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Hold the phone! A new 5G antenna was just installed on the Dakota Dunes water tower.

Gary Dickson

By Gary Dickson Drivers on Sioux Point Road and Dakota Dunes Boulevard may have been straining their necks trying to figure out what is being done to the Dunes water tower this last week. There was a boom and a person doing something to the structure. Was the tower being painted? Is there a leak? What else could be going on? Actually, it was new telecommunications equipment being installed for T-Mobile. More specifically, the company is upgrading the current 4G cell tower with a 5G one. T-Mobile and other cellphone providers contract with the community of Dakota Dunes to use … Continue reading Hold the phone! A new 5G antenna was just installed on the Dakota Dunes water tower.

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The Lizard, hungry hogs and a photo a day for eight years

Gary Dickson

This film, co-produced and directed and written by Twin Cities photographer, filmmaker, teacher and poet Mike Hazard, provides an excellent insight into the late writer Frederick Manfred. Nicknamed Media Mike, Hazard has written, directed and produced five films that have been released nationally on PBS. His documentary on the late Senator Eugene McCarthy was awarded the D.L. Mabery Prize, Minnesota’s Oscar. Continue reading The Lizard, hungry hogs and a photo a day for eight years