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More than elections: Secretary of State sees increase in new businesses
by Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor Most Minnesotans might think of the Secretary of State’s office as the active arm of the elections system in Minnesota. That is not totally true, since...
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Free Community Dinner at Faith Lutheran Thursday, May 16: A free Community Dinner will be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Isanti from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Use the downstairs entrance. Everyone is welcome to...
View ArticleCambridge ‘Race the Rum’ and Day Out event June 8
The Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce, is holding its fifth ‘Race the Rum’ 5K & 1 Mile Family Fun Run on June 8. The 5K race will begin at 8:45...
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Arne Everson Guest Columnist The Cambridge Center for the Arts, serving Cambridge, Isanti County and beyond, endeavors to make the arts available to all people. CCFA offers a variety of art classes and...
View ArticleLetting go of the hand
Chad Filley Guest Columnist Tyrel was only two-years-old when I brought him and his older brother, Trent, along with me to Alexandria’s Wal-Mart. I momentarily let go of his hand as I reached for a...
View ArticleBidding process needs review
Dear Editor: First we have the tragic collapse of the Interstate 35 Bridge with the replacement bridge bid being awarded to the high and not the low bid. Now we have another multi-million dollar bridge...
View ArticlePreposterous statement
Dear Editor: The latest winners of the most preposterous statement contest must be those incumbent state legislators who “turned a $6.1 billion deficit into a $1.2 billion surplus. Like many...
View ArticleMore than $1,400 given to Li’l Farm from concert proceeds
Dear Editor: On April 28, the community was treated to a special spring concert at Cambridge Lutheran Church, arranged by Arne Everson and featuring the East Central Children’s Chorus, directed by...
View ArticleFormer student looking for Braham teacher from the 1950s
Dear Editor: My name is Bob Cain. If you watched CNN during the 1980s and 1990s, you probably saw me at the anchor desk. I retired a few years ago after a long, gratifying career in radio and...
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Senator Sean Nienow statement on same sex marriage bill
State Senator Sean Nienow statement on passage of the bill granting legal marriage of same sex couples: Monday’s historic vote legally sanctioning same sex marriage comes on the heels of the...
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Teen reported missing in Cambridge
Nicholas Michael Hollen The Cambridge Police Department responded to a residence around 9:21 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 on the report of a juvenile male that did not return home after school. Nicholas...
View ArticleCambridge man charged with criminal sexual conduct
A 58-year-old Cambridge man is facing two counts of felony criminal sexual conduct as a result of sexual contact that began with a minor in 2007. Steven Louis Lang Jr. appeared before Judge Robert...
View ArticleIsanti man in critical condition after being struck by train
An Isanti man is in critical condition after being struck by a train at 2 a.m. on Monday, May 20. The Isanti Police Department responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a north bound Burlington...
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An event to bring awareness to brain aneurysms and honor the life of a Braham resident will be held June 1 as part of Braham Appreciation Day. The Appreciation for Life event will be the first...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage law will serve its purpose
Dear Editor: Senator Nienow’s report regarding the passage of the marriage bill allowing same-sex marriage was somewhat disingenuous. His implication that gay marriages are less amenable to raising...
View ArticleRe-learning of an old lesson
Dear Editor: I’m writing to thank you again for printing my letter seeking information about my 1950s Braham High School teacher, Hildegarde Mortensen. It worked. The news was sad. One of your readers...
View ArticleThanks for supporting Braham’s track and field day
Dear Editor: On Wednesday, May 15, Braham Elementary grades 1-4 participated in their annual track and field day. The students took part in many different events that involved running, jumping,...
View ArticleJane Anderson benefit a success
Dear Editor: We want to extend a huge thank you for the support received for the Jane Anderson benefit. The generosity of the community is very much appreciated. The St. Francis Middle School staff,...
View ArticleStudent Letters to Editor
Editor’s Note: The following four letters were submitted by 9th-graders in Shane Weibel’s citizenship class at Cambridge-Isanti High School. We need the Isanti Community Center Dear Editor: If we get...
View ArticleSpecial education funding system needs to be repaired
ECM Editorial Board ECM Publishers, Inc. The number of students who have special needs in Minnesota is growing and the funding system to educate them needs to be repaired. Each student with special...
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