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9.9.25
Lynx legends Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore are officially in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4gjfH14
A Minneapolis fiber artist’s work is headed to an international contemporary art fair in New York. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/45Npadn
Did you know Cooties got their start in Robbinsdale? WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/41IZVXf
Would you toss something called “Chicken Soup Bomb”, “Hair Ball”, or “Stink Bomb” in your bath? SEE: https://fluence-media.co/465nVXj
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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO CELEBRATE: Flint Hills Resources and its employees are proud of the company they keep, including many community partners that help make Minnesota a better place to live and learn. Not only is the Pine Bend refinery celebrating 70 years, many of the company’s long-time partnerships have milestones in 2025: 25 years of the Flint Hills Family Festival in partnership with the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 25 years with Frends of the Mississippi River to restore critical habitat, 30 years with the Minnesota Zoo, and 40 years with Ducks Unlimited. WATCH: Celebrating our Community Partners (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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RIBBONS: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “For blocks stretching out from Annunciation Catholic Church and School, trees and light posts are hugged by blue and green ribbons. Just days after the shooting, volunteers took action to literally wrap support around the grieving community. While national media attention has turned elsewhere, the momentum in Minneapolis hasn’t slowed down. ‘The goal is, after just unimaginable, tragic heartbreak, how do we overwhelm it with love?’ said Sarah Henning, one of the organizers behind the Bows of Love effort.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/487V1Hb
OUR RESCUE: Via news release from Minneapolis-based nonprofit Our Rescue, VERBATIM: “Our Rescue announces the launch of Operation Global Impact 2025, a six-week coordinated international surge against sex trafficking and child exploitation across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Teams are already deployed, with 13 law enforcement actions now complete in Latin America and 5 in Asia, resulting in 26 arrests and the rescue of 17 children. But actions continue with more coordinated law enforcement actions planned in the coming weeks as part of Operation Global Impact 2025 with support from Our Rescue to maximize impact.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4m2I2tF
HONOR FLIGHTS: Via The Bemidji Pioneer, VERBATIM: “Disabled American Veterans Chapter 7 of the Bemidji area recently made a $15,000 donation to the Veterans Honor Flight organization of Minnesota and North Dakota. Honor Flight takes veterans to Washington, D.C., to see their branch of service memorials, war memorials and museums. The nonprofit organization offers this service to veterans free of charge.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nGWI39
DULUTH: Via KQDS-TV, VERBATIM: “The Armory Arts and Music Center, a local non-profit, teaming up with Chipotle to raise funds for the kids’ music program.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/42kDFmL
FARM: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “On one corner in north Minneapolis, you'll find more than just an urban farm. You'll also find opportunity, thanks to Appetite for Change. Not only is the nonprofit teaching kids about healthy eating habits, but they're helping the entire community in the process.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3IeArub
NEXTGEN: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Central Lakes College’s Workforce Solutions department is now offering an advanced manufacturing training program to those that meet the criteria. Funded through a collaboration with Bemidji State University and the Drive For 5 Workforce Initiative grant, the free program equips individuals with the skills for a stable, family-supporting career in advanced manufacturing.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3KbO7Xn
FOOD: From Central Lakes College via Facebook, VERBATIM: “Today, a group of food rescue volunteers helped save 1,360 Lbs of delicious food from going to waste by picking it up from Costco, Target, & Walmart. The food now goes to our students through our campus food pantries and also to area food shelves to help feed their neighbors.” POST: https://fluence-media.co/3JS7k0h
HOCKEY: Via Minnesota Wild, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Wild and Blaze Credit Union today announced a multi-year partnership as the team’s new home helmet partner. The Blaze Credit Union logo will appear exclusively on the Wild’s home helmets starting this season . . . As part of their partnership, Blaze will continue the Blaze Credit Union’s Hockey Kids4Kids Program, which encourages youth hockey players to use the teamwork and leadership skills they practice on the ice to come together and raise funds for kids at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4niPi5D
LACROSSE: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “For the past eight years, [Thomas Howes] and others on the Fond du Lac Reservation and other tribal communities have worked to revive the game of Baaga’adowewin, the Ojibwe version of lacrosse that once was a vital community-building tradition around the Great Lakes — but then virtually disappeared during the boarding school era. Nine teams from Native communities around northern Wisconsin and the Twin Cities have come together for this tournament hosted by the Fond du Lac Language program. Howes gathers dozens of children at the center of the field for a youth match to kick off the event. They fall silent as he speaks.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4nlByak
SPORTING CLAYS: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “The 27th annual Shoot For Fun was held Saturday, with hundreds competing in Minnesota’s largest sporting clay event. The competition brings variety as all marksmen compete in 10 different locations throughout the Old Vermillion Shooting Range with clay pigeons coming in from all angles. The event raises funds for Northland Adaptive Recreation, which promotes an active lifestyle for everyone.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/41JANjf
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)
THIS MONTH: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the Brainerd Lakes Area later this month. The group is hoping to raise $115,000 locally for Alzheimer’s research.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4mqHn5L
THIS MONTH: Via Minesota Monthly, VERBATIM: “Freedom Fest is more than just a concert—it’s a full day of community fun and activities. From 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, guests can enjoy free family-friendly activities . . . The concert is more than just a night of entertainment—it’s also a fundraiser supporting the Invisible Wounds Project, a Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to providing mental health and wellness services for military members, first responders, frontline medical staff, and their families.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mXfAL8
SPCO: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) has announced Jessica Mallow Gulley as its next president and managing director. When she officially assumes the role on Oct. 13, she will succeed Jon Limbacher, who will remain in an advisory role through December, when he retires.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47G80zT
MUSEUM: Via Detroit Lakes Tribune, VERBATIM: “Two separate, but related exhibits [opened last] weekend at the Becker County Museum in Detroit Lakes. One of them is ‘Electrifying Minnesota,’ a traveling exhibit from the Minnesota Historical Society about how electricity has transformed life in Minnesota, which will be on display in the main exhibit hall through Jan. 2, 2026. The other is ‘The Local Radio Experience,’ a look inside the world of radio broadcasting that is being hosted by Detroit Lakes' own Leighton Media, which owns 26 radio stations across seven markets," says the company's general manager, Detroit Lakes native Jeff Leighton.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4m2u9M5
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