| Community Christmas meal donation |
Chisago City Family Pathways Food Shelf Coordinator Cathie Gese receives an $800 check from Craig Stockel, coordinator of the Community Christmas Dinner. The check represents a portion of the donations received from recipients of the Christmas Day meal provided at the First United Methodist Church. More than 230 meals were provided on a drive-through basis in the church's 30th year of this local mission event; the meal was cooked and packaged by nearly 30 volunteers on Christmas Day.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 14:38
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| Taylors Falls Fire
Dept. first in area
to enroll in PAR 360 |
When you spend time in the universe of First Responders, the importance of being pro-active cannot be over-stated. Going on a call? Make sure you have what you will need. Dressing for a fire? Make sure you have protective equipment on. Take your training seriously.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 14:31
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| Wyoming City officials
piecing together space needs looking at 20-years-out |
In a special work session January 13 the Wyoming City Council saw the facility needs assessment done by Wold Architects. This is an early step in determining in what direction Wyoming should go as far as locations and structures for city hall, police, fire and public works.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 14:31
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| Chisago City Council recognizes Ojiketa volunteers; discusses plans for Hwy. 8 |
The Chisago City Council took time during the Jan. 12 organizational meeting to say a special thank you to a dedicated group of Ojiketa Regional Park volunteers. Their gratitude as a proclamation declared Jan. 12 as OWLLS Day in Chisago City. O.W.L.L.S. stands for Ojiketa Wednesdays for Laughs, Lunch and Service.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 14:30
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| North Branch's longtime school board member stepping down |
A career of service to North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) that spanned over 20 years is coming to an end as the Board accepted the resignatioin of long-time school board member and current Chair Kirby Ekstrom last week. Ekstrom handed the gavel to new chair Tim MacMillan in the meeting at the middle school media center.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 14:26
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| Financial help for local businesses; snowmobile tickets are going fast |
Chisago County has received funds from the State of Minnesota for providing small businesses and nonprofits financial relief due to the hardship of the pandemic. The Chisago County Board of Commissioners determined funds would be made available in the form of grants to assist the businesses and nonprofits that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 12:43
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| Dates are referred to as
the 'food of the desert' |
Shall we have a date today? Or in the next week or so? I wouldn’t know how to act on a date, even if I wanted to!
Friday, January 22, 2021
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January 21, 2021 12:42
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| Local youth enjoy area sledding hills
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The hills at Paradise Park in Chisago City were filled with outdoor fun last weekend. Mild temps and snow cover are luring people outdoors for activities that ranged from snowboarding (perfect slope near the lake for youngsters) to full blown speed racer sledding.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 11:07
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| Is it time to tap a new law enforcement team? City council looking into possibility |
Taylors Falls City Council had a couple of guests in the meeting room Monday night this week, as Chisago County Sheriff Brandon Thyen and Sgt. Cliff Sheppeck were on the agenda for a discussion about Taylors Falls’ sheriff patrol contract. Sheppeck succeeds Shane Carroll in 2021 as the primary “south-end” officer and will be the person assigned to Taylors Falls, Center City and Shafer. Sheriff Thyen said having multiple contracts lets him schedule and support wages for a fulltime person in the basic Highway 8 region and he’d be disappointed to lose any of the agreements.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 11:03
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| Highway 8 planning picking up speed as Chisago & Wyoming
invited to provide design input |
Improvements to Highway 8, from Forest Lake to Chisago City, have been on the back-burner for so long, most people have given up on seeing any action. The first session of the “Highway 8 Task Force’ was in 2008.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 11:00
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| MN near top
of federal Census
responses, with
Chisago in Top 10 |
Chisago County residents responded to the 2020 Census at a rate that put the county in the top 10 of 87 Minnesota Counties. The best response rates came from Carver at 83 percent, then Anoka, Scott, Washington.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:57
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| Water and Light awaits new member, talks about activating late fees |
The North Branch water and light utility commission met shorthanded last week with one commissioner term having expired as of January. North Branch City Council is responsible to fill terms by appointment and the council had an agenda item for this week’s council meeting, to consider sole applicant James Baxter.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:52
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| Shafer City Council gets tower recap |
Shafer City Council met for their first council meeting of 2021 January 5. The meeting began with the swearing in of newly elected members Dianne Chmielewski and Brad Swenson.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:51
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| Center City Council welcomes Pease; hears of wrongly-placed driveway |
Center City Council heard of a mis-located driveway in the new housing area, east of downtown on Orchard Court, that has the potential to become a very costly mis-step. The new neighborhood on a bay of South Center Lake, is riddled with wetlands and when laying out the plat the initial approach was to create a Planned Unit Development, with conservation easements protecting open acreage in the low areas.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:49
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| Goodbye to a few community staples,
the state is open? Let's go out to eat! |
If there is one thing that I hate about this job, it has to be people I have become friends with, great people in our community, passing away. This week we have two to mourn. Not to belittle the others in our obituary section, I am writing about those whom I knew. Ace Johnson of Lindstrom and Frankie Dusenka of Chisago City passed away recently.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:31
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| What goes with what? |
Good morning, or afternoon.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:29
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| Decades in design; but year at helm of professional
association one to remember |
EDITOR’S NOTE: If the year we just completed could be described in one sentence, it might be that it was all about change. Those of us who went outside of our comfort zone with open minds, just may have discovered in 2020 that change can be a great teacher.
Friday, January 15, 2021
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January 13, 2021 10:27
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| Looking back on 2020 local highlights |
The Year 2020 is unforgettable for more than a few reasons, but in looking back in the year’s newspapers there were a number of positive news items that helped to bump the covid-19 virus off the front page once in a while....
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 15:44
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| North Branch Water & Light 2020 rebates far-ranging |
Going into 2021 the staff with North Branch Water & Light are looking to spread the word on money-saving rebates available to commercial and residential customers and report on what the utility did to help out commercial-industrial customers in 2020.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 15:38
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| Chisago City DMV reopens after design changes and expansion |
The Chisago City motor vehicle services and registration station at 10625 Railroad Avenue, has re-opened after some changes to the interior and its space being enlarged. Design elements are updated and work stations have been separated better, and the former big round table where the public filled out forms is now two-seats. The new awning on the exterior has not been installed yet but the announced plan is to have a metal awning along the front window area to provide some shelter when clients, due to virus restrictions, form a line outdoors.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 15:36
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| DuBose new County Board chair; Heartland hand-off moves forward |
The Chisago County Board voted 5-0 to seat Commissioner Chris DuBose as Chair for 2021. Minus his face mask while seated (also lacking a mask, Commissioner Dunne) Chair DuBose stated that he looks forward to productive collegial debates about local issues and accepted the gavel from outgoing Chair Ben Montzka.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 15:29
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| County Board adopts new policy to award recent state relief monies |
Chisago County is dispensing another round of covid-19 business relief in the form of $5,000 grants. This funding comes through the state and is being made available to applicants until February 8. Statewide grants will be $114.8 million and funds are divided out to business forced to close and then a sum earmarked for theaters and entertainment venues and then the county appropriations.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 15:26
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| Thanks Jerry, please help our local restaurants; want a new snowmobile? |
We still haven't heard back from our coloring contest winners. Hopefully the kids that won it were not from out of town visiting relatives. Again, Autumn, Wyatt and Avalynn, please contact us here at the Press at 651-257-5115 or stop in to claim your fabulous prizes. We want to take your photos for the next Press edition.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 13:38
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| Add lemon juice for odor |
It’s about a green veggie that we can eat 365 days a year, unless there is a health issue that says you can only eat broccoli once or twice a week. Some of our medications don’t mix well with certain foods, so be sure to check with your doctor regarding this issue. One other thing, perhaps you just don’t like broccoli or the smell of it that fills the air when it’s being cooked. When cooking broccoli in water or steaming it, add a couple squirts of lemon juice to the water and it pretty much takes away the unwanted odor. Another way to get rid of the odor... eat it raw. I have a lot of info regarding nutritional values but I do need to get to recipes. The thing is, eat lots of broccoli, one way or another, because it really is very good for you.
Friday, January 8, 2021
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January 7, 2021 13:34
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| Christmas meal serves food to those in need |
The annual Christmas meal volunteers were doing their best to get the food out to those who needed it this season, and even though there was no personal fellowship possible minus the ability to be seated around a community table, connections were made and hearts were touched. The United Methodist Church family makes this happen with dozens of helpers.
Friday, January 1, 2021
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December 29, 2020 15:47
