LOCAL
Taylors Falls OK’s peony garden order; minutes catch-up help
There will be two Taylors Falls City Council meetings for January. The meeting Monday night this week was for organizational items affecting the city in 2024. A reminder— council sessions shifted to 6 p.m. now which is an hour sooner than traditional meeting times.
Law Enforcement
East Central Regional Branch Libraries were the subject of a threat investigated by area law enforcement, Saturday, Jan. 6. Branches were closed for caution. The threats were reported to be baseless.
Filing for townships open
The candidate filing period for township officials opened January 3. Deadline to get your name on the ballot for March elections is January 17. The voting is March 12.
Suspect arrested in a pair of cold case sexual assaults
A Chisago County man has been arrested and charged in connection with a pair of sexual assaults that took place seven years apart in the cities of Stacy and Lindstrom. Investigative leads were developed based on DNA that was initially collected at the time of each offense.
North Branch waste facility contamination costs defined
There was a surprise expense approved by the county commissioners, for the Household Hazardous Waste facility the county runs in North Branch.
Dunne named 2024 Chisago County Board chair
The chair for the Chisago County Board in 2024 will be Marlys Dunne, Chisago City. She got a unanimous vote this week at the annual organizational Board meeting and succeeds Ben Montzka as Chair.
Your help is incredible
I hope you had a great New Years Eve and New Years day. We set out to celebrate a day earlier on Saturday with some friends in Wisconsin. Little did we know, we would be back home in three minutes. From our road to the roundabout by Hazelden (Center City) …
And into the doldrums we go
The holidays are over now, and that’s always a bit depressing. Even though the weather hasn’t been disgustingly cold yet, it’s just brown, gray, black and a very ‘blah’ feeling outside. And now we have a few months of the cold, snow and chill coming up before we emerge for …
Law Enforcement
December 30 A single vehicle crash reported near 8771 Lake Boulevard, involving an eastbound car that the driver lost control of, hit a culvert, driveway approach and went into ditch and air bag activated. Lakes Region EMS transported one to hospital. Incident due to icy roadway. Reported about 7:48 p.m.
