For over 40 years about 90 percent of all Chisago County’s annual Farm Family of the Year honorees have been row crop farmers and/or dairy operations. Farm Family of the Year was created by U of MN Extension in 1979 for recognizing farmers and their contributions to local agriculture. Crops and animals were pretty much what farming...
Chisago City native Mason Hill (standing middle, with medal and bib) finished in 14th place in the Chisago Lakes Triathlon on Sunday, July 31, becoming the highest finishing local competitor in over a decade since Scandia’s Andrew Turner finished in ninth place in 2010. Hill had a large contingent of local supporters that showed up to cheer him on at...
The party was on at Center City Days last weekend!
Library to review book concern
For the first time since 2012, when she joined the administrative/executive team for the East Central Regional Library system, Carla Lydon has been called upon to help her Board, as it deals with a request to designate a book as inappropriate.
Bulldogs fall to Rum River then to Mora, but still improving Rum River 5, CL 1 Bulldog starting pitcher Augie Brown gave the Bulldogs six solid innings against the Rum River Bandits Wednesday, July 13. But the Bulldogs failed to take advantage of a couple of good scoring opportunities, and the result was a 5-1 loss to the Bandits. The game was played at Larson Field in Cambridge.
NB Board gets summer school
numbers and child care space update When the voters in North Branch approved their referendum spending a few years ago they must have known something was in the air for district growth. We reported in June the district is experiencing general overall enrollment growth for the first time in years, which is positive for funding. But it has resulted in community concern, that there aren’t enough child care outlets.
August 9 is Primary day for setting races Chisago County has two extra primary elections happening Tuesday, Aug. 9 along with primary selections that must be made for state offices on both the Republican and DFL tickets.
