Baxter explores leaf disposal options with Hengel and composting
City officials examine curbside pickup by haulers, new drop site, or private yard waste pickups plus composting to cut leaf disposal costs. Northland Arboretum expansion could cost 15725 with annual 12174 operating. Hengel options include paid disposal eight dollars per cubic yard or free dumping with staff, or a Dumpster site under city oversight.
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Northland Arboretum
Hengel
Ready Mix
Heitke
Hengel Construction
Olson
Todd Holman
Mapleton Road
the Ark
Baxter
Brainerd
Crow Wing County
Beattie appeals tax conviction over alleged filing failures
Beattie seeks acquittal or new trial after a district court ruling upholding his guilt on all counts for willfully failing to file Minnesota income and sales tax returns from 2006 to 2011. The state said he delayed filing and paying taxes while blaming an incompetent accountant. He ran Risky Business Novelties and Gifts in Brainerd since 2005.
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Beattie
Minnesota
Department of Revenue
Brainerd
Randal D.B. Tigue
Candace Prigge
Crow Wing County
Lake of the Woods imposes tighter walleye rules and new pockets for smallmouths
The lake’s protective slot for northerns shrinks to 33 to 40 inches with a single fish longer than 40 inches allowed, while smallmouths move to a 17 to 20 inch protected slot with only one over 20 inches. Walleye quota drops to 250,000 pounds total with 178,750 for anglers and 72,250 for tribal netting. Bands may take 25,000 northerns. tribes aim to steer harvest toward larger walleyes via spearing, not netting. DNR and tribes will study fish populations amid concerns over zebra mussels and other invasive species.
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DNR
Charlie Rasmussen
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Rasmussen
Linda Eno
Twin Pines
Garrison
Eno
Rich Bruesewitz
Non physical sexual abuse described in Dear Abby column
Readers discuss whether grooming and sexualized behavior by a parent qualifies as abuse and how it affects self esteem. A second letter describes caregiver burnout, caregiving for a mentally ill homeless daughter’s child, and seeking respite and potential options including family involvement or foster care.
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Abby
Wisconsin
Lucy
Abigail van Buren
Jeanne Phillips
Pauline Phillips
Dear Abby
DearAbby.com
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
Nonessential labels and furloughs in government shutdowns
A guest opinion argues that many federal workers labeled nonessential during shutdowns are needed for core services. It notes 1995 furlough counts, critiques the terms excepted and non-excepted, and explains how some essential roles vary by task, not blanket designation. Blair of the National Academy of Public Administration is cited.
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Veterans Benefits
Congress
Fed
Eral
Treasury
George Munoz
Feds
Executive Branch
Blair
The
National Academy of Public Administration
Office of Personnel Management
Weekend Movie Showtimes Across Multiple Films
Schedule lists showings Friday through Sunday and Monday to Thursday for several films including Oz the Great and Powerful, The Last Exorcism Part 2, 21 and Over, The Call, and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Times vary by format 2D and 3D with matinee and nightly slots.
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Kelly
Humphre
Inerddispatch.com
Renee Richardson
Renee.richardson
Twitter
Zoo
Army
St. Jude
D.M.W
DN Ace Theatre
Silver Linings
Fri-Sun
Oz the Great
Burt Wonderstone
Fril-Sun
Baxter Drive
Baxi
Manntheatresmn.com
LD Ee Ee
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