Echo Press News Minute: We hear from actor JK Simmons, who was in town for a party at the Andria Theatre

MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson discusses the Osakis School Board wrestling with facilities challenges, an update on a stabbing at Walmart, the vote on a controversial new fire hall in Carlos, and we hear from a finalist in this year’s Great American Think Off plus actor JK Simmons, who was in Alexandria for a party at the Andria Theater.

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