LOCAL
Introducing budding rock star Kiernan Tollefson
Kiernan Tollefson is a 21 year-old Franconia Township college student. Just your average good-kid with a great attitude. Kiernan is a budding rock star and he just recently released the first of what is hopefully, many albums. We had a chance to catch up with him for a little Q …
Car show in Shafer; cleaning day; could he possibly go any faster?
Last weekend we had a great car show hosted by Ole’s Crossroads in Shafer. Believe it or not, Shafer will host another car show this weekend. Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., classic car will litter the streets of Shafer. The show will benefit car enthusiast Jack Bestul who …
CLACF reminds public about available grants
Pictured, Chisago Lakes Community Foundation members are reminding the public about grants that are available to do a huge assortment of public good. The Foundation has an application form inside that you are invited to complete if you are involved in a local organization or group that could use a …
Sculpture Park gathering, arts space to open
The Franconia Sculpture Park wants to invite the public to a grand opening Saturday September 26, of the Franconia Commons. This is also the 24th annual Art and Artists Celebration to be held by FSP.
Cancellations are abundant; how about a good old fashion' car show?
This weekend would have been Hay Days. Yet another event we can check off as “maybe next year”. We are running out of events to cancel around here. All-in-all people have come to grips with the pandemic and are trying to keep a positive attitude about our new “cancelled” lives. With …
Fruitful bounty for salads
Today I am going back to salads. Specifically, fruit salads. We are so lucky to have such a variety of fresh fruit available for us. We not only have fruits that are ‘in season’ at our local farmers market, roadside stands and of course our grocery stores. We enjoy fruits the year round …
Anything can happen on the river...
For this 20-something guy from rural Taylors Falls, when he looks back on summer 2020 some things that will not come to mind are racial unrest, video of law enforcement shootings, or even covid-19.
C'mon people-get a grip here; Relay for Life was awe inspiring
A few nights ago we had our first case of political rage. Ok political rage is nothing new, but we had someone in our community physically attack a family’s property just because of their political affiliation. The person threw paint all over the family’s vehicle before being chased off the …
A bit of tomato trivia and recipes
It’s about tomatoes today. Did you know tomatoes are really a fruit and not a veggie? As far as I’m concerned, they’re a veggie. Just a bit of tomato info for you since some recipes call for one pound of tomatoes. That would be four medium globe tomatoes. One pound of …
Ki Chi a blast for everyone
The Chisago City scaled down Ki Chi Saga Days event in the park; featured a booth for the city parks department where Kaitlin Carlson and Aisha Roche were holding down the fort, explaining their Girl Scout Silver Award project. The bird houses were assembled with materials provided by Gregory Contracting …
Council sees Lindstrom Fire Hall design
The first drawings and cost estimates for Lindstrom’s new fire hall were reviewed last week by the city council. Early estimates are that the seven bay fire hall can be built for between $5,272,960 and $4,585,183.
NB celebrates the newly extended Hemingway Avenue
North Branch City officials, the county engineer,commissioners and others celebrated the opening of the newly extended Hemingway Avenue. The road makes a connection now from Hwy. 95 (at its new roundabout) south to County Road 14 (Lincoln Trail.) This was made possible by Chisago County, MnDOT, North Branch and the …
Ki Chi Saga Days was awesome; reduced tuition in a pandemic??
Thank you so much to all who worked very hard to make this year’s Ki Chi Saga Days so special in a year filled with cancellations. Judging by the response on that “book” on the internet, there were bound to be opponents to the thought of having an event. I totally understand their …
End of summer fresh zucchini
It’s getting close to the end of summer, according to the calendar. Gardens, roadside stands and farmers markets are filled with lots of fresh veggies waiting to be purchased. There are a lot of varieties of summer squash out there and I always thought that only crookneck squash were called …
