April 30, 2009 RSS feed / Crow Wing Currents

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Freshwater ALC prom is May 2, at Batcher Opera House

By Dawn Schimpp Timbs World reporter
Prom - it's a first time endeavor for the Freshwater Education District in Staples, an alternative classroom setting that's offered to area high school students. More...

MS Middle School honor roll

"A" Honor Roll SIXTH GRADE Breeze Bestland, Hayley Carlson, Nicolette Edin, Megan Han, Abegail Holm, Caitlyn Johnston, Sarah Koopmann, Emily Ladd, Meghan Pugsley, Kaitlin Spar, Spencer Svendsen, Kylean Sweno, Sarah Willgohs. More...

Business counseling available at CLC

The St. Cloud SCORE Chapter 468 and the North Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center recently opened the Brainerd Lakes Area SCORE office at Central Lakes College. More...

MP customers can expect rate increase

Minnesota Power estimates that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will order an overall retail electric rate increase of approximately $21 million when it issues a formal written order on or before May 4. More...

Making robots

Students in Mrs. Butler's 3rd grade class at Motley Elementary School spent time recently building robots out of materials they found at home. Pictured above is Jordan DeChaine with her robot made out of cardboard. More...

Clean-up efforts

In honor of "Earth Day" April 22, Christina Poole and her two-year old daughter Cecelia Chavez of Motley, spent the morning picking up trash along 1st Avenue and near Veteran's Park in Motley. More...

Motley's P & Z Commission revises DMU zoning map

By Dawn Schimpp Timbs World reporter

Motley's Planning & Zoning Commission took another look at their proposed map for the city's Downtown Mixed-Use Zoning District at a meeting held April 21; and decided to make some alterations. More...

MES students participate in MN Twins essay contest

Two Motley Elementary School students have been selected as semi-finalists in the 2009 "Minnesota Twins Father of the Year Essay Contest." MES students in grades three and five participated in the contest, submitting essays on the theme, "What My More...

Student gardeners

Pillager High School students were busy on Arbor Day, April 24, selling a variety of flowers and vegetable plants that they have been tending to since February. More...