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Law enforcement takes on cyber threats

textingst.jpgThe growing accessibility of the internet has changed the way people do many things: check bank statements, listen to music, earn a college degree, pay bills––and, apparently, the way they break the law.

The Isanti County Sheriff’s Department handles complaints about harassment on Facebook, MySpace or through text messaging on a weekly basis, according to Deputy Dave Matchinsky. 

Matchinsky attributes the rise in electronic feuds to the ubiquity of internet devices, including smartphones like the iPhone or BlackBerry.

 
Council to fill open seat by special election

Isanti City Council
Isanti will hold a special election to fill the vacancy on its city council left by Jeff Kolb’s unexpected resignation Aug 14. In a special meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 31, Isanti City Council voted 3-1 in favor of using special elections to fill vacancies in their ranks if more than two years are left in the departing member’s term.

 
Transportation office shifts into high gear
mike-nelsonst.jpgTo say Mike Nelson (pictured) has a pretty big job would be an understatement. Nelson, who has served as the Cambridge-Isanti Transportation Director for four and half years, is responsible for making sure students and staff are safely transported to and from school, and other school related activities and functions.
 
Dalbo man dies in one-vehicle rollover crash

Twenty-three-year-old Forrest Joseph Hart of the Dalbo and rural Ogilvie area died Aug. 26 when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving on Co. Rd. 11 in Pine County shortly before midnight. 

 
District 911 celebrates energy efficiency
The Cambridge-Isanti School District is the first district in Minnesota, and the ninth in the country, to receive an award for 30 percent improvement in energy usage.

During the school board meeting Thursday, Aug. 19, the district joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of ENERGY STAR® Leaders, an elite group of organizations who have improved energy efficiency across all of its buildings.
 
Welcome home, Specialist Hanson

 tristan-stamp.jpgSpecialist Tristan Hanson, a Ramsey native who now resides in Isanti, just finished up an 11-month tour in Iraq with his B/209th Aviation Support Battalion, a U.S. Army  company which services flight equipment.

 
Cities prepare for less state funding
The “Cities, Services & Funding: Broader Thinking, Better Solutions” report was released on June 24 by the League of Minnesota Cities at its annual conference in St. Cloud.

The report states if current revenue and spending trends continue and no policy changes are made, Minnesota cities of all sizes in all regions of the state will be broke by the year 2015. The projection was prepared for the League by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.
 
Braham graduate makes waves on political scene
A 1999 Braham Area High School graduate had an intricate role during Matt Entenza’s campaign for governor. Even though Entenza has conceded his campaign, Tim Nelson enjoyed his experience working as a policy associate for the Entenza campaign.
 
Man fatally injured in lift truck accident
A Braham man has died after falling from a lift truck on Saturday, Aug. 21.
 
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