variants, while also chatting about the mitigation efforts and case positive rates. Melz noted that weeks leading up…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/9/21) (Crosby, MN) — Cuyuna Regional Medical Center and the Crosby-Ironton School District are coming together to invite area youth to participate in a youth cross country program for fun and fitness. Ranger Run is open for students from pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade. Sessions will run Monday evenings at 6pm starting…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/8/21) (Aitkin, MN) — Aitkin Public Schools began the process of updating their aging buildings while pushing ahead with the home stretch of the Capital Projects Levy in our most recent chat with Superintendent Dan Stifter. Stifter did speak on the construction from over the summer and some furniture and equipment…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (9/8/21) (Crosby, MN) — As the school year began, the Crosby-Ironton School District went through much needed changes to bring multiple wings of their buildings into the 21st Century. In our conversation last week with Superintendent Dr. Jamie Skjeveland that CRES teachers got an early glimpse of their updated classrooms. Major…
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