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NB students helping clean up the community
North Branch students of all ages went out in the community for “Community Service Day” Friday, May 19. Some students were transported to sites by bus and others stuck close to the school grounds. They washed windows at the library and city hall, picked up litter on the roadsides, painted …
Donor, recipient share unbreakable bond and maybe an ancestor or two
There is a family on the East Coast, who welcomed their baby boy into the world 26 years ago. Around this same time a single parent, living in Lindstrom, was raising her two sons working “typing on a computer” in a government office. This mom, Cheryl Ryan, also was a …
Memorial Day is our chance to honor the Veterans from our area, paddle time
For a brief minute this week we saw the sun. It seems like forever since we have had warm sunshine on our faces. Hopefully this weekend will be warm enough and more importantly, dry enough, to get out and enjoy ourselves. I hope you will please make time this weekend to …
Little bit of this and that
We recently had a garage sale in the Park and I had a few cookbooks I thought I would no longer be using so I set them out on the tables at very reasonable prices… 5, 10, 15 cents. Putting them out my thoughts were, maybe I could use a …
Thimm to retire; says he'll volunteer as advisor through bond projects
Only two weeks after the Chisago Lakes School District passed a $63 million bond, Superintendent Joe Thimm announced that he will be retiring effective September 29 of 2017.
Funding approved for North Branch
The voters in the North Branch School District on Tuesday this week, based on preliminary tabulations, supported all three special financing referendum questions.
Lakeside students volunteer to clean up
Students in Mrs. Klecker’s class ventured out from Lakeside School and picked up litter in Chisago City as part of annual May Clean-up Day.
Come paddle with friends on Memorial Day; Chisago City Farmers Market open
If you are looking for something fun and inexpensive to do over Memorial weekend, we have something extremely fun for you. Grab your paddle and kayak and take part in the annual Memorial Day Paddle. It is a chance to see our local lakes in a more serene way than …
It is rhubarb season again
Do you remember the song “June is bustin’ out all over?” Well, if you’re among the older generation you will remember it but as of right now, it’s “rhubarb is bust-in out all over”. In days gone by rhubarb was often thought of as a vegetable but a I think …
Lions help clean up Highway 8
Chisago Lakes Lions members dedicated hours of their Staurday last week to pick-up litter along Hwy 8 in Chisago City. Pictured are Mike Gray, back left, going clockwise-- Tim Stoffel, Doug Lumby, Joel Jordet, Jim Koenig, Gary Gerke. Dave Heldt, Don Endres, Bonnie Vasatka, Alycia Sprague, Gregg Carlson and Ron …
Referendum passes, will be wonderful for the community; Mother's Day here
Well it looks like the Chisago Lakes School referendum has officially passed. According to the numbers we were given, there were over 3,000 people that took part in the vote. That number is absolutely amazing to me. As a community we should be very proud that over 3,000 take that …
Jazz up your hamburgers
Good morning….or afternoon. One day last week while listening to the radio, after I read the “Press”, the talk was about hamburgers as this is hamburger month. Is it possible they read last weeks’ column saying the same thing? One never knows but I doubt it! It is burger recipes …
Chisago Lakes high school prom goers pose on the Gammelgarden bridge in Scandia.
Chisago Lakes high school prom goers pose on the Gammelgarden bridge in Scandia.
Interior items auctioned; Society site sold
The “Gustaf Anderson House” in Lindstrom is being sold by the Chisago County Historical Society.
