Laurel Beager

Laurel Beager

  • Joined: October 11, 2023
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Talking later-life career changes with U of M

National Career Development Month this November is an opportunity to grow your skill set and reevaluate your job-related goals, whether you’re a new intern, seasoned professional, or someone who is interested in changing course later in your career.Kate Schaefers, director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Minnesota, housed in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, answers questions about how to navigate those later-life career transitions.Q: How do you know it’s time to make a career change?Schaefers: Pay attention to the big and little things.

Toy Take & Create Kits

International Falls Public Library and other area libraries will offer Handmade Toy Take & Create Art Kits as the Arrowhead Library System’s newest “Legacy event, available Dec.

Celebrating the beauty

The Voyageurs Conservancy photo contest winners are likely to remind people of the special times they have spent in the park.The 2023 Voyageurs Photo Contest entries celebrate the beauty of Voyageurs National Park and help to inspire others to protect the natural wonder for generations to come, the conservancy staff said.All winners are listed here: https://www.voyageurs.org/2023photocontestLand & Sky Winner1st Place: “Northern Lights vs.

Death: It happens to us all

Gale Gagnier, a death doula, continued her “Speak Easy” talk series on death in October.She began the public conversation on death in September, after realizing the need.She has served as a death doula, also called a death midwife, for about 20 years.

Cafes: You are not alone

Knowing there are others sharing similar difficulties and challenges can lessen the loneliness and isolation that can come from caring for loved ones with dementia.That’s the aim of the Memory Café and Connect Café, offered through Koochiching Aging Options.And care givers attending the sessions say it’s hitting the mark.Memory Café has become a support group for care partners at different points in their caregiving journey.

Airport funding slated for more discussion

Funding of the jointly owned Falls International Airport is on the agenda for further discussion by local officials.At issue is the funding budgeted for the airport in 2024 by the city of International Falls, which is half what was anticipated and what is being budgeted by the Koochiching County Board.The airport is owned by the county and city and governed by a joint powers agreement and the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission, made up members of the Falls City Council, county board and at large members.