LOCAL
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. …
Easter Egg hunters out in full force
The older kids participating in the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Paradise Park, Saturday March 28, were able to cover ground pretty quickly with the snow melted off the hillside...there have been years there’s more snow than grass. The plastic eggs contain small treats and are strewn over areas designated …
Purchase of county building in Center City subject of special meeting
Four Center City Council members met with County Administrator Bruce Messelt Monday night this week to see if a deal can be worked out to create a new Center City Hall and public works garage at the Heartland Express transit facility the county is vacating, next to Bayview Senior Apartments.
Hiram Lodge 287 making a difference for area food shelves
Members of Lindstrom’s Hiram Lodge 287 raised an impressive $6,631 for Family Pathways’ Chisago Lakes Area Food Shelf. As part of the “Double your Donation” community fundraiser these funds were matched by Minnesota Masonic Charities, bringing the total to $13,262. Hiram Lodge members Jay Albright, Don Drum, Bruce Hagberg, Brian …
Pastor starting new chapter back in his hometown
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chisago City, has welcomed Dwight Rudquist, a native of Lindstrom, as the congregation’s new pastor.
Watershed District newest challenge is abating flowering rush
There will be harvesting and chemical treatments done this summer in an effort to eliminate flowering rush, an invasive aquatic plant, recently detected in Forest Lake.
