You wouldn’t have given a second thought last week if you saw a Heartland Express bus tooling along on Highway 8; unless you knew who the passengers were. A host of local highway advocates took members of the Senate Capital Investment Committee on a tour of the Hwy. 8 corridor to explain about hoped-for highway improvement projects.
Taylors Falls Lions sponsored the Eagle Scout Community Project for Alex Schmidt this summer...the assembly of the storage shed started when the kids were all still wearing shorts.
Sophomore Greta Gillach has some big foot steps to follow in that were planted by her older siblings, but in her sophomore year she is already starting to match them, step-for-step.
The annual Ojiketa Haunt starts up this weekend from 7-9:30 p.m. at Ojiketa Regional Park. The Falloween Festival will be Saturday, October 26 form 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Ecumen Point Pleasant Heights comes together for food drive Residents of Ecumen Point Pleasant Heights in Chisago City recently came together to serve the community. They conducted a food drive and collected over 300 food items plus $390, which they donated to Family Pathways. The local food shelf serves 2,900 households annually including more than 12,000 meals.
Vikings blast Denfeld, wrap up regular season Like the White Walkers in Game of Thrones, the North Branch football team took the field on Friday, October 11 and brought with them a quick and bitter wind and blowing snowflakes.
Students connecting with ag at Sunrise River School
North Branch Sunrise Elementary School takes the know where your food comes from movement to heart, every October, with students doing way more than just eating local produce at lunchtime and learning about farms in class.
