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A glitch in the stories
I wanted to let you all know I am aware of the glitch in the stories which sometimes is making the quotation marks and apostrophes and other punctuation marks look like symbols or other strange marks. I am working on fixing this. It happens because I am transferring the stories from my Macintosh Operating System to a Microsoft Operating System and something gets lost in the translation. Thank you for your patience with me while I fix this.--Karin
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Swain is a living miracle
If Ben and Karen Swain of Hewitt had dug a hole each time they were told their son David would never be able to do something, they would probably have the makings for a very nice basement by now.

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Eagle Valley Coalition
"Nothing is set in stone"
The meeting of the coalition on Monday, March 31 was attended by approximately 30 citizens as well as the board. Chairman Joel Godding moderated the meeting which consisted mostly of a Power Point presentation with intermittent questions and answers throughout the presentation.

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Bakken benefit set for April 12

It was just a kidney stone. Tim Bakken tried to wrap his mind around that and the reality that his wife, Jenny, the mother of their six children, might not make it through the night. It was March 3, and Tim, family members and friends were keeping vigil at St. Cloud Hospital. Back homeóin communities around the Bakkensí rural Staplesí homeóword about Jenny spread, and people were praying.
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Wagner benefit set for April 11
Tim, Margo, Tabitha and Tony Wagner of Hewitt lost almost everything they owned in a fire which burned through their home on Monday, February 18. One of the things that was salvaged was a box of photos that one of the firemen fighting the blaze saw and threw out of a window.
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Local families experience loss after bus crash
Area families experienced the loss of a granddaughter, niece and cousin this past weekend when Jessica Weishair, age 16, a student at Pelican Rapids High School was killed in a bus accident on Saturday, April 5.
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Todd County Board of Commissioners-Budget
Salaries and state budget shortfalls cause concern
The board met with four more department heads during a budgeting session held on March 31.
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Todd County Board of Commissioners-Budget
Plan public hearing for County Road 55
After limited discussion on the petition asking for the vacation of County Road 55, the county board set May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Osakis Community Center for a public hearing on the vacation of the road. Their attorney Paul Reuevers advised them that they will likely be in court on this issue one way or the other and to make the best decision.

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