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Time to get cooking with 'the other white meat'
What notable date is today? If you can’t remember, look in the upper corner of this page and there it is...Thursday, Feb. 2, which is Groundhog Day.
Despite winds and warm temps, folks still managed to have a little fun
Well the Celebration of the Lakes has come and gone
Falls Chamber of Commerce Awards
The Falls Chamber of Commerce celebrated on January 19 at “Midwinter Splendor”, their Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner at The Dalles House Restaurant with over 75 people attending the event sponsored by Bank Mutual.
Watershed managers hold public meeting Feb. 8 on plans for Bone, Moody lakes
The Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District Board has a work plan in place for 2012 that includes improving area lake fisheries and water quality.
The winter antidote: fruit salads
It's about winter fruit salads today. We are fortunate to have just about any type of fresh fruit available to us at any time of the year.
Get your cameras ready, it's time for the balloons to take flight
Finally! I was beginning to forget what snow looked like around here. It fell just in time.
Chef plans cake decorating classes at area churches
Donna Nowicki, of Center City, has had an interest in cooking - especially baking - through most of her life. She recalls asking for an Easy-Bake Oven at age 7, and at the library. "Many kids would read fiction books, I'd read cookbooks."
The season for soups and stews
We are in the season of winter (as if we didn't know that!) and we are also in the season of soups,
Celebration of the Lakes is moving, not far, just down the road; Search is new
I did it again. I went and shot off my big mouth. Last week I said the Celebration of the Lakes was still planning on being on the ice next weekend. I was wrong. They had a meeting the same day the paper came out and decided it was just too risky …
New records management system connects sheriff and police departments
If everything went according to plans the new records management system serving all law enforcement departments in Chisago County was fired up yesterday morning, Wednesday, at 6:30 a.m.
Chamber selects 2012 Community Ambassador
The Chisago Lakes area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Loretta Anderson has been named the 2012 Community Ambassador! Each year, as part of the Celebration of the Lakes festivities, the Chamber recognizes an individual or family that has made a significant contribution to the quality of life …
Oranges for salads and baking
It is the season of fresh citrus fruits so it's recipes using oranges today. Oranges have a lot of vitamin C, which the body needs to replace daily to help us to be healthy.
Bake up some wholesome goodness
What fruit is long (sometimes not so long), yellow, delicious and can be grown in Iceland?
You can't ski without snow, yes you can, New resolution? Yes, and long overdue
On Friday, I made a promise to my kids that I would take a day off and do something with them.
