Minnesota has had a net gain of approximately 43,000 acres of wetland in the period of 2006-2020 — that’s one of the key findings of the Wetland Status and Trends Monitoring Report released last week by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.The report also shows that most of the wetland gain was realized in the last six years of the 15-year (2006-2020) monitoring period.
L-BFThe December 2023 students of the month were recognized recently.The Littlefork-Big Falls December 2023 Student of the Month for senior high is Julianna Holte and for junior high is Damien Juen, reports Kathy Siltman, L-BF School secretary.Dean’s listAriana Vacura, International Falls, has met the criteria for the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji.To the eligible: The student must be full-time with 12 credits or more of graded classes; have a semester GPA of 3.50 or above; and may not have a grade below a “C” or a No Pass on their transcript for the semester being calculated.
Despite an unusually warm start to winter, a race known for its cold weather is set for the end of the month.The 20th annual Arrowhead 135 will take off with fireworks at 7 a.m.
The 44th annual Icebox Days festival Jan.
With lots to celebrate as 2024 neared, Betsy and Joe Meres and their family got an even bigger boost when they experienced Borderland’s Best Christmas Ever on Dec.
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The January meeting of the Forest Hill Cemetery Association Board of Directors will be held at 5 p.m.
With below-freezing temperatures, people are doing their best to find ways to keep warm, but certain appliances in and around our homes used to do so can be deadly.Poisoning by carbon monoxide, an odorless, scentless and colorless gas emitted from these items, is more frequent during this time of year.
Many may be happy to put the weird weather of December behind them.
A multi-country project pioneered by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will prepare for a possible chronic wasting disease spillover from deer or other cervids—members of the deer family—to humans or non-cervid farm animals.The chronic wasting disease, CWD, work is funded by the Minnesota Legislature, administered by the state Department of Natural Resources and led by CIDRAP, located at the University of Minnesota, and CWD Project Director Michael Osterholm and co-directors Jamie Umber and Cory Anderson.Minnesota Rep.