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Royal Credit Union to acquire Lake Area Bank
Royal Credit Union (Royal) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lake Area Bank in Minnesota. The acquisition will offer Royal the opportunity to enhance office accessibility to current Minnesota membership, as well as serve additional members in the region. Lake Area Bank offices are located in …
USDA Emergency Authorization helping livestock producers
In response to the severe and worsening drought causing Upper Midwest cattle producers to run out of hay for their herds, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) announced that producers can now request haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land in 79 Minnesota counties. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorized the change on Wednesday, August 4.
Another event only possible with volunteers, Center City Days on now
If you are still interested in getting vaccinated, Chisago County has you covered. On August 2 at the Health and Human Services building in North Branch, the county will hold a shot clinic from 9am to 1pm. Health and Human Services is located at 6133 402nd Street in North Branch …
Amador Hill Farm accepts award at Farm Fest Aug. 5
The Amador Hill Farm & Orchard, a program of the Women’s Environmental Institute, and quite a small farm by modern day standards, will accept the award August 5 at Farmfest in Redwood Falls. Amador Hill is 25 acres. But— it produces 150 varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruits that are …
Chisago County Fair
The first day of the Chisago County Fair was all about small animals, like this youth we observed in the rabbit competition. The judge was very thorough and the winner wasn’t announced from all the rabbit breeds, for hours.
Is it triathlon time already? The Chisago County Fair has started
Wannigan Days has come and gone. What a beautiful weekend for the celebration. We were able to take in most of the celebration and there were people everywhere. The parade was packed both with people watching and the number of floats. It did take quite awhile for the parade to make …
CL High School marching band sports new uniforms
In just a year and a half and in spite of a pandemic, the Chisago Lakes Band Boosters raised enough funds, in conjunction with the Chisago Lakes High School Activities Department, to enable the high school Marching Band to purchase 110 new uniforms for the Marching Wildcats. At a total …
New Swedish flag arrives in Lindström for Karl Oskar Days!
In early May, 2021, Sally Barott, Shafer, met with the Lindström Park Board to ask them to support a new idea she had for Karl Oskar Days. The idea --- fly the Swedish Flag during Karl Oskar Days on the large flag pole at the Lindström Lakeview Motel. Owner of …
Area lunch distribution still happening
The Chisago Lakes summer free food distribution is funded by the federal lunch program and this week during the Monday distribution, there were over 400 boxes of food items handed out. Anybody can come by Lakeside Elementary School, on Karmel Avenue in Chisago City, Monday mornings, from 9 a.m. to …
Careers start in high school
A host of local officials took a field trip to North Branch Area High School last week. Community economic development leaders were invited to familiarize themselves with what’s going on in today’s public school experience. There were North Branch Mayor Jim Swenson and Carla Vita representing the city. Jim Stein, …
Happy Fourth of July! Boat parade time
This past week we saw massive crowds at both Harmony in the Park in Lindstrom and Music in the Park in North Branch. “The World According to Garth” played at Harmony and the “Dweebs” played in North Branch. I happened to drive by each of the venues as I was delivering …
North Branch Midsummer Days a hit with locals
North Branch held it’s annual Midsummer Days parade Sunday. The parade didn’t let rain showers dampen anybody’s spirits as people enjoyed all of the festivities. This was the area’s kick-off to summer celebrations.
Raspberries, wine, ice cream, yum yum
Well, Midsummer Days was a huge hit in North Branch. The only snag was a nice rain during the parade on Sunday. But from the looks on most peoples’ faces, they would trade being wet than continue down this drought path we seemed to be on.
North Branch grandmother achieves diploma at 86
A high school diploma is at the center of a lot of social circles around this time of year. Earning your high school diploma is to be celebrated, it’s what we do.
