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"That's always been the #1 concern for Grandma's weekend: hospital beds"

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson

Published April 8, 2020 at 12:13 PM CDT

Shane Bauer says there's nothing great about having to make the tough decision to cancel Grandma's Marathon.

The marathon has never been cancelled in its 44-year history. And it took just that long for the race to save up a year's budget in reserve ... and that's on its way out the door now.

The 43rd Statesman Capitol 10K was cancelled for last Sunday, but some runners took part via virtual marathon. More and more marathons are moving online as the coronavirus pandemic causes cancellations this year.

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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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