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Wille family grand kids support The Baby Blanket
This is the fifth year the Wille family grandkids have held a bake sale to support The Baby Blanket, at Lindstrom’s St. Bridget’s Church and they are happy to report they raised $550. The Baby Blanket program offers pregnant women, new parents and young children encouragement, understanding and material help …
Local couple's mid-life adventure into alternative ag
Not far from Chisago County’s Fish Lake Park, tucked in the pines off a gravel road, is a futuristic gleaming aluminum and glass farming operation. A hot house protects four tanks of tilapia fish, which aren’t being marketed at this time, but the fish are a key element of an …
St.Bridget of Sweden Block Party
The block party at St. Bridget of Sweden was a hit for all involved!
First day of school jitters out of the way!
The new Lakeside Elementary School in Chisago City welcomed its first-ever students Tuesday morning. The district administrative offices are also at the new school, in the front entry to the right. The new school holds second, third, fourth and fifth graders. The Primary School on Old Towne Road used to …
You can help the Bahamas by donating, last chance at Lakeside
I hope you had a nice long Labor Day weekend. It would have been nice to see the sun a little more than we did, but time off is always nice regardless.
Try different varieties of 'greens'
When a salad recipe calls for “greens” you are given a choice of what kind of salad greens you would like to use. I like romaine, spinach red or green leaf lettuce or iceberg lettuce, which has no nutritional value, but it gives a salad some crunch. Along with my …
CL football players helping out around town
Chisago Lakes football players have been helping out this summer, in Taylors Falls and Shafer so far. Above, the hockey rink boards were being taken down last weekend in Shafer.
What is high in fiber, low in salt? Peanut butter!
Nuts to you! If it had nothing else but wake up America to peanuts we might want to thank Oriental cooking for the peanut. Far Eastern cooks used peanuts in many of their recipes, giving the dish a crunch and a little sweet taste. Americans learned to use them crushed …
Shop With a Cop at Target in Forest Lake
Shop with a Cop moved to the Target store in Forest Lake with the closing of the Shopko in North Branch. The event matches law enforcement and EMS with area kids who are identified by social services for the annual event. This year 30 kids shopped with Lakes Area Police, …
Ki Chi Saga Days Celebration brings out the best in the community
Ki Chi Saga Days was a beautiful weekend for the Chisago City community to come out and celebrate with each other and enjoy days chock full of activities.
Ki Chi Saga Days was awesome, hands free - a work in progress
What a great weekend for Ki Chi Saga Days! Other than a little wind late on Saturday night, it was absolutely beautiful. I spent a lot of time up town enjoying the festivities and there were people everywhere. Sunday we had a nice breeze for the parade which is normally a scorcher, …
Try one of these mini recipes
If you are cooking for one, two or three people, you may wonder how much to prepare for a meal to serve four or more. Many recipes are easy to double or triple the ingredients. Cooking for two can mean trying new recipes, down-sizing the amount of ingredients used or …
Kids enjoy Snake Discovery program at CL Library
Emily Roberts brought her Snake Discovery (snakediscovery.com) program to the Chisago Lakes Area Library August 9. Kids and adults learned all about amphibians and reptiles, including a turtle --when put on its shell--would flip back onto its feet. You could also hold a gecko, and various types of snakes. Even …
