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Chuck & Don’s acquires e-commerce business; Pet food supplier will now offer online shopping and home delivery through Fetch

Pet supply store Chuck & Don’s is excited to further enhance its offerings with a new e-commerce venture.
Since its inception in 1990, Chuck & Don’s has continued to grow throughout the Midwest and beyond, boasting 25 Minnesota locations including in Forest Lake at 1960 W. Broadway Ave., 10 Colorado locations and one location in Wisconsin.
Operating since 2006, Fetch has supplied an e-commerce platform, which includes home delivery of pet food and supplies throughout the Minneapolis metro area. Starting in 2017, the service area will include Chuck & Don’s Minnesota and Wisconsin locations and likely expand to the Colorado market in mid-2017. Now, in addition to shopping Chuck & Don’s Twin Cities locations, customers can select and make purchases online and have those items delivered right to their front door.broadstreet.zone(48036);
To learn more about Chuck & Don’s and this acquisition, visit www.chuckanddons.com and www.fetch.co.

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Family Pathways to raise child abuse awareness

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and Family Pathways is inviting the community and local businesses to join in the fight against it.
The latest Minnesota statistics show that 25,972 calls were made to child protection or law enforcement about children being abused in 2016. A record 4,058 children were found to be experiencing abuse or neglect, 38 children suffered life threatening injuries, and 19 children died due to maltreatment.
There are several ways to get involved, including volunteering your time to the Refuge Network and Family Pathways’ important services, helping to raise awareness through local businesses and community outreach, purchasing a Stop Child Abuse blue ribbon sticker at Family Pathways Thrift Stores and participating businesses, going to familypathways.org to view a full list of participating businesses, and contributing with a monetary donation at familypathways.org.broadstreet.zone(48036);
When you purchase a Stop Child Abuse blue ribbon sticker, you will receive a one-time only, 10 percent

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GALLERY: Track teams place high in elite fields

Photos by Rachel Brisbois
The Forest Lake track and field teams traveled to Mankato State to face a deep field of more than 30 schools, and the Rangers proved up to the challenge: The girls placed second with 43.5 points and the boys finished seventh with 28.broadstreet.zone(48036);
East Ridge girls (48) and Elk River boys (93) ran off with the overall victories.
The Rangers scored their biggest coup in the girls pole vault, coming away with 14 points and two medals. Sophomore Sofia Dodge cleared 10 feet, 6 inches to earn the silver medal, and junior Jenna Parent went over 10-3 to claim bronze.
It proved to be a double-day for those two when they each earned an additional bronze medal in the 4×200 relay. Dodge and Parent were joined by junior Alica Schurrer and sophomore Madeline Doby to complete their circuits in 1:50.89.
Relays were a consistent source of points for the Rangers. The

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Board approves final budget cuts; 10.78 full time equivalent teaching positions to be eliminated

A series of difficult cuts came to an end April 6 as the Forest Lake school board approved another round of budget reductions of approximately $1.02 million for the 2017-2018 school year. These most recent cuts, the third in a series of reductions that began Feb. 2, brings the total amount to $2.6 million.
Perhaps the most significant announcement came in the form of 10.78 full time equivalent positions announced to be cut as of the 2017-18 school year. At the elementary level, Forest Lake will lose 5.35 full time equivalent teaching positions at a cost savings of $267,000. Some support staff positions will also be cut for a savings of $39,000. Also at the elementary level, special education funds will be reallocated to the general fund. That move will save $31,000.broadstreet.zone(48036);
At the secondary level, full time equivalent teaching positions will be reduced by 5.35 for a savings of $271,500, and

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