News
Responding to increased levels of community spread of COVID-19 statewide, the Minnesota Department of Health will launch a four-week effort to provide increased access to “no barrier” COVID-19 testing in communities across the state, beginning the week of Sept. 21.
Welia Health (formerly FirstLight Health System) has proposed privatizing the county-owned hospital and its clinics into a non-profit corporation.
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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers and agronomists to scout fields now for the invasive weed Palmer amaranth.
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Welcome to the Kanabec County Times' Voter Guide to the 2020 General Election. Early voting spans from Sept. 18 through Nov. 2; with election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Education in the time of COVID looks very different for families in our communities. With students in the Ogilvie and Mora school districts opting to stay home, parents are looking for different options for educating their children.
Sports
Heeding the pleas, protests, petitions, surveys and even lawsuits of student-athletes and parents, the Minnesota State High School League on Monday, Sept. 21, reversed their previous decision of moving football and volleyball to a spring season that was supposed to start in mid-March. The MS…
The 40th Annual Mora Bike Tour will hit the streets Saturday, Sept. 19, starting and finishing at the Vasaloppet Nordic Ski Center.
Obituaries
Arylis Ann Munsterteiger, of Ogilvie, died on Wednesday, Sept.…
Larry Emmett Stucky, of Ogilvie, died on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 20…
Elaine Elizabeth (Audette) Miller died peacefully in her home …
Alden E. Smith of Isle, died quietly on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020…
Piersen “Pete” Vander Plaats, of Sioux Center, Iowa died Monda…
Opinion
Your voting decisions in the presidential election on November 3 will be important if you haven’t already voted in absentia.
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