Aitkin News

Looking at the systems we have in place at the middle school, we come to the realization that we are a data-driven, decision-making school.

All David Loeffler wanted to do was help people.A As a child, he dreamed of becoming a police officer.A Shortly after achieving that dream, he lost his leg in the line of duty.A But he never stopped chasing his dream and went on to become a prosecutor.

A former Minneapolis police officer who pushed a man out of the path of a drunken driver to safety has died 12 years after his leg was severed in that North Side collision.

A 17-year-old Cass Lake girl died Saturday as a result of a single-vehicle accident north of Aitkin, Minn.

Congressman Jim Oberstar says the Federal Aviation Administration is making grant awards to two Minnesota airports.

Hollenkamp/Hemmesch Adam Hemmesch and Vicki Hollenkamp, along with their parents, Craig and Jody Hemmesch of Elk River and Dave and Mary Hollenkamp of Burtrum, Minn., announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.

A 25-year-old Isle man has been arrested and charged with one second-degree felony controlled substance crime.

Best remembered for his crossover hit "Sunshine," country and folk singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards was born July 28, 1946, in Aitkin, MN, and grew up in Virginia.

A fire burned about five acres and 10 hay bales last Thursday in Homestead Township.

Firefighters remained on the scene of a fire Thursday night in McGregor, Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is adding more counties to the list of those designated for burning restrictions.

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council now holds free grant writing workshops for arts organizations and individual artists in the Arrowhead Region two weeks prior to each grant application deadline.

The Blandin Foundation says it will contribute $7 million toward an effort to keep 292 square miles of northern Minnesota forests undeveloped and open to the public.

Fuel for the Future will be held Thursday, April 2, at the Northland Arboretum in Brainerd.

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has announced a list of city and county road projects in greater Minnesota that will get $75 million from the federal stimulus package.

Members Cooperative Credit Union is one of 28 Minnesota credit unions that recently received national a oeREAL Deala certification through the Credit Union National Association .

Eleven communities in Northeast Minnesota will receive more than $1 million for new equipment and training, Congressman Jim Oberstar announced today.

History was made at the Cambridge Public Library on Monday, Feb. 2, when local resident, Nancy Dunbar, started her position as the very first Cambridge Public Library Branch Librarian.

WDIO and WIRT engineers completed the digital transition to full power overnight.