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Pointers on the popular poinsettia
About five years ago, we decided that instead of tossing the poinsettias we'd gotten as gifts at Christmas time, we would keep them over the winter
Cranberries: from sauce to main dish
It's about the beautiful red, tart berry today. It's cranberry season.
Snow, beautiful snow....ouch my back! We have a great Christmas gift idea for you
How about that snow storm we had?
Embrace of students, colleagues gives her hope in confronting cancer
Next time you ask your kid, 'what did you learn in school today' don't be too surprised if the day's take-home message included compassion and charity.
MnDOT proposes four stages to Lindstrom highway rebuild
By this time next year the reconstruction of Highway 8, from the lights at Shoquist Lane in Chisago City, east through downtown Lindstrom, will be underway.
Deciding to remove a tree
Many if not all of the Chisago County Master Gardeners have taken classes from Dr. Gary Johnson.
It's about the sauce...applesauce that is!
The recipes this week rely on the apple family...mainly applesauce.
It is time to thank those who have served. Want to get away? How about Oklahoma?
Today (Thursday) marks one of the most important days in our country.
In uniform and after; she threw herself behind the cause
An American Flag on a wood pole leans against the corner of Dorothe Stream's home entryway. A commemorative veterans' organization brass bell, the size of a mayonnaise jar, sits on her foyer table.
The often-over looked cabbage
It is the time of the gardening year when we've either had a killing frost or the plants just give up and stop producing.
More on late fall chores
In an earlier article, Chisago County Master Gardener Molly Nemec wrote on putting the garden and yard to bed.
Husband hunting? What better time to get out with your friends, a stocking stuffer idea
I hope you took the time to get out and vote Tuesday.
Mid-term elections are mixed bag with most incumbents rejected, except in local races
The mid-term election of 2010 will be remembered for a lot of things, most notably for the local turnout. A little over 80 percent of the registered voters in Chisago County went to the polls Tuesday.
Good time to control mice in the home
A sure sign of late fall is all the different insects and critters moving toward the sunny side of buildings waiting to move indoors.
