LOCAL
Taylors Falls Council gets busy in New Year
The Community Emergency Response Team task force committee went before the Taylors Falls City Council January 24 to recommend approval for training of all CERT members simultaneously.
Count texting skills among many non-traditional lessons being learned by teens
A program staff member for Lakes Area Youth Service Bureau would probably say Minnesota's laws outlawing texting while driving a vehicle are a good start
Chisago County leading pack on available data about geo-resources
A vast amount of information about the geology of Chisago County is available thanks to a three year effort undertaken by resources officials who compiled the data.
'The Truth' about misletoe
It can be a real challenge coming up with different articles each week, especially between seasons, so, I often turn to Michelle Grabowski, Regional Extension Educator.
Chili: Some like it hotter
Once again, Christopher Columbus has proven that he knew a good thing when he saw it.
Celebration of the Lakes is here, please join us on the lake for some good fun!
Don't look now, but the Celebration of the Lakes is this weekend.
Wyoming Council ok's new plow truck and two police squads; septic fees, ordinance pass
Wyoming public works is buying a new dump truck with plow attachment to replace a 1992 Ford L8000.
Lindstrom accepts 2011 wage contracts and says thank you to Chief Stenson
The Lindstrom City Council last week accepted a couple final wage contracts that had been anticipated and budgeted for.
Split vote approved 150' cell tower on edge of scenic riverway
The Chisago County Board voted 3-2 last week to allow a 150 foot tall monopole cell phone tower to be built by AT&T in Franconia Township.
Master Gardeners thinking spring and moving office
Many gardeners have been receiving garden catalogs for a couple of months.
Is it soup, stew or 'stoup'?
Stew... any dish where solids are slowly simmered in liquid until they are tender. The solids may be meat, fowl, fish, crustaceans (shrimp, crab, etc.), veggies, fruit or a combination of any of these.
Celebration of the Lakes is just around the corner, one local rumor is quashed
If you have shopped locally lately, and I hope you have, you might have seen the 2011 Celebration of the Lakes circular.
After small mis-step, school board is back up to full strength
During the North Branch School Board meeting held just before the Christmas Holiday break, the Board members voted unanimously to appoint Jaye Kruckeberg because Board member Vicki McDougall announced she was resigning.
SPOUSES ARE DIRECTORS AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Leisure takes a back seat to learning
This fall, when the 2010-2011 school year began, for the first time in their combined 40 years of working in public education, Charles and Renee King were not heading to work in a high school classroom or middle school counseling office.
