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Last Updated: Jan 4, 2007 - 10:45 PM |
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PCRPPD Works Overtime -
Jan 2, 2007 - 2:16 PM

PCRPPD works to repair power lines damaged in the ice storm.
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RPPD Works Overtime on Holiday Weekend
According to George Lyons, CEO of Polk County Rural Public Power
District, they had “all hands on deck” over the New Year weekend, as an
ice storm blanketed the area, leaving several homes and businesses
without power.
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Local Boy Scout Donates Toys for Area Children -
Dec 28, 2006 - 9:38 PM

Nolan Teegerstrom donates wooden toys to Blue Valley Coordinator, Angie Peirce (left) and Joyce Knudson
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The highest advancement rank in Scouting is the Eagle Scout Award. Out of the millions of boys that join scouting every year only five percent will make it all the way to be an Eagle Scout. Requirements in the areas of leadership, service and outdoor skills are mastered through a series of stages that are determined by various ranks. Each rank has it’s own set of specific tests that are organized by specific requirements and merit badges. . . . .
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Satellites Enjoy Reunion Performance -
Jan 4, 2007 - 4:18 PM

Former high school band members reunite for a special New Years Eve appearance at the Stromsburg Legion Club.
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Sunday, December 31, 2006 the Satellites, a local band, played in a
reunion performance at the Stromsburg Legion Club. According to Jan
Olsen, who currently lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, the
first performance the band ever had was January 8, 1965.
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Duren Retires from Hair Business -
Dec 29, 2006 - 3:42 PM
As the year 2006 wound to a close, so did the cosmetology career of Barb Duren, owner and operator of Nu Style Beauty Salon in Shelby for the past 38 years.