Ogilvie News

A 51-year-old motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a deer Saturday night in southern Kanabec County.

Golden Valley police are investigating a one-car crash that killed a teenage girl Friday night at Duluth Street and Brunswick Avenue N. Chief Stacy Altonen released a statement saying a teenage boy in the car was arrested, treated for injuries at North Memorial Medical Center and released pending charges.

Tonya Rae Swanson wasn't in the car that rear-ended another vehicle at an intersection in Blaine, killing Bradley F. Lyver, 29, the night of Sept.

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Ogilvie High Schoola s class of 2009 took part in their last official activity together Friday night, commencing their high school careers in front of family and friends with graduation ceremonies.

In these stressful times for public education in Minnesota, the Mora and Ogilvie school boards last week took a giant step toward a serious exploration of collaboration and cooperation between the two local districts.

"What are you going to do this summer?" the reading specialist asked. "I'm not reading any books," said the first-grade boy, a struggling reader.

Ogilvie High School's class of 2009 took part in their last official activity together Friday night, commencing their high school careers in front of family and friends with graduation ceremonies.

Beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, crews will seal coat Highway 95 from just west of Isanti County Road 15 to Isanti County Road 17/70 in Cambridge.

On Sunday, May 17, the Ogilvie Dollars for Scholars chapter hosted their annual Scholarship reception, where the 2009 recipients of scholarships administered by Ogilvie Dollars for Scholars were honored in a short program.

By Greg Hunt greg.hunt@ecm-inc.com Special Education teacher Jane Johnston was pleased to report a federal grant was received for a summer work program benefitting disadvantaged, at-risk students of Braham Area High School.

Ogilvie Lions Club President, Ken Taylor, presented the Ogilvie Food Shelf with a check for $500 form the Ogilvie Lions Club to the Ogilvie Food Shelf March Campaign.

Authorities suspect arson to be the cause of at least 20 recent grass fires in Kanabec County.

First and Calvary Presbyterian Church will host a series of lectures by a man who spent eight years as the 61st chaplain of the U.S. Senate.

On April 22, at approximately 5:41 a.m., Kanabec County deputies and the Ogilvie Fire Department were dispatched to a house fire in Southfork Township.

Evidence pointed to arson in a string of overnight grass fires in Kanabec County, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Minnesotaa TMs Department of Transportation unveiled its 2009 construction list last week.

Helen Campbell and Rita Clasemann, both from St. Marya s Catholic Church in Mora, spent the better part of March in Kenya, Africa.

A four-day school week has been considered by Milaca, but last month, Ogilvie High School decided to become the second school district in the state to move to a four-day week.

Local residents in search of entertainment wona t have to go very far to find it this weekend, as spring theater productions in both Mora and Ogilvie open Thursday evening and run through Sunday afternoon.