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Echo Press Newsminute, week of June 8-14, 2025

Echo Press Minute

Release Date: 06/13/2025

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the Douglas county fair, efforts to host Hockey Day Minnesota in Alexandria in 2028, an active shooter training exercise in Osakis and the Douglas County Commission’s efforts to balance funding requests with some less-than-idea budget news.  Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from August 20 and August 22 below:   August 20, 2025:   August 22, 2025:  

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, guest host Kris Kerzman talks about Garfiled Days, housing in Douglas County, new improvements to Fillmore Park, the Douglas County Fair, and other coverage available now from the Echo Press. Check out the top headlines from August 13 and August 15 below: August 13, 2025 August 15, 2025

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about Alexandria’s all-female motorcycle collective, the local hospice providing training for death doulas, an upcoming law enforcement training in Osakis, and lots of Resorters coverage available in the Echo Press. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from August 6  and August 8 below: August 6, 2025   August 8, 2025  

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about Art in the Park, the Alexandria Historic House Tour, the splash pad delay and romance novels as an escape when life gets too serious.   Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from July 30  and August 1 below: July 30, 2025   August 1, 2025    

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This month on , August is the month of the full Sturgeon Moon! We’ve got tips for watching the Perseids mid-month, either from your very own lounging chair in the backyard, or . Jupiter and Venus are in conjunction this month (if you want to ). Look to the northeast August 12, between 4:00-5:00am  to see what Bob calls “a potentially life-changing” event. Mercury returns, and Bob assures us that it’s ok if we really didn’t notice Mercury was missing in the first place. Plus Bob’s got , for all your stargazing needs. And next month, no meteor showers, no bright stars,...

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the death of a pioneer in local television and the Echo Press, new owners for Anderson Greenhouse, the Alexandria family named 2025 Farm Family of the Year, some impressive anniversaries, and a new playspace for kids called Grammy’s Town.   Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from July 23 and July 25, 2025 below:   July 23, 2025   July 25, 2025  

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about a one-two punch from Alexandria in the fight against cancer, the renovation of the historic Belmont Apartments, fun in the sun made in the shade at the Alexandria Splash Pad, a proposed ordinance to stop hogging parking spaces, a good save by the Douglas County Public Works Director, and a 2022 Alexandria High School graduate goes pro. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute.   Check out the top headlines from July 16 and July 18 below: June 16, 2025:   June...

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the hidden gems of Minnesota Lake Country, the family chosen as this year’s Relay for Life honorees, the Summer Sounds concert series and a local non-profit stepping in to help in the wake of a tragedy.  Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from July 9 and July 11, 2025,below:   July 9, 2025   July 11, 2025  

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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the 41st annual Vikingland Band Festival, Fourth of July events around the county, the 10th 30-day extension in the Amber Pospisil case, a new look for the last resort on Lake Ida and an Osakis pastor who’s written a book about the dual nature of Christians. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute.   Check out the top headlines from July 2 and July 4 below:   July 2, 2025:   July 4, 2025  

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This month on , it's occultations galore! The International Space Station gives you the best chance to see it in sunlight.  You can find out more at the or NASA’s Spot the Station app or the . Meanwhile, the moon occults Fang (!), you can track lunar occultations of bright stars online at , the waning crescent moon upstages the Pleiades, and the is a great preface to the Perseids coming next month.   Astro Bob is podcasting! Astro Bob King and Echo Press reporter and host Lisa Johnson did an astronomy radio show together for many years, and now they’re back on a podcast...

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