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The transition comes as management company ASM Global predicts an operating loss of $723,000 for 2023. Also, the Grand Rapids City Council discussed replenishing the Economic Development Authority's capital projects fund after a heightened activity in 2023.
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And: what began as a traffic stop turned into a baby's hurried arrival in a parking lot near Lake Winnibigoshish, the United Way of Bemidji Area is encouraging businesses and groups to participate in 'A Week of Caring,' and St. Louis County is seeking volunteer applicants for its Health and Human Services Advisory Committee.
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And: Bemidji City Council discusses their 2022 redistricting process in wake of neighboring local government redistricting lawsuit, the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed an assault conviction and ordered a new trial for a Cass Lake man, and the Boys and Girls Club of Grand Rapids and Greenway is holding a town hall discussion on a possible transition to a fee-for-service model.
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The vote on Tuesday, Nov. 7, will ask how to fund a planned 242-bed facility: a five-eighths percent sales tax or an increase in property taxes.
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The board reconvened after hours of discussion in closed session about the lawsuit brought by a former commissioner, who was drawn out of his district last year.
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And: American Hockey player and Hibbing Native Adam Johnson dies in "freak accident" while playing in England, a moose is believed the cause of a three-vehicle crash near Eveleth, the Brainerd School Board is creating a new policy for challenging school library materials, climate change experts say cities in Minnesota aren't immune to fall warming trends, and construction on Highway 34 in Akeley is expected to wrap up this week.
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A report by the nonprofit Headwaters Economics found that less than 20% of FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grants went to rural areas.
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And: More than 86,000 Liberty Mutual policyholders will receive $7.7 million after an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, rural communities struggle to compete for federal climate change funding, the DNR State Forest Nursery is now accepting seedling orders, western Minnesota could see its first snowfall of the season today, and Grand Rapids is implementing a new community alert system.
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Redistricting repeat: Judge orders Beltrami County to start over after former commissioner's lawsuitAfter Jim Lucachick was drawn out of his district in 2022, he and 30 other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Beltrami County. The court will now appoint a new redistricting commission.
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The position was vacated after a turbulent first quarter of 2023, that included a formal vote to remove the former city manager in April. Three candidates were identified as finalists out of a pool of 30, with the Bemidji City Council's hiring decision to possibly come next week.