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1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Wagner John.wagner@apgecm.com

   Filley has a Scandinavian story to tell (opens the original)

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   By day, Chad Filley is a mild-mannered teacher at Cambridge-Isanti High School. But whenever there’s a cry to learn more about Scandinavian history and folklore, Filley is the storyteller who gets the call. “You have to have a niche, because there’s Jewish storytellers, there’s Irish storytellers, there’s a lot of Southern storytellers,” Filley said. “But what am I? I’m passionate about Scandinavian stuff, and there’s nobody doing that. … There’s people that tell the sagas,

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2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Wagner john.wagner@apgecm.com

   A new cannabis venture takes root in North Branch (opens the original)

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   Jim Rayer was watching the news one night, and what he saw on his TV changed his life. “The news said they’re going to be opening up the application window [for cannabis dispensaries in Minnesota],” he explained. “And I thought, ‘Well, that’d be kind of cool, but I’m just a welder, I ain’t got a lot of money.’ “I thought you probably needed a million dollars to do that. But as I watched the news, they said the state’s going to open the application window.” The more Rayer

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3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · John Wagner john.wagner@apgecm.com

   A new cannabis venture takes root in North Branch (opens the original)

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   Jim Rayer was watching the news one night, and what he saw on his TV changed his life. “The news said they’re going to be opening up the application window [for cannabis dispensaries in Minnesota],” he explained. “And I thought, ‘Well, that’d be kind of cool, but I’m just a welder, I ain’t got a lot of money.’ “I thought you probably needed a million dollars to do that. But as I watched the news, they said the state’s going to open the application window.” The more Rayer

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4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Wagner john.wagner@apgecm.com

   Abraham turns pro, takes his game overseas (opens the original)

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   For Henry Abraham, basketball changed last winter. No, the game didn’t change — it still focused on skills like shooting, passing and playing defense. But after he graduated from Coastal Carolina in May of 2025, Abraham embarked on a professional basketball career. Last season the 2020 Cambridge-Isanti High School graduate played for KK Varda Hidroelektrana Visegrad in Bosnia’s Division II. “I wanted to try it out once, so I didn’t have any regrets when I’m older,” he said of pro b

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5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Wagner john.wagner@apgecm.com

   Abraham turns pro, takes his game overseas (opens the original)

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   For Henry Abraham, basketball changed last winter. No, the game didn’t change — it still focused on skills like shooting, passing and playing defense. But after he graduated from Coastal Carolina in May of 2025, Abraham embarked on a professional basketball career. Last season the 2020 Cambridge-Isanti High School graduate played for KK Varda Hidroelektrana Visegrad in Bosnia’s Division II. “I wanted to try it out once, so I didn’t have any regrets when I’m older,” he said of pro b

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