Stacy City Council met October 8 for a regular meeting. All members were present. The council opened the meeting with public comment. Resident Paul Wagner who resides along Hemingway Avenue asked the council what their policy is on replacing damaged mailboxes due to snow plowing. Wagner claims he has had …
Local area fire departments held open houses last week for Fire Prevention Week where they did outreach to local residents to show off their skills, knowledge and benefits of being a firefighter.
If you’re looking for a fun, original, different experience, head out to the Historic Auditorium in St. Croix Falls, WI for a hell of a good time at the original musical comedy ‘Heck’, a Festival Theatre production.
Good grief what a slap in the face this week has been temperature wise. Last Thursday we took the boat out and putted around the lake in our t-shirts. Now, I am embarrassed to admit, we have been running our furnace here at the Press. Follow that up with mid …
I love pumpkin everything. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice, pumpkin cake, pumpkin coffee, so during these fall seasons when that flavor becomes prevalent, I go all out!
There were members of the Scandia Heritage Alliance, elected officials and representatives of “America in Bloom” who grabbed shovels and finished the planting of two paper birches. The location is at the entry to a future site of a preserved water tower barn which has been disassembled and will be …
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Justice Programs dedicated a $2.5 million line item for two phases of grants meant to attract additional candidates into law enforcement, and from most accounts this program is turning out to be popular.
The City of North Branch is holding a public meeting on a new development that proposes creation of one commercial lot and 342 residential sites. As the Responsible Governing Unit (RGU) the city will present the plat October 22, at 7 p.m. at city hall and all interested persons are …
Center City Council last week flatly rejected a suggestion to abandon a section of city street to facilitate a project fixing parking lot stormwater flooding behind one of the historic downtown buildings. Council had on the agenda action to eliminate the hilly section of Schultze Avenue. The city would retain …
Dirt won’t be moved on the west end project for improving Highway 8 until 2026, and the public input for the east end of the highway is already starting to be collected. The roadway segment from Chisago City to Taylors Falls is slated for resurfacing in 2032— but citizens are …
A land use decision that sent Chisago County to the state’s Court of Appeals, has resolved itself with an almost unheard of outcome. Everyone is able to relax. The new owners of the parcel aren’t going to develop a retail, music, gathering venue. The former landowners won vindication, prevailing on …