Dance, dance!
The Chisago Lakes High Kick and Jazz dance teams competed at the state meet at the Target Center last week and although they didn’t make the finals in either discipline, they had a great time and learned valuable lessons.
Remodel projects awarded for ISD 138
The plans to free-up classroom space for growing enrollment in Sunrise Elementary School, by relocating first graders to the education center facility, are closer to reality.
Stacy roadwork set for spring start
Stacy City Council met February 10 for a regular meeting. All members were present.
AED donation from SLFD
Stacy-Lent firefighters allocated funds from their charitable gaming proceeds and will install a life saving AED unit at a North Branch location. Department spokesperson Eric Coen and Sunrise River Elementary School Principal Taylor Swanson presented the concept of the save station to the school board last week. Coen said he …
Celebration of the Lakes 2026 Fishing contest
The turnout for the Chisago Lakes Lions ice fishing contest February 15 had to be one for the record books. Members reported every last cookie and hot dog was sold, the club opened 300 ice fishing holes which were all spoken for. The club had access to the entire south …
Area grapplers win some section matches
At St. Paul Harding High School last Saturday, the fourth-seeded Wildcat wrestling team made it to the semifinals of the Section 4AA Team Tournament before losing to top-seeded South St. Paul 54-21. South St. Paul went on to beat Mahtomedi 43-22 in the section championship and will represent and will …
‘Cats split two with section teams
Chisago Lakes closed out a busy week on the hardwood with a split, overwhelming Hermantown at home before running into a hot-shooting Grand Rapids squad on the road.
Chisago Lakes reeling a bit before section play
The Pine City Dragons hockey team took a 5-2 lead midway through the third period, and a Wildcat comeback fell just short as the Dragons hung on for a 5-4 win Monday, February 9 at Chisago Lakes Arena.
Thorsen and Dick heading to state for NB; CL seventh grader joins
Chisago Lakes seventh grader Lila Leadholm had herself a meet on Saturday, turning in a pair of steady, confident routines to earn her first trip to the MSHSL State gymnastics meet at the Section 7A meet in Princeton.
CL comes in eighth at state
Chisago Lakes closed out its season with a strong eighth-place finish at the 2026 Minnesota State Alpine Ski Meet on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, scoring 72 points in a deep and competitive field of some of the biggest and most prestigious schools in the state. Hill-Murray …
Sigvard Stene
Sigvard “Sig” E. Stene, 95, of Lindstrom, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5 p.m., with his children by his side.
Gary Hudoba
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, Gary Edward Hudoba, who peacefully passed away at his home in Chisago City on February 12, 2026, at the age of 81, surrounded by his loving family.
It felt like Florida for the COL
What amazing weekend weather we had for the Celebration of the Lakes. We don’t get many of these warm temps for the celebration so we need to enjoy them when they come.
Roatan was a blast, except for the bad chicken!
Aly and I took our current exchange student, Maceo, our first exchange student Guglielmo and joined up with her parents and took a trip to Roatan, Honduras last week for our spring break trip.
North Branch seeks percentage of charitable gaming for parks, rec
The first meeting of North Branch Council on their new night and time, (second and fourth Wednesday at 6 p.m.) was called to order last week by the vice mayor, Robert Canada with Mayor Kevin Schieber absent.
Law Enforcement
Firefighters went to a house fire first called in February 12, which then rekindled twice after on Feb 13 and 14. The incident was on Lakeview Road. No cause reported yet.
Carp harvest part of invasives program
The ice fishing scene in the south end of the county took on a whole new look, as researchers and water resources staff late last week implemented a box net carp harvest on North Lindstrom Lake.
North Branch renewal of levy up for vote
The taxpayers in the North Branch Area Public Schools District will be going to the polls Tuesday, February 10. The voters are asked to renew an existing levy that is slated to expire in 2027. The district got this special approval in 2017, and the property tax collected has been …
Chisago Lakes referendum vote Feb. 10
Chisago Lakes District 2144 taxpayers will be voting February 10 on authorizing financing in order to pay for a list of projects the district hopes to complete over the next two to three years.
