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FL fitness group celebrates 10 years, growth

Submitted photoMoms on the Run began with 26 women in Forest Lake and has since expanded to 2,000 women in six states.
What began as Karissa Johnson’s plan to connect with other moms in an effort to find time to work out has since transformed into a business built upon the mantra of “inspiring and transforming women through a healthy lifestyle of fitness, fun and friendship.”
Over the last decade, Johnson’s Moms on the Run Forest Lake fitness group has expanded to become a nationwide effort.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“We started with 26 moms in Forest Lake who were just meeting when we could in an effort to find time for fitness after having kids,” Johnson said. “We are now kicking off year 10, and we have grown to include 46 individual clubs with a total 2,000 women in six states.”
Johnson graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in kinesiology (exercise science). She began

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Longtime bus driver earned lifelong admiration

Submitted photoIn his later years, longtime Forest Lake bus driver Floyd Holzschuh enjoyed working in his garden.
A fixture in the lives of previous generations of Forest Lake children has moved on, as longtime Forest Lake Area Schools bus driver Floyd Holzschuh died April 7, two days before his 91st birthday.
In his later years, Floyd and his wife, Carol, lived in North Branch, but Floyd was a community pillar for decades, entering the city’s restaurant business in 1969 before eventually becoming a bus driver, a job he held for almost 30 years.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“(He was) very dedicated,” said Bruce Holzschuh, one of Floyd’s four children. “Whether it was family or work ethic – doing a good job, doing the right thing – he was a straight arrow. In a lot of ways, he was really a simple person, kind of a quiet leader, leading by example.”
Floyd’s character was forged early in life, growing

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