Akeley News

General Andrews' Present Role and Strengths by Dan Reed In 1939 the Civilian Conservation Corps, a successful New Deal program, built the General Andrews Nursery and expanded the Badoura Nursery in Akeley.

WALKER, Minn. -- A jury has convicted an Akeley man of assaulting a Minnesota state trooper while she was trying to arrest him last October.

Legislative Squeeze on Nursery Production Risky by Dan Reed The Department of Natural Resources has issued a report, requested by the 2011 Legislative Session, in which plans for closing General Andrews State Nursery and centering limited tree seedling production to the Badoura site in Akeley can have some risky outcomes.

At a meeting of the Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation District Forestry Association held at the Fireside Inn in McGregor on Thursday, January 19, Jim Nynas, a representative of the Carlton County SWCD and the association's legislative lobbyist, guided unanimous support for a change in legislation to allow SWCD groups to buy spring seedlings ... (more)

It is a simple story of the exercise of power. A 100 year commitment to reforestation in Minnesota is at stake.

Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie reports the arraignment of an Akeley man on 9 counts of attempted murder in the first degree and 1 count of Arson in the first degree in Cass County District Court on January 12, 2012.