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Vol. 169, No. 15
Wolgamott The Show arrested must for DWI
go on BY MORGAN EGGERT | STAFF WRITER
Rep. Dan Wolgamott
Formal charges not yet filed BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER An area legislator was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired last week. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Rep. Dan Wolgamott was arrested July 7 after a Minnesota State Trooper observed signs of alcohol impairment during a traffic stop in Kanabec County. Wolgamott, 32, is in his third term of representing Minnesota House District 14B, which covers precincts in the cities of St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids as well as precincts in Minden Township, Benton County, and Haven Township, Sherburne County. He resides in St. Cloud. According to information provided by the Minnesota State Patrol, a trooper was searching for a vehicle after a complaint was made to Kanabec County Dispatch just after 6 p.m. of an individual drinking in a liquor store parking lot.
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Community is a driving force in a town like Sauk Rapids, so in 2020 in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and when it became harder to have a strong kinship, especially in theater, Cullen and Sean Donahue created a space for performers to continue their acts. “Basically, everything froze and stopped,” Sean Donahue said. “The theater companies didn’t have a home and dispersed.”
Sauk Rapids theater company grows community
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Max Finlayson stars as Willy Wonka surrounded by other performers July 12 in the Performing Arts Center at the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids. Central Minnesota Theatre, which moved its physical location to Sauk Rapids in spring, will perform “Willy Wonka” by its Better Times Theatre Company Saturday, July 15, and July 20-22.
Benton County receives additional broadband funding $3M awarded to Benton Communications BY JAKOB KOUNKEL STAFF WRITER FOLEY – As Benton County commissioners trudge forward with a project to bring reliable internet service to all corners of the county, the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development announced a $3 million Border to Border grant to Benton Communications to extend fiber service to areas of the county south of Highway 23. This adds to the $1.5 million Border to Border grant received in February for areas north of the highway. Once both projects are completed, virtually every area of Benton County will have access to high-speed internet service, according to a
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PHOTO BY JAKOB KOUNKEL
Stakeholders Amanda Othoudt (front, from left) Beth Schlangen, Scott Johnson, Ed Popp and Jared Gapinski; (back, from left) Monty Headley, Chad Koenig, Steve Stang, Johanna Isaro Ngango, Christine Scherbing, Trish Perry, and Cheryl Scapanski gather July 11 in rural Foley. A broadband installation event demonstrated the project bringing broadband to unserved and underserved areas of Benton County is under way. press release issued by Benton County. The portion of the project bringing service to the area
south of Highway 23 will service Maywood, Minden and St. 836 unserved or underserved George townships. addresses in Glendorado TownBroadband page 3 ship and portions of Gilmanton,
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PUBLIC NOTICES
Wendy K. Leeb Ronald Lyback Lorraine N. Mendel
• Mortgage Foreclosure - pg. 13 • City of Sauk Rapids Notice of Hearing on Improvement - pg. 13 • City of Sauk Rapids Reg. Meeting Minutes, June 26 - pg. 13 • City of Sauk Rapids Notice of Public Hearing - pg. 13 • Benton County Planning Commission Public Hearing - pg. 13
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