LOCAL
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.
Best time to prune mature trees
As I write this article we have received at least three snowfalls, the last one accumulating more than 20 inches of snow.
Cooking for one, two or three
Are you a single person or couple whose children have "left the nest"?
Celebration of the Lakes soon upon us
Mother Nature seems to finally be working with us rather than against us lately. We really need her to cool things down so the Celebration of the Lakes can happen this year.
County Assessor in favor of reconsidering Green Acres revisions
People who follow the agenda items on their local city councils have been seeing a lot about Green Acres.
Local Peace Corps worker sees a lifetime of rewarding work before her
It was on a colorless January day complete with howling wind and swirling brittle snow when a local high school grad-- back in town on a break from her stint with the Peace Corps-- talked of living in tropical Mozambique.
Split-votes set tone for challenging year ahead
The first meeting January 4 presided over by new Wyoming Mayor Eric Peterson didn't go so well.
Watering plants the right way
Now that the holiday season has passed and you may have received or purchased an indoor plant, the next step is keeping it healthy.
