So many eyes looking at the same people: The nuts and bolts of Wellness Court
Its 8:30 a.m. Friday and in a jury room on the third floor of the Itasca County Courthouse, the Itasca County Wellness Court team is holding its weekly pre-court meeting. The meeting is an integral part of the Wellness Court program as it allows each team member judicial, law enforcement, counseling and treatment, probation, defense and prosecution the opportunity to discuss the progress of each participant and compare notes.
sprouting smiles
Grace Bible School students toured Bloomers Garden Center and Landscaping last week, each planting a flower (which they get to take home at a later date) and then singing songs to entertain Bloomers staff. The students were the last group out of about 550 total students, from schools across the Grand Rapids area, to tour Bloomers this year as a part of its annual Spring School Tours. Bloomers has been offering the tours for 12 years. On the tour, students learn about plants and how to care for them, play educational games and conduct plant-related experiments.
Serving more with less
Local nonprofit service agencies are having a rougher time than usual scraping up funding in today's troubled economy, while demand for services gets increasingly higher.
Elementary students team up to green up
After school at Southwest Elementary, a group of 3rd and 4th grade students huddle around a pile of onion skins, banana peels, and other various remains of produce, and examine it with amazement while 4th grade teacher, Nancy Mike-Johnson, discusses how these items with time will become dirt. This pile is only a couple of days old, so everything is recognizable, but the next batch laid out is a month old, then 7-8 months old. Then finally she shows them aerated produce thats a year old, which is a bucket of ordinary soil; the only distinguishing element being the remains of an avocado pit that didnt quite decompose. The kids just learned the cycle of composting.
Countys culinary connoisseurs converge
Seventeen of the countys best chefs are coming together to provide an opportunity to experience the Taste of Itasca and support community mentoring programs.
Dancin the day away at Hill City School
Elementary students at Hill City School entertained a crowd of parents, teachers and community members with song and dance routines in the school gymnasium last Friday. Some kids dressed up as bumblebees, others wore street gear and most sported festive Hawaiian leis. Songs ranged from traditional childrens songs to more modern dance music.
Itasca sweeps Mesabi Range
The Itasca Community College Viking womens softball team headed outside for its home opener against Mesabi Range Community College on Thursday afternoon at the ICC softball field.
Rapids takes third at Cambridge
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys Track and Field team headed outdoors for its first outdoor meet of the season when they traveled to the Cambridge Invitational.
THawk girls take second
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk girls track and field team headed outside for the first time this season when they took part in the Cambridge Invitational on Tuesday afternoon.
Grand Rapids-Greenway tennis splits with Bemidji, Park Rapids
The Grand Rapids-Greenway boys tennis team headed outside for its first action of the 2009 boys tennis season. Grand Rapids-Greenway earned a split in its tri-meet with a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Bemidji before rebounding to knock off Park Rapids, 6-1, in the second game of the match.
Sutherland finishes strong for Thunderhawks
Grand Rapids Thunderhawk senior Jared Sutherland burst on to the basketball scene during his junior season.
N-K baseball team hopes to contend
With the fact that the Nashwauk-Keewatin High School baseball team lost just one senior from last years squad that finished third in the Section 7A Baseball Tournament, coach Josh Lamppa is looking for big things from the Spartans this season.
Girls golf opens with win
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk girls golf team got of to a blazing start with a win in its opening meet at the Monticello Country Club on Wednesday.
Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans stronger than ever
The Nashwauk-Keewatin High School fastpitch softball team enjoyed a fine season last year, and it returns a strong core of players from last years squad.
Jason's view
It was an amazing run for the Bemidji State University Beavers in the NCAA hockey playoffs. Unfortunately, it had to come to an end. The Miami of Ohio Redhawks played a great game stopping the Beavers own hopes of a miracle.
Historic run for BSU comes to an end
The 12th ranked Bemidji State University mens ice hockey teams improbable run to the 2009 Frozen Four ended with a 4-1 loss in the national semifinal to No. 4 Miami (Ohio) University Thursday evening.
Its 8:30 a.m. Friday and in a jury room on the third floor of the Itasca County Courthouse, the Itasca County Wellness Court team is holding its weekly pre-court meeting. The meeting is an integral part of the Wellness Court program as it allows each team member judicial, law enforcement, counseling and treatment, probation, defense and prosecution the opportunity to discuss the progress of each participant and compare notes.
sprouting smiles
Grace Bible School students toured Bloomers Garden Center and Landscaping last week, each planting a flower (which they get to take home at a later date) and then singing songs to entertain Bloomers staff. The students were the last group out of about 550 total students, from schools across the Grand Rapids area, to tour Bloomers this year as a part of its annual Spring School Tours. Bloomers has been offering the tours for 12 years. On the tour, students learn about plants and how to care for them, play educational games and conduct plant-related experiments.
Serving more with less
Local nonprofit service agencies are having a rougher time than usual scraping up funding in today's troubled economy, while demand for services gets increasingly higher.
Elementary students team up to green up
After school at Southwest Elementary, a group of 3rd and 4th grade students huddle around a pile of onion skins, banana peels, and other various remains of produce, and examine it with amazement while 4th grade teacher, Nancy Mike-Johnson, discusses how these items with time will become dirt. This pile is only a couple of days old, so everything is recognizable, but the next batch laid out is a month old, then 7-8 months old. Then finally she shows them aerated produce thats a year old, which is a bucket of ordinary soil; the only distinguishing element being the remains of an avocado pit that didnt quite decompose. The kids just learned the cycle of composting.
Countys culinary connoisseurs converge
Seventeen of the countys best chefs are coming together to provide an opportunity to experience the Taste of Itasca and support community mentoring programs.
Dancin the day away at Hill City School
Elementary students at Hill City School entertained a crowd of parents, teachers and community members with song and dance routines in the school gymnasium last Friday. Some kids dressed up as bumblebees, others wore street gear and most sported festive Hawaiian leis. Songs ranged from traditional childrens songs to more modern dance music.
Itasca sweeps Mesabi Range
The Itasca Community College Viking womens softball team headed outside for its home opener against Mesabi Range Community College on Thursday afternoon at the ICC softball field.
Rapids takes third at Cambridge
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys Track and Field team headed outdoors for its first outdoor meet of the season when they traveled to the Cambridge Invitational.
THawk girls take second
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk girls track and field team headed outside for the first time this season when they took part in the Cambridge Invitational on Tuesday afternoon.
Grand Rapids-Greenway tennis splits with Bemidji, Park Rapids
The Grand Rapids-Greenway boys tennis team headed outside for its first action of the 2009 boys tennis season. Grand Rapids-Greenway earned a split in its tri-meet with a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Bemidji before rebounding to knock off Park Rapids, 6-1, in the second game of the match.
Sutherland finishes strong for Thunderhawks
Grand Rapids Thunderhawk senior Jared Sutherland burst on to the basketball scene during his junior season.
N-K baseball team hopes to contend
With the fact that the Nashwauk-Keewatin High School baseball team lost just one senior from last years squad that finished third in the Section 7A Baseball Tournament, coach Josh Lamppa is looking for big things from the Spartans this season.
Girls golf opens with win
The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk girls golf team got of to a blazing start with a win in its opening meet at the Monticello Country Club on Wednesday.
Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans stronger than ever
The Nashwauk-Keewatin High School fastpitch softball team enjoyed a fine season last year, and it returns a strong core of players from last years squad.
Jason's view
It was an amazing run for the Bemidji State University Beavers in the NCAA hockey playoffs. Unfortunately, it had to come to an end. The Miami of Ohio Redhawks played a great game stopping the Beavers own hopes of a miracle.
Historic run for BSU comes to an end
The 12th ranked Bemidji State University mens ice hockey teams improbable run to the 2009 Frozen Four ended with a 4-1 loss in the national semifinal to No. 4 Miami (Ohio) University Thursday evening.
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