LOCAL
Awards night for a great group
I had the opportunity to attend the Chisago Lakes Area Community Foundation’s annual grant ceremony at Wild Mountain last Thursday night. The group has been around for a while now, but is truly making a difference in our community. This year the non-profit was able to hand out just over …
Law Enforcement
September 27 A report of a large amount of methamphetamine seized after a traffic stop for speeding was initiated at 4 a.m. on I-35, and the motorcycle driver fled south to where he exited at Wyoming city. The motorcycle crashed in Anoka County and the operator was taken to the …
Just some emotional eating recipes
I’ve really been trying to keep the recipes here warm and fuzzy the past few weeks. I’ve been in a crummy mood becasue I hurt my thumb playing volleyball and it’s kept me out of both fall golf and playing any more volleyball, so it’s put a damper on my …
Water Festival brings the kids out to learn
It was a group effort to bring water education to 600 of the County’s fifth grade students. The twenty-fourth annual Chisago County Children’s Water Festival was hosted on a sunny September day at Wild Mountain in Taylors Falls. This interactive day of learning wouldn’t have been possible without the help …
County prelim levy up by 6.4%
Chisago County commissioners unanimously supported a levy for 2027 at a maximum sum of $55,264,483. This local levy will support expenditures of $104,400, 976. The adopted max is up from 2026 by some 6.4 percent.
Shafer discusses permit on lot with potential buyer
Shafer City council met September 15 for a regular meeting. Council member Nick Brehm was absent.
Lindstrom early levy up by 4.9 percent
Lindstrom City Council met September 16 for a regular meeting. Council member Greg Krueger and Brian Norelius attended virtually.
North Branch advances stripped down version of NW Old Town
The full North Branch City Council has kept the preliminary levy hike for 2027 at less than double digits— but the hope expressed is there can still be reductions found. The final levy needs to be adopted in December. At the nine percent hike currently, Mayor Kevin Schieber observed during …
And that’s a wrap on festivals
I had the pleasure of attending Shafer Days and Almelund’s Apple Festival this weekend. They are two of the final summer celebrations and they didn’t disappoint.
Man sentenced in Wyoming assault
District Court Judge Trevino sentenced James Alan Johnson Monday this week for first degree premeditated attempted murder. Johnson, 73, seriously injured his wife with a hammer and a delivery truck driver intervened in the assault. The incident happened in the Heims Lake neighborhood May 11. The driver secured the weapon …
Law Enforcement
One deer was the cause of a multiple vehicle accident on Stark Road at Balsam Avenue in Fish Lake Township last week about 5:45 a.m. Authorities were told a deer was hit by vehicle number one, and the damaged car driver stopped on the roadway to get out and look …
