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From "Drone Free" to "Say No To Canada," what are those Chamber pranksters in Ely up to now?

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published March 31, 2016 at 8:52 AM CDT
Ely Chamber of Commerce

First they told everyone Canada was planning to annex them.

For the past eight years, those wacky pranksters at the Ely Chamber of Commerce have been pulling out all the stops for their annual April Fool's joke.

What could it be this year?  (Hint: search this web post for a clue)

http://www.ely.org/
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Public Affairs Northland Morning InterviewsEly Chamber of CommerceCherie SonsallaApril Fool'sprankjoke
Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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