In other business during the regular North Branch City Council session, following the special joint meeting with utility commissioners:Council heard of an Eagle Scout project approved by Parks, Trails and Open Space. Collin Van Tassel will build and install bluebird nesting boxes in the Clayton Anderson Memorial Nature Park.
In a wooded North Branch neighborhood of recently-built suburban family homes clad in earth tone exteriors; it’s impossible to miss the blindingly white English cottage, complete with dormers, pink trim and flower boxes bursting with blooms.
Construction on the roundabout at the intersection of County Road 24 (Old Towne Road) and County Road 23 (Lofton Ave. & Chisago Blvd.) south of Chisago City will begin the week of June 6, with the road closure & detour happening on the 8th, after school is out for the summer. Given that this intersection is situated between the lakes and there...
Wisconsin DNR invites the public for the 10th annual Free Fun Weekend, June 4-5. State park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for all visitors.
Electric assets sale
terms approved,
ECE okay is next In a special meeting last week with three of five North Branch city council members and all Water & Light Utility Commission members attending— officials voted in support of continued negotiations on a purchase agreement with East Central Electric (ECE) cooperative, for disposition of North Branch’s electric distribution system assets.
'Cats hit bump in road but still cruise to M8C championship Chisago Lakes 12, Cambridge-Isanti 6 Anna Zaruba had a run scoring double in each of the first three innings to lead the Wildcats to a 12-6 win over the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets Tuesday, May 10 at Chisago Lakes High School. The Wildcats scored four runs in each of those first three innings and pounded out 13 hits in the game. In four plate appearances, Ashley Mandell got two hits, walked twice, drove in two runs, and scored three. The six runs allowed by the Wildcats were just one fewer than the seven runs they had allowed in the season’s first 12 games.
North Branch Board hears of
mechanic instruction at bus barn North Branch administration and the 4.0 Student Services transportation provider are putting together a new program for students enrolled in mechanic programs at the high school. As part of the latest contract with 4 Point-O there is a clause for providing workshop/lab space at the bus garage, for students enrolled in mechanics courses. The bus garage is directly across Grand Avenue from the high school; and Finance Director Todd Tetzlaff remarked that students who have been driving to Pine Technical College in Pine City for lab learning will soon just have to go across the street.
