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Plat lawsuit filed
Center City Council met October 4 for a regular meeting. All members were present with five in attendance.
Local non-profits join forces to build beds
Like a scene from Santa’s Workshop the Chisago Lakes High School’s woodworking and power tool rooms were hustling with activity last weekend. There were 110 volunteers who answered a call put out by the Lions Club and the organization “Sleep in Heavenly Peace” to lend a hand and assemble the …
Veterans: Services are just a phone call away
Quick quiz: which has been around longer, Veterans Day or Veterans Service Officers? The state legislature first granted authorization to counties to have a VSO as an optional part of staff, in 1945. Counties were then mandated to provide a VSO for county vets as of March 1978. Veterans Day …
Thank you to our Veterans!
I had the utmost pleasure when I was chosen to serve the Chisago Lakes Community Meal to our local veterans Monday evening at Zion Church. If you have ever read my columns in the past, you know I have unlimited respect for our local veterans and when I get a …
Law Enforcement
November 7 there was a call that a pole shed was on fire on Kale Lane, outside of Stacy about 6:49 p.m. Cause believed to have been a hot off-road vehicle that had been driven earlier that day and parked indoors. Stacy-Lent, Lindstrom and North Branch firefighters were dispatched.
Getting a head start on Thanksgiving
We are getting into the Thanksgiving season and you know that means all sorts of cooking and baking and sauteing and blanching.
County Board in brief...
The County Board of Commissioners had a public hearing last week before adopting a “dangerous dog” ordinance. Nobody from the public had any comments or concerns.
Wyoming council meets
The first meeting following election day for Wyoming City Council was just about a half-hour long. Staff and council expressed appreciation for the approximately 50 election judges who served this cycle and no issues were confronted during the day. The top two vote-getters will be seated in January, they are …
Taylors Falls to begin accepting applications for council vacancy
The full Taylors Falls City Council outlined the process by which an anticipated vacant seat (Robert Bayer won election for mayor) will be filled come 2027. After discussion, the council agreed the candidates can at least be “teed-up” for the new council when reformed in January.
Wild River State Park closed to the public this weekend
The entire Wild River State Park will be closed to the public from November 7-9 for a special hunt. Only hunters that were drawn and have a valid permit will be able to enter the park during those three days. Normal camping and day use will resume on November 10, …
2026 Election Results
Results from balloting Tuesday this week have not been canvassed and made final as of print deadline, but preliminary totals show a longtime county commissioner was removed, the North Branch mayor was ousted by a former employee of the same city and the majority of county voters embraced a few …
North Branch 2027 project gets green light
The North Branch city street 2027 improvements package was approved to proceed on to final engineering review and be sent out for bids for next year, in action by the full council last week.
