We are pleased to feature some student work on www.watchictv.org this week. The staff of ICTV has been working with ISD 318 to provide a video class. We are proud of the topics the sixth through eighth graders chose for their PSAs. ...
The Bemidji Pioneer reports that Candidate Tom Emmer went to visit Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative to learn more about broadband in rural Minnesota. According to the article… He learned about rural telcos and the need for broadband Internet to reach every home in rural Minnesota. ...
Tonight, Friday and Saturday are the final three Showboat shows of the season. Don't miss out on this year's show, "Up the Creek" - each year is always a different theme and show.
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Guess what I found in our storage stuff?
My childhood scrapbook!
Wanna see me grow up? :-P
A bit grainy but proof that I was a baby. In some sort of yellow contraption that appears to be slowly swallowing me whole.
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At the beginning of Realgoodwords I do my introductions and I say "Each week we get the chance to talk with authors and writers about the stories and the topics that they are passionate about".It's almost always the truth.
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According to the Northland Press… Leaders from Crosslake met with Representative Larry Howes on July 16 to discuss concerns with the national broadba ...
Blues Fest starts tomorrow in Grand Rapids; four days of incredible blues music and entertainment. The original winner of our Blues Fest Sweepstakes couldn't claim his prize, so we drew a new name - Scott S. ...
Sung to REM's "It's the End of the World as we Know It"That's great, it starts with the boat coming around the bend, watch out for the Kayaks and the loons-Pilot Tim is not afraid.
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The featured indie film this week is The Country Teacher on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. Suggested donation is $5 per couple. Do the math for one. Thursday comedy night at 7:30 pm will bring Mike Brody to town. ...
Excitement is generating about GR’s newly inheirited Blues Fest. This event has moved west from Ely to find a new home at the Itasca County Fairgrounds. ...
As part of this month’s series Just Outdoors host Tom Chapin talked with Mary Schidler, the Kayak Lady. Mary talked all about her goal of paddling all of the 1,007 lakes in Itasca County and her adventures along the way.
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I wish I had better news to report but, according to a new national study from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) based on surveys from 2008 only one-third of all physicians in ambulatory settings (32.3%) routinely used e-prescribing.
There are a couple of immediate barriers.
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I'm excited for tomorrow night - the KAXE book club is getting together at 5:30 to discuss MN author Brian Freeman's latest mystery (set in Grand Rapids) "The Burying Place".So what's the big deal? There's a couple of big deals about this meeting.1.
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Those of you who have been following me for awhile know that I've been on a self- acceptance path ever since we moved to N. Ireland, where I noticed that the women there were so much more comfortable with their bodies, no matter what their size was.
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You can hear Minnesota author Tim Kehoe talk about his book "The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow" - a book for kids that reminds adults that's it's not only okay to be creative and follow something that might seem crazy, it's part of what makes our lives good, and unpredictable.Listen here as I talk to Tim Kehoe, a toy inventor that lucky for us, never grew up himself.
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I think we've found something to make Fridays better. (Waking the kids up 2 hours early to drag them to therapies all morning is not their idea of fun.)
So, there are tons of lakes here you know.
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On Wednesday, July 21, the studio at ICTV held a new Know Your Community. The featured group was the Grand Rapids Farmers' Market. The program was hosted by Kenn Fideldy and featured three guests: Kent Lorentzen, the Market Manager; Kristi Neary, the Assistant Market Manager; and Bill Boutang, a participating vendor.
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