Aitkin County News

Two brothers from Mille Lacs County face charges of growing hundreds of marijuana plants on land owned by Aitkin County.

The golden eagle migrating across Minnesota from Canada has moved out of Minnesota and into west-central Wisconsin.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that former Kanabec County resident Roger Vogt has been selected to serve on the Minnesota Farm Service Agency State Committee.

Frontpage -> Features -> Headline stories -> Willow River board holds special meeting out of district The Willow River School Board met for a special meeting on Saturday morning, September 26 in Tamarack at the residence of Superintendent Lynette Maas, to discuss a host of topics related to the school district in general.

With a billion of the $4.7 billion in federal stimulus dollars spent in Minnesota so far, new jobs are being created but the exact number in this first phase won't be known until later this year.

Cloud caught and released this 38-inch Northern Pike in July on Esquagamah Lake in Aitkin County.

People who have purchased a wild rice license can begin harvesting on Saturday, Aug.

People who have purchased a wild rice license can begin harvesting on Saturday, Aug.

BBI International recently completed a county-wide biomass assessment and economic feasibility sponsored by The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute.

This year the University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, published a listing of personnel employed by the 15 county land departments.

Cabbage grows in Bob Shermana s garden last Wednesday. Age: 84 Address: 302 Frederick Drive Family: wife, Agnes, daughter, Judith, sons John and Paul Livelihood: Retired teacher, gardener Interesting fact: Knows both English and German languages In Bob Shermana s backyard, he has it all.

By Vickie Sorn For many people the joy of visiting a public library may be 'out of reach' either due to distance, transportation, location, age or a physical disability.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 23, 2009 - 12:16pm. Sadie Running was born June 28, 1908, in Chisholm, Minn.

The North Central Drug Task Force is comprised of Agents from the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department, the Aitkin County Sheriffa s Office, the Kanabec County Sheriffa s Office and the Mille Lacs County Sheriffa s Office.

After months of searching, the body of fisherman Michael Hedin has been recovered from Lake Mille Lacs.

In October 2007, Don Obernolte, 50, of St. Paul was cutting firewood at the family farm near McGregor, Minn., when straight-line winds snapped a tree he was working on.

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.

Carol Hedin gazed across Lake Mille Lacs on Wednesday afternoon, hoping her husband, who has been missing in the lake since last October, would be found soon.

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

Interactive: Track all awarded MnDOT stimulus projects The projects keep rolling in.