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Sunday, October 11, 2026
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I couldn’t resist posing with Coeur d’Alene icons, Mudgy and Millie, during a waterfront photo shoot for my upcoming book. “Coeur d’Alene Chronicles,” a modern history of Coeur d’Alene, comprised of stories from Huckleberries, is on track for a late-November release.

I couldn’t resist posing with Coeur d’Alene icons, Mudgy and Millie, during a waterfront photo shoot for my upcoming book. “Coeur d’Alene Chronicles,” a modern history of Coeur d’Alene, comprised of stories from Huckleberries, is on track for a late-November release.

October 11, 2026

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Alaska Viking’s ‘Mooseltoe’
October 11, 2026 1 a.m.

Alaska Viking’s ‘Mooseltoe’

‘If you’ve ever been kissed by a moose, you know what I mean’

Americans in the 1960s and 1970s proved they were suckers for cute gimmicks before a Coeur d’Alene-born Alaskan began selling moose poop. Mood rings. Smiley Faces. Pet Rocks. Sea Monkeys. The fads came and went.