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Post adjutant to be Grand Marshal
Rick Ekstrand, an active volunteer who has lived in Chisago City for 37 years, will serve as Ki-Chi-Saga Days parade grand marshal Aug. 21.“(Chisago) is a great place,” he said during a recent chat at his home overlooking Little Green Lake. “I don’t think you’d find a better community where …
So many choices of salad greens
Today’s column is about leafy greens. There are so many different kinds of greens that we can choose from to make a good salad. You can use packaged mixed greens or just one or two of your favorites. Adding other ingredients to the salad makes a perfect salad to serve with …
Here comes the Threshing Show!
I hope you had a chance to come out and watch the annual tractor pilgrimage on Sunday. Tractors meandered their way across the county with the final destination being the Almelund Threshing Show grounds. We caught up with the caravan down by Bone Lake. What a beautiful day they had for …
When a billion dollar project needed an ace landscape they tapped Peterson Co.
Scenes from the new Vikings’ stadium open house a couple weeks ago showed thousands of visitors enjoying the new green space near the stadium. At face value, the Downtown East Commons lends a calming visual to a sea of hardscape, but its simplicity belies the complicated aspects of this project …
96-year-old rides the waves with a little help from her friends
It couldn’t have been a nicer day on Forest Lake, Tuesday August 2, for Gertrude Nelson to hop on a personal watercraft.
Center City Days was an awesome time
Center City Days has come and gone. I will say that for all of the hype of Center City Days being bigger and better than ever, it lived up to the billing. The entertainment was top notch, the events were thoughtfully put together and went smoothly.
It's a peach of a column this week
Because I write my column a week ahead of time, I have to make sure the next week’s column date is correct. I wrote this colum on July 28 for today and when I saw it was for August 4, I thought this couldn’t be right. Maybe my eyes are playing …
North Branch movie makers; next stop Sundance
North Branch, Minnesota and the dome home model houses and components complex on the eastern outskirts of town, are the stars in an independent (indie) film with its sights set on Sundance honors.
Toughman Minnesota brings out the toughest
The crowd is always colorful and provides good people watching at the annual Toughman Minnesota events that took place last weekend.
County Fair a 'cut' above the rest
The county fair last week in Rush City, where these chainsaw “racers” did their thing, ...next up is Center City Days with fire department bingo and live music tomorrow night and events through Saturday, with a Sunday morning pancake breakfast for a finale.
Center City Days is different, better
What a weekend we just had! The Chisago County Fair and the Chisago Lakes Triathlon both took place over the weekend. Of course it was the hottest weekend of the year, it always is. Nonetheless, both events went off without a hitch, okay maybe some small hitches, but they were manageable. …
Blueberry history
It’s about blueberry recipes and a bit of their history today. Indian tribes treated the blueberries with high respect as on the blossom end of each berry, a calyx is formed in the shape of a perfect five point star. The legend was that the Great Spirit sent the “star berries” …
Local kids show appreciation to law enforcement
These fine kids stopped by the sheriff’s office with a tote full of Gatorade knowing how hot it is going to be for the deputies.
Lakes Area Police personnel honored for saving no fewer than three lives
Three separate incidents-- where having properly equipped and trained personnel proved to be the difference between life and death-- were the focus of the Lakes Area Police Commission meeting.
