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Student Work Featured

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. ...

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Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer focuses on broadband in Bemidji

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. ...

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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. Shows at 8:30pm on the river.

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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Memory Lane

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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People who are passionate about the stories and the topics....

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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Telcos in Cross Lake meet with Local Legislators to discussion National Broadband Plan

According to the Northland Press… Leaders from Crosslake met with Representative Larry Howes on July 16 to discuss concerns with the national broadba ...

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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. of North Branch is our new lucky winner! Cong

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. ...

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It's Almost Over...Are you Really Going to Miss it???

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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At the Reif

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. ...

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You know about the Blues Festival

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. ...

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The Kayak Lady

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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Even with e-health tools, adoption is key

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. ... More from Blandin on Broadband

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Brian Freeman & the KAXE Bookclub

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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Fitness Milestone One: Completed

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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Remember when you were a kid? When anything was possible?

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. ... More from Realgoodblog: a place for those who read, write and appreciate the written word

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Event Photos

Event Photos ... More from Grand Rapids, Minnesota Fan Page's Facebook Wall

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Beaches: The only place children actually entertain themselves.

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. ... More from Slow This Ride Down

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Grand Rapids Farmers' Market

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. ... More from Itasca Community Television blogs

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Friday Finger Fun!!

Finger PaintsFinger paints are like a loud, life-affirming "Yes!" in a toddler's world of "Don't touch." And they're so easy and inexpensive to make fr ...

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An Ode to the Rain!

Rain, RainGo AWAYCome again Monday (or Tuesday, yeah Tuesday is good for Mrs. Showboat)The Showboat cast wants to come out to playRain, Rain,Go AwayRai ...

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