LOCAL
Congratulations to the class of 2011, if you have not renewed, please do so this week
I had the pleasure of attending the Chisago Lakes Senior High graduation on Friday night.
Hundreds of tons of food waste being recycled
Three school districts in Chisago County are completing the third year of a unique recycling effort that separates and collects organic leftovers to be fed to pigs.
Felon's release here generates questions
Lakes Area Chief of Police Kevin Stenson tried to reassure audience members attending the community notification meeting June 2 on a Level III sex offender.
Ready, set, go out and do some yard work
Except for a few chilly nights and some not so average days, the fervor has hit gardeners big time and the urge to dig in the dirt is more than we can resist.
Time of the year for rhubarb
Gosh, rhubarb picking time is almost half over already.
Memorial Day was a great day to remember or local Veterans; grads please be careful
I hope you had a chance to take in one of the many Memorial Day services on Monday.
Awardees put the words family and farm together in textbook style
You've gotta hand it to the second-youngest of the Sontag family, who's figured things out at the ripe old age of 16.
North Branch bowlers nab second place at state tourney in Eden Prairie
North Branch adapted bowlers in the Physical Impairments or P-I Division, took home second place at the state tournament May 20 in Eden Prairie.
Sex offender notification meeting in Lindstrom June 2
On Thursday June 2nd Lakes Area Police department will be hosting a Community Notification on a level 3 sex offender moving in to Lindstrom.
How to deal with turf ants
When I was working in my orchard the other day I looked along the edge of the woods and I saw what looked like a huge sand pile.
It's all about whipped topping
Today's column is about whipped topping, or as most like to say, cool whip.
A tornado in downtown Lindstrom?, carp festival turnout low, but fish a' plenty
Mother Nature just won't give the Carp Festival a break.
Dress up plain ole box cake mixes
It's about traditional desserts today...cake.
Start muskmelon, pumpkin and squash seeds
Simply plant two seeds per peat pot, at a depth of twice the diameter of the seed, cover with soil and moisten until the pot is wet.
