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40 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited (DU) are celebrating 40 years of partnership, a longevity landmark that makes Flint Hills one of DU’s longest-standing corporate partners. Working together over the past four decades, Flint Hills and DU have contributed to conserving more than 250,000 acres of wildlife habitat and natural areas in Minnesota and over 900,000 acres across North America. LEARN MORE: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited Celebrate 40 Years of Partnership (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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ANOKA: The National Conference of State Legislatures talked with Senator Jim Abeler and Rep. Zack Stephenson about Anoka and why its designation as the Halloween Capital of the World is so important. ABELER: “It’s a chance to have a big party. It’s almost the whole month, so they have a foot race, a contest for people who decorate their houses, the kids sell buttons to raise money, and there is a huge parade, the Grande Day Parade the Saturday before Halloween. It gets bigger every year, in terms of attendance, and now about 30,000 people attend.” STEPHENSON: “It’s the oldest Halloween celebration in the country, over 100 years old. It’s a huge event, culminating with the Grande Day Parade that draws tens of thousands of people. The city of Anoka has about 16 to 18 thousand people, and more people come to the parade than live in the city by far.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hrggqd
HAUNTED: Via WCCO-Radio, VERBATIM: “Minnesota is home to a number of popular ‘haunted houses’ and old, creepy homes. And as we near Halloween, WCCO Radio’s Susie Jones takes us to one in Stillwater where stepping into the Warden’s House is like stepping back in time.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4o2WhAt
PLAYGROUND: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “A fundraising campaign has been launched to help a Minneapolis Montessori school recover from the vandalism of its playground. The nonprofit Heartwood Montessori School in Northeast Minneapolis says its playground was damaged over the weekend of October 4, sharing a picture showing that a playhouse was broken and other equipment damaged and overturned.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4njmPwk
MOVE: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “Boneshaker Books has spent nearly 15 years in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. After a decrease in foot traffic, sales, and increased maintenance issues, the independent bookstore is moving to a new spot in LynLake (708 W. 26th St.). The small volunteer-run, radical bookstore announced the fundraiser to help move storefronts on Oct. 1, with an overarching goal of $15,000, and a base goal of $6,000 by Oct. 17 to be able to reopen Boneshaker in their new space. In 13 days, the store raised more than $15,000.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/48DyKkV
HELP A NEIGHBOR: Via Shoreview Press, VERBATIM: “A new nonprofit in the Mounds View School District is dedicated to making a difference for students and their families through weekly food pantry donations, funding senior pictures and more. Help a Neighbor, founded by Julie Overbye Ledy, was created in January 2025. Overby Ledy has been involved in other nonprofit work throughout the state of Minnesota. She said she created Help a Neighbor because she felt called to help families in her own neighborhood.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3JpXfYA
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
HEROES: Via news release from Minnesota Rural Electric Association, VERBATIM: “Do you know someone who goes above and beyond to make your community a better place? Maybe they’ve poured their time and energy into helping a local nonprofit thrive, assisted those in need or spearheaded a community project that has made life better for everyone. Now it is time to celebrate their impact. Minnesota’s electric cooperatives are proud to partner with the Minnesota Touchstone Energy Group in launching the Cooperative Heroes Award across the state. This award provides an opportunity for anyone served by an electric cooperative to nominate an individual who has made meaningful, positive impact in their community.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/49iGitA
AWARDS: Via The Bemidji Pioneer, VERBATIM: “At its annual recognition event, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation recently celebrated six awardees from across the region. The event recognized people and organizations whose leadership and service are strengthening communities in meaningful ways, a release noted. Awards were given in three categories. Each awardee was presented with a gift of pottery from Planet A Clay created by Bemidji artist Butch Holden, and received a $1,000 grant to a nonprofit of their choice, with the exception of the philanthropy award, which instead received $1,000 to the fund itself.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hscVHs
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