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In Focus: Handmade Jingle Dresses on Display at Crossing Arts Alliance
The Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd currently has an exhibition of handmade jingle dresses on display called “Gashkigwaade (It is Sewn).” The collection was made by Adrienne Benjamin, an artist and cultural educator from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. At first glance, you can see the beauty...
Program at Confidence Learning Center Helps Teach Basic Employment Skills
For the past couple of years, people have been picking up job skills at the Confidence Learning Center in East Gull Lake. The center’s “Building Confidence and Employment Skills Together” program, started in 2022, was designed to help individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities learn basic employment skills. Students come to class once a week during the 22-week program, which is split into two courses. The first course teaches soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and punctuality, and the second is designed for the harder skills needed in the workplace.
Motley City Council Briefs
In other business Monday, May 13, the Motley City Council: • Approved Resolution 2024-11, naming Clerk-Treasurer Tami Brotherton, Mayor Pat O’Regan and Council Members Steve Johnson, Nikki Bjerga, April Skeesick-Larson and Dennis Erickson as authorized signers for banking transactions; • Approved Resolution 2024-12, appointing Brotherton as the responsible authority to administer the requirements for collection, storage, use and dissemination of data on individuals, government data or summary data within the...
Motley clerk-treasurer resigns, new clerk-treasurer, deputy clerk-treasurer hired
On Wednesday, April 24, the Motley City Council held a special meeting to hire Tami Brotherton as the City’s deputy clerk-treasurer. Brotherton was hired at $22.65 per hour with 32 hours per week, earned sick and safe time, holiday pay for any holidays that fall within the scheduled work week and a $30 per month cellphone stipend. Brotherton only spent just over a week in the position, however. On Thursday, May 2, the Motley City Council held another special meeting to accept the resignation of...
Royals softball team beats Pillager in last home game
The Royalton Royals softball team had a successful last home game of the season, Tuesday, May 14, beating Pillager 6-4. Pillager scored two runs at the top of the first inning. The Royals answered with a two-base hit from Libby Yourczek, sending Maddison Albright to home plate. In the next play, Brooke Wenner had a base hit, allowing Yourczek to run home and tie the game. Emily Block had grounded out in the third inning, giving the Royals a 3-2 lead. ...
Cast for ‘Footloose’ announced at Pequot Lakes Community Theater
PEQUOT LAKES — The cast for Pequot Lakes Community Theatre roles in “Footloose!” has been announced. The production will be staged in the Pequot Lakes High School Theater. Performances are June 21 and 28 at 7 p.m. and June 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 2 p.m. With dynamic new songs and the powerhouse hits from its bestselling, Oscar-nominated score, “Footloose!” celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening...
Justin Liles: Rain returns tonight and Friday
The main story for the holiday weekend will be the act of daytime sunshine leading to the development of late afternoon and evening thunderstorm. This evening, we are going to see some widespread isolated showers and thunderstorms. The potential of some stronger storms will be west toward the Brainerd areas where hail and damaging winds are possible.
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