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North Branch MidSummer Days brings out great fun and great people
Despite a slight drizzle, the 2019 MidSummer Days Parade was well-attended and seemed to be very popular with the crowd.
You should have come to our grad party; Triathlon needs your help
Summer is finally here! At least we have warm temps for one week anyway. We have been to some amazing grad parties and the food just keeps getting better and better. I heard on the radio about a grad party in the cities that had 10 food trucks at their …
July 4th potluck salads
Can you believe it's almost the 4th of July ? Neither can I! With the coming of this celebration it's time to think about what foods you will be serving for your get-together or what you would bring if it's a potluck. First and foremost, ask the hostess/host what type …
June means graduation - even in jail
Chisago County, with its just-opened public safety facility, is expanding and enhancing rehabilitative programs for offenders. The corrections part of what the public safety center represents is now prominently in the mix.
Enrichment Week rewarding for everyone involved
The Chisago Lakes Community Education department-sponsored “Enrichment Week” was on-going all this week, in areas of the high school. It was a full house of youngsters enrolled in everything from creating simple recipes to doing arts & crafts and making pottery, to getting exercise playing floor hockey and dodgeball, and …
Raspberries and Kubb, both are awesome, letting out big exhale
The great folks behind Stepping Stones Preschool at Lakes Free Church in Lindstrom are having a sale. Sadly they re closing their doors after 21 years of getting our local children ready for school. They have been such a wonderful asset to the community and will be sorely missed. After …
The secret to great muffins
Let's make muffins today, tomorrow, or whenever. They are quick and easy to make and a good “go along” with coffee, tea or milk or just to eat as a snack when you're hungry. Don't over-mix the dry ingredients with the liquid ingredients as it can cause the muffins to …
See 'the channel' before it's too late
By now you have to have heard either by ear or social media. The channel between North Lindstrom and North Center is navigable by boat. To say that the word is out would be the understatement of the year. Right now there are probably close to 200 or more boats …
Midsummer Grand Marshal gets well-earned nod
North Branch Midsummer Days Grand Marshal Dave Reider has manufactured parts for engines, generators and other machines and tools that you have certainly used at least once, and maybe even daily; and you’ve probably never given a second thought to it.
Get out to Harmony in the Park; Let's Go Fishing needs you
If you have not renewed your subscription to the Chisago County Press, this will be the last issue you will be receiving. Every year we have to set a cut-off deadline and this day has come. Just because you get cut-off doesn’t mean you can’t ever get the Press again, …
Anytime sweet treats
According to last weeks temperatures, summer is here, but not according to the calendar going from cloudy and cool temperatures to 85 degrees and sunny in a matter of a couple days brings out some complainers. It's too hot or too cloudy and rainy. I have three grandchildren who live …
North Branch and Chisago Lakes celebrate 2019 graduates
The North Branch and Chisago Lakes high school classes of 2019 graduated June 2 and June 3 respectively. Student speaker at North Branch Ashley Darst compared the construction activity on-going at the school to how her classmates should anticipate life constantly changing. Chisago Lakes had three speakers: English instructor Bryon …
Congress holds field hearing at local business
A subcommittee of the United States Congress held a 90-minute hearing last week, looking into the Internet’s limitations in rural America. The companies providing communications services have no motivation to install infrastructure to very few customers in the country. Access that is spread far apart and that is expensive to …
Life is fast...so darn fast, great news - summer means Harmony
Monday night I officially became an old person. Our daughter and baby graduated high school making us empty nesters eventually (fingers crossed). “Enjoy this now Matt because soon it will be gone” my dad would utter over and over again when our kids were little tykes. Of course I would …
