With 12 Ukranian students in the Prior Lake–Savage school district, and dozens of Ukranian families in Scott County, there is a call for more community support.
Two area staff from the Park Rapids Department of Natural Resources forestry office are using skills from the Minnesota Wildfire Academy courses they attended this spring in Grand Rapids as they work on crews in other states. It is the largest wildfire training program in the state.
A fire in Badoura Township Wednesday morning is believed to have been caused by a piece of equipment being used to cut down trees in the area catching fire.