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TODAY: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Northlanders can enjoy a drink at the Duluth Depot on Tuesday while exploring some unique wartime history. ‘History in a Pint’ is a decade-long history-themed talk series. Tuesday’s segment explores the power of satire and how service members relied on print cartoons during their military service as a crucial form of mental escape.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4kFrHw7
SCOUT LEADER: From Laura Yuen via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “As ordinary Minnesotans stand up for their friends and neighbors in the face of a sweeping anti-immigrant crackdown, our state is showing its exceptionalism to the world. It’s in that vein I’d like to tell you about David Lowry Moore, who exemplified Minnesota at its welcoming best. Moore, who died in December at 89, never married or had kids of his own. But countless Hmong American kids — many now in middle age — thought of him as a dad. In 1981, as refugees from Southeast Asia resettled in the Twin Cities, the Yale-educated teacher founded Minnesota’s first Hmong Boy Scout troop.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4rnCSfx
SMALL BIZ: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “One nonprofit ready to assist [small business impacted by the immigration enforcement surge] is the Minneapolis Foundation. It created the Economic Response Fund to distribute $4 million in grants to businesses that faced disruptions statewide. Those who apply could get up to between $2,500 to $10,000. R.T. Ryback, the foundation’s president and CEO, said, ‘We recognize the needs are much greater and hope that launching this fund will spur additional investment from the business community.’” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4tURjcC
MEALS ON WHEELS: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “As a New Hope police reserve officer, you’ll find John Monson patrolling neighborhoods and responding to medical emergencies. ‘We’re all trained as medical responders,’ said Monson. But a couple times a month, you’ll find him serving his community in another way, all at the age of 90 years old. ‘I’m getting older and older and I figured I could do this, just help other folks,’ said Monson. And help other folks he does, picking up meals for the Meals on Wheels program and delivering them to homebound members of the community.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4sflaef
MEDIA: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “With pen and paper in hand, and a camera slung over his shoulder, Minnesota journalist Jeff Holmquist sets off on assignment. Like any good reporter, he’s done his research. But unlike other publications he’s worked for in his years as a journalist, this time, he’s not getting paid. Holmquist is a volunteer and content editor for Carver County Local News, a nonprofit, digital news source created to fill a local news gap in the southwest Twin Cities metro.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4rWsgUF
ZOO: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Zoo’s Wild Wolf EdVenture is part of the zoo’s broader Travel EdVentures series, which invites adults, families and teens to explore wildlife and landscapes with guidance from zoo staff. The series offers immersive learning experiences that connect participants with animals, ecosystems and conservation efforts across the country and around the world.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ZG1m7u
BEMIDJI: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “The mild weather outside has some ready to go jump in the lake. The Bemidji Jaycees has kicked off its third annual BRRRmidji Days event featuring a week of various activities, but on Friday, Ellis Recovery was busy prepping and cutting the hole for one of the highlights of the celebration, the 22nd annual BRRRmidji Plunge on Lake Bemidji.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3MpRJXv
ROCHESTER: Via KTTC-TV, VERBATIM: “The 25th annual Rochester Polar Plunge took place at Foster Arends Park on Saturday, bringing together spectators, daredevils and those wanting to get a little chilly. Over the course of the early afternoon, plungers took a dive into Foster Arends Lake in roughly 40°F - 50°F temperatures. Over the past quarter decade the event has ran, it’s garnered more than $4.5 million dollars for Special Olympics Minnesota.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4tCR3i2
ICE FISHING: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “An Osseo Area Schools alum has a big goal: teach 10,000 Minnesota kids how to ice fish. With the support of the community, Karl Erickson is well on his way. Erickson, who runs the nonprofit Urban Ice Anglers, aims to teach kids about ice fishing, conservation and ice safety. He and about 500 kids and parents stormed the ice on Bryant Lake in Eden Prairie on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Of that group, many were students from Meadowbrook Elementary in Golden Valley.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4qZh4WB
NEW CEO: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Kim Kleven, the new CEO of Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota, is not a stranger to the nonprofit. In fact, she’s one of the educational institution’s founders.” QUOTE: “This decision was rooted in the museum’s mission,” Shane Van Engen, the museum’s board chair, said of the appointment in a news release. “Her 20 years of connection to CMSM and deep understanding of our community makes her the clear choice to lead the organization into the future.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4rnTsMd
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