Leader | march 26 | 2014

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WEEKEND watch • “Fiddler on the Roofâ€? @ Webster • Frederic ACS Walk/Run kickoff @ Frederic • Maple Fest @ Amery See Coming events

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• A smaller Polk County Board, many contested seats • Operation Prosperity Inc. adds interest to the race • School referendums at Siren, St. Croix Falls and Luck • The invisible contest: SCF city has a write-in race • One contest for Burnett County Board; one write-in • Contests for Milltown, Balsam Lake village boards

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INSIDE Letters 8-9A Sports 14-16A Outdoors 17A Town Talk 6-7B Coming events Back of B Letters from home 3B Cold turkey 3B On the edge of common sense 4B This business of farming 4B

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