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🌱 How Duluth’s animal-care shakeup could impact Proctor’s four-legged residents

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What's up Proctor! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Duluth's animal-care shakeup could impact Proctor's four-legged residents

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 59, low: 43.
  • Saturday: Cloudy with a shower or two, with a high of 61 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• City of Duluth, Animal Allies leadership release statements about possible partnership (fox21online.com) — Proctor pet owners may be indirectly affected as Duluth considers shifting animal care from its aging city shelter to Animal Allies, the nonprofit that already serves Proctor through contract. City and Animal Allies leaders say a new partnership could improve animal care and free Duluth police to focus more on enforcement, with a long-term agreement expected to be finalized in coming weeks.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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