Falcon Apartments are officially under construction in North Branch, with the groundbreaking celebrated this week. Pictured are left, city Administrator Renae Fry and Mayor Jim Swenson, third from right— with Kuepers contractors representatives; Ray Austin and Pete Wolf and Chris Raiman for the architects. City officials were thanked...
The Girl Scout Silver Award Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, hosted by Aisha Roche and Kaitlin Carlson at Moberg Park last Thursday, commemorated the efforts of their partners and community members’ celebrate completion of their "The Birdhouse Project." The event featured a presentation, demonstration, and opportunity to ask questions about the project...
The Chisago County Historical Society is pleased to announce there’s a new exhibit at the courthouse in Center City. “Chisago County Collects: Old and Interesting” is arranged in the four display cases on the first floor and highlights antique and vintage items that have been collected by local residents.
Valian sentenced for rural Harris murder in May 2020 Emotions were still very raw among those who testified at Friday’s sentencing of Justin Valian. Judge Bollman ordered him to serve to 225 months in prison for an earlier guilty plea to the second degree stabbing death of Joshua Kaczrowski, outside his home in rural Harris, in May 2020.
Chisago Lakes' tourney run ends at the hands of Gentry Academy Gentry Academy 6, Chisago Lakes 0 In the state tournament Class A semifinal game last Thursday, April 1, the fourth-seeded Wildcat girls’ hockey team took on the top-seeded Gentry Academy Stars for the second time this season. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the results were similar to their earlier 7-1 defeat at the hands of the Stars. The Stars scored three goals in the first period, withstood an inspired Wildcat performance in the second period and scored three goals in the last few minutes of the game to win 6-0 and stop the Wildcats one game short of the state championship game. The game was played at the Xcel Energy Center in St, Paul.
Budget cuts finalized in special Chisago Lakes board meeting The Chisago Lake school board spent nearly three hours Monday, April 5 hearing from concerned staff and community members and discussing their best course of action in regards to the $1.4 million pending cuts that were announced last month.
