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White Bear Township Theatre lobby fills with Zac Pack supporters
There was a very special movie showing on April 18. White Bear Township Theater held a special showing of Mall Cop 2 featuring Kevin James.
Uff da, the umlauts are back!
Governor Mark Dayton signed an Executive Order requiring MnDOT reinstate the use of umlauts on roadway signage, when appropriate. Rep. Laurie Halverson (DFL—Eagan) has been working with MnDOT on the issue with the city of Lindström. In photo a MnDOT worker adds the dots to the o in Lindstrom.
Zac Pack movie was awesome; blue cards are arriving soon
I wanted to take a minute to thank you. Thank you for supporting another great cause in our community. This week I am referring to the Zac Pack Mall Cop 2 movie premier. By now almost everyone knows the story of Zac Bartz and his courageous battle with a very …
Slow cooker meals for spring
Seeing that the cooler weather came upon us, I think I can still get by with soup recipes... in a slow cooker. Since spring is finally here, I’m sure many of you will be working outside cleaning up the yard, getting the soil ready for planting, washing windows, etc.
Treats for Troops donates over 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
Girl Scout Troops 56329, 53747, 52954, 52925 and 55205 decided to sell cookies for an organization called “Treats for Troops Minnesota.” They went door to door, held several local cookie booths including a booth at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lindstrom. This amazing community helped fund over 200 boxes. The cookies …
Two, of a dozen-plus historic county mills, remain
Next time you crack open a fresh cool bag of flour take a second to consider how the grain milling industry has contributed to making Minnesota what it is today.
Center City keeping bus garage purchase alive with counter-offer
With a full council convening April 7, Center City officials agreed to move forward in pursuing Chisago County’s Heartland Express building as a new location for city offices, meeting space and a public works garage. If the city is successful in acquiring the site, the Fire Department’s operations would expand …
Cadillac Dinner is coming; we have lost another icon here
You have one week left to purchase your tickets to the Chisago Lakes Lions Cadillac Dinner. The dinner will be held at WineHaven on April 25. As I have mentioned before, your ticket gets you a great meal, into a huge raffle, and a silent auction and did I mention …
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I have cake recipes for you, and the recipes come from a Bible themed cookbook. It is very interesting. In the Old Testament, cake was made differently from breads. When Abraham told Sarah to “make cakes upon the hearth” (Genesis 18:6), he stipulated, “Make ready three measures of fine meal.”
Over spring break Nolan hits the road, re-connects
Congressman Rick Nolan shared some of his frustrations and his successes, in a speaking appearance last week at the North Branch Rotary Club meeting. Nolan was re-elected to his second term for the U.S. House in 2014. He returned to Washington D.C. after about a 30-year break from first representing …
International relations have friend in Rotary
The Chisago Lakes Rotary Club through a District 5960 matching grant, has made it possible for a South African school to purchase computers, projectors, a video camera, software for the computers and all the required cables and screen pulldowns. The Chris Nissen Primary School in Knysna, South Africa.
Polaris Foundation and employees donate $1,000 and 767 lbs. of food for March Food Drive
Employees of the Polaris Development Facility in Wyoming, donated 767 pounds of food and raised $233 for Family Pathways’ food shelves, and as part of the Polaris Foundation’s dollar per pound match, an additional $1,000 was donated.
We say goodbye to a community legend; run/walk this weekend
I am writing with a very heavy heart today. The one thing that I dread the most doing this column is writing about community residents that have passed away. I am sad to say that we have lost one of the most iconic people Chisago County has ever known. Marlene …
Recipes off the label or box
It’s back of the box, bag or wrapped can container recipes today. When the ad papers come out on the weekend, I always look through them to see if there’s something in the ads that I need, besides some things that I already have on my list for other foods. …
