Bagley, MN — With it being tax time, the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office is once again seeing an abundance of reports or apparent scams. Through phone calls and emails, scammers are always finding new and creative ways to get your personal information and take your hard earned money, according to Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson.…
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Kris Lasila and Mike Bolstad talk about the scammers trying to take what’s yours.
By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (7/5/21) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin Police Department continues to be ready and is now more than prepared for summer events and activity after recently talking with Chief Paul Ryan in our monthly conversation. Chief Ryan noted that Highway 210 construction work will play a factor into traffic coming to and…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (3/2/21) (Aitkin, MN) — Aitkin County Sheriff Dan Guida’s monthly conversation this month focused on activity at the various demonstration sites along the Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline replacement within his jurisdiction while touching on seasonal messages and scams. Sheriff Guida says that as the weather continues to improve toward Spring, that…
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By: Dawson Peterson dawsonrjradio@arvig.net (2/16/21) Polk County, MN — Scams seem to be so common in today’s day in age. You can’t go one day without receiving a call from a phone number you don’t recognize trying to scam you. There is one common them though, scammers have evolved making the tricks that they are…
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By: Dawson Peterson dawsonrjradio@arvig.net (1/13/21) Fosston, MN — According to the United States Department of Treasury, an estimated $70 Million in counterfeit bills are in circulation. Counterfeit money can pop up virtually anywhere with the constant exchange of bills every day. Most recently, at Ultima Bank in Fosston, they came across a counterfeit $20 Bill.…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (12/9/20) (Deerwood, MN) — Even in the time of a pandemic, scams and fraud continues to be an ongoing issue for Lakes residents and Seniors. Cuyuna Area Connections presented multiple ways in avoiding such instances with a special webinar on Wednesday. Marty Fleischacker, with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, mentioned the…
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By: Dawson Peterson dawsonrjradio@arvig.net (11/6/20) Polk County, MN — Covid-19 cases are on a rapid rise not only in Minnesota but a good portion of the midwest which is the opposite of how the early part of the pandemic occurred with coastal areas of the U.S. being hit the hardest. Now our local communities are…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarmqmail.com (10/19/20) (Aitkin, MN) — The changing of the weather includes more hazards on the roadways and Aitkin County Toward Zero Deaths continues to inform the public on initiatives to keep everyone safe. We spoke with Aitkin County Sheriff Deputy, and former TZD coordinator, Paul Bruggeman on how the number of fatalities…
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