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Community bulletin board May 23
The Union-Times is happy to share your upcoming events. Email items to chloe.smith@apgecm.com Princeton indoor walking From now until May 29, 2024. Brought to you by Age-Friendly Princeton: Creating a Community Center Without Walls. The locations are open to the public and please wear clean, dry shoes. The following are the participating locations: Beyond Sport Princeton Fitness Monday - Thursday from 6 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday. 6 a.m. -...
Tigers baseball loses to Becker for second time
Games on Monday, May 13 and Friday, May 17 were both decided by one run After letting a three-run lead slip away in a 4-3 loss to Becker on Monday, May 13, in eight innings, Princeton (13-6, 9-3) had an opportunity for redemption against the Bulldogs on Friday, May 17, at Solheim Field in Princeton. Instead, Becker (15-4, 11-2) scored the first five runs of the game, and after allowing...
Motorcycle hits median cable barrier
A Princeton man was injured Saturday, May 11, when the motorcycle he was driving came into contact with a highway median cable barrier in Elk River. Paul Bloomstrand, 62, was riding a 2008 Harley Davidson south on Highway 169 near mile marker 163 when the incident happened, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. It was reported shortly after 11 a.m. The State Patrol described his injuries as non-life-threatening.
City of Braham receives audit report and wastewater project update
Some good and some not-so-good news came to Braham council during its May 7 meeting, both under the topic of finance. Mostly positive feedback was given by Greg Burkhardt with Burkhardt and Burkhardt, who presented the city of Braham’s 2023 audit report. “I certainly was not expecting this drastic of a change after one year,” Mayor Nate George said in response. ...
Ojibwe song played outside northern Minnesota graduation after school board removed it from ceremony
HINCKLEY, Minn. — A familiar sound was missing at one high school graduation ceremony on Friday evening. Last week, the Hinckley-Finlayson school board voted to not allow a traditional Ojibwe song at its graduation ceremony. The Ojibwe Traveling Song is meant to symbolize the transition from high school to what’s next.
Tooting the horn of top Braham musicians
Braham Area High School honored two of its seniors with music awards at the school’s final band and choir concert of the year in late April. Delaney Johnson was awarded the National School Choral Award, while Ben White was awarded the John Philip Sousa Award. Johnson participated in both band and choir for her entire high school career. She has been a part of concert band, jazz band, all-conference band,...
Ojibwe song played outside northern Minnesota graduation after school board removed it from ceremony
HINCKLEY, Minn. — A familiar sound was missing at one high school graduation ceremony on Friday evening.Last week, the Hinckley-Finlayson school board voted to not allow a traditional Ojibwe song at its graduation ceremony. The Ojibwe Traveling Song is meant to symbolize the transition from high school to what's next. The school has a large Indigenous population, and in the weeks leading up to graduation, an online petition in favor of returning the song to graduation garnered more than 2,000 signatures. On May 15, more than 50 students gathered outside the high school demanding a reversal to the school board's decision.Despite the students efforts, graduation went on as planned on Friday evening with no drumming. However, the song was played at a gathering in the parking lot."This is our land, occupied since before this was a state, and there's no reason that our ceremonies should not be included in the entire ceremony for this school's graduation," said Commissioner of Education for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Niiyo Gonzales.The district said it was eliminating all extra-curricular student group presentations at the graduation. Gonzales called the decision embarrassing. Note: The above video first aired on May 15.
Riebe Disc Golf Course expansion now open
Princeton city staff, the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, and those who assisted with the expansion of Riebe Park’s Disc Golf Course celebrated the completion of three new holes at the course with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, May 17.
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