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There is a joke among Millenials that whenever we had a substitute teacher in any sort of history or social studies class the sub would always play the movie Remember the Titans as that day’s lesson. This past week as the much-needed rain cleared the area, Remember the Titans was the second movie in the…

Knight Dave Wozniak, right, presents Sheldon Fredrick a check in the amount of $2500 to go towards the purchase of a new Turtle Lake Food Pantry walk-in freezer. The Food Pantry currently has collected $16,000 of the more than $20,000 needed for the new freezer and installation.

A lengthy discussion revolved around new textbooks for the K-10 English Language Arts Department. High School Principial Jason Hinze started out by explaining the goal was to increase test scores and help the teachers with a curriculum. Presently teachers utilized textbooks but are pulling resources from them and the internet. Purchasing this new system, available…

With the return of the Turtle Lake Inter-County Fair came the return of the Grand Parade. While the Brooklyn Park Drum and Dance Company was the featured event of the parade, there were a number of Turtle Lake businesses and organizations represented by floats. The Turtle Lake Garden Club won for the Organization category The…

After 32 years of service on the Turtle Lake Fire Department, Bud Matton has retired. Presenting Bud (center) with his Plaque of Appreciation are, left to right: Assistant Chiefs Pat Gehrman and Travis Helling, Secretary Dave Pabst and Fire Chief Ray Helling.

On Wednesday, June 23 Polk County Deputy Andrew Vitalis received his Deputy Sheriff of the Year Award at the National Sheriff’s Association conference held in Phoenix, Arizone. Deputy Vitalis was recognized for his work in solving the 7-year old cold case hit and run crash in the Round Lake Community that killed Richard Cobenais and…

Pastor Adam Woods (left) and Tammy Turcotte (right) of Parkview United Methodist Church present a $190 check and custom-decorated mug to Betty Collins (center) of the Polk County Salvation Army Backpack Program to offer what was raised during the “Make and Take” fundraiser. Prior to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Parkview UMC offered decorate-it-yourself mugs for…

For those recycling their aluminum cans the can cart located at Austad’s Super Valu in Turtle Lake is set up as the Turtle Lake High School track fundraiser during the month of July. All proceeds from the cans will be used for the future track upgrade.