LOCAL
Stacy Council talks well, compost site
Stacy City Council met January 14 for a regular meeting. The council swore in new council member Mike Hoppe along with Dennis Thieling and Mayor Mark Utecht.
Lindstrom gets ear-full and deletes sidewalk from assessments, revises liquor application standards
Lindstrom City Council met January 15 for a regular meeting. Council member Brian Norelius was absent and Council member Greg Krueger attended virtually.
North Branch Council ok’s HR help; bodyworn cameras get required audit; city building put on market
The five city council members in North Branch discussed their shared readiness to move forward last week on resolving city hall work environment issues. But, two members, Peter Schaps and newly elected Jeff Goulet, differed from the other three on the best way to go about this.
Glad this cold is over with
Good grief that was some serious cold we just endured. We went out Saturday and did our shopping for the week and spent the rest of the weekend hunkered down with the fire burning all weekend. What I couldn’t believe was the number of fishermen and women that were out …
Spice up these cold days
OK, I am officially over winter. Once the holidays pass, I am usually down to get a little ice fishing in, a little snow tubing, and some general fun. But this last week? Once the negative 30 hits, get me out of Dodge. I want nothing to do with winter …
Perpetrator in 2023 domestic fatal shooting sentenced
A Fish Lake Township man was sent to St. Cloud Correctional Facility this week, to serve two consecutive sentences for second degree murder and attempted murder, in connection with the 2023 shooting death of Sarah Jane Carda.
Arctic weather blamed for water pipe break impacting Hazelden campus in Center City
The subzero temps January 20 and 21 caused a waterline serving the Hazelden Betty Ford campus in Center City to freeze and break.
Two car crash near Taylors Falls kills two December 30
The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office, authorities from Polk County Wisconsin and state patrol personnel responded to a two-car crash on Highway 8 just outside of Taylors Falls last Monday, December 30, where two people were killed. The conditions were wet and foggy as the report of the crash came in …
Taylors Falls bonding meeting is called off
The Taylors Falls City public hearing scheduled for Monday, January 27 to discuss details about bonding for roofing needs and for acquisition of a fire truck is CANCELLED.
