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Food and toy drive a huge success
Chisago Lakes Rotary in partnership with the Chisago City Fire Department and the Chisago Lakes High School National Honor Society spent Saturday, Dec. 1 braving the evening snow to bring Santa’s sleigh to neighborhoods in Chisago City to collect food for the food shelf and toys for Anonymous Santa. In …
Local lighting festivals a joy to all
Center City, Lindstrom and Chisago City held their Tree Lighting Festivals over the weekend.
Tree lightings were a blast, still time to see Santa, Christmas meal needs your help
Wow, what a weekend we had for tree lighting ceremonies. Lindstrom had the luck of a beautiful snowfall during theirs. Chisago City and Lindstrom both had tons of people come out to kick off the Christmas season. The kids who attended got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus and from …
Warm you up, good for you too!
Millions of Americans, as well as in other countries, eat soup often. This staple has come a long way since the cavemen made the first-known broth-based meals dating back to 6000 B. C. Common ingredients at that time included the hippopotamus and other animal bones. Although they didn’t have modern …
Taylors Falls Lighting Festival braves on despite bad weather
Santa and Mrs. Claus enjoy the parade with their elves
Improvements result of cooperative effort for Moberg Park, downtown Chisago City
Chisago City’s Old Towne Road and the area surrounding Moberg Park have undergone extensive work over the last two construction seasons. It’s all part of a plan to tie Chisago City together and give the blocks along Hwy. 8 a sense of place.
Neighborhood donates safety alarms to Family Pathways
As the president of Neighborhood Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electrical for over 20 years, William Sherk knows the dangers of carbon monoxide not only as a professional, but also with the loss of a loved one. “Carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless, and can be deadly. I want to remind everyone …
Rain couldn't keep the throngs from Lighting Festival; lots more this weekend
We went to the Taylors Falls Lighting Festival lastFriday. You may recall the weather was anything but favorable. It was a steady cold rain that basically never stopped until late Friday night. We discussed how many people we thought would be at the parade and festival due to the inclement …
The legend of cranberries
We have celebrated all that we are thankful and grateful for and that said, this should be happening in our daily lives every day, no matter how big or small.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Chisago Lakes Primary School always has childrens’ artwork that brings a fresh perspective to the holidays-- especially the ever popular depictions of turkeys. This year one of the assignments was to draw “disguised” turkeys, which are adorning the hallways.
CLHS presents 'The Little Mermaid'
Chisago Lakes High School put on a performance of Little Mermaid last week, and their show was so popular, they had to add another time slot to be able to accomodate more patrons. The colorful cast performed the hits from the original Disney movie.
Do not be alone on Thanksgiving, that was one heck of a musical, time for Bingo
This Thursday is Thanksgiving. A time to reflect on what we are thankful for, who we are thankful for and just some nice time to spend with family and friends. It is also a time to not be alone. If you do not have plans on Thanksgiving, you do now. …
Many ways to upgrade turkey leftovers
I think you know what the recipes are for today….leftovers. It has been the same topic using leftover turkey for almost as long as I have been writing this column. If you are the hostess or host serving turkey to your family or friends, no doubt you have leftovers of …
Royal Lady has connected many to the Wild & Scenic St. Croix Riverway
The 2018 Taylors Falls Royal Lady, honored guest in the nighttime Lighting Festival parade next week, is artist Mary Pettis. The illuminated parade down Bench Street November 23, officially opens the town holiday.
