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Which apple to use with what recipe
Apples, apples, and more apples.
Change in attitude about some weeds
One of my first recollections of making some money was when my dad helped me pick milkweed pods for the war efforts.
OuterWear Fair is here to help, a flu shot at the grocery store? Ugh.
Trinity Church and some really great volunteers are doing something really special.
Local officials and manufacturing company reps come together for Xccent ground breaking in Wyoming
A $4 million construction project officially got underway October 8 in Wyoming, as groundbreaking was celebrated for the Xccent manufacturing facility.
Harvesting and storing vegetables
The first class in our fall series was on storing your garden vegetables.
What the heck is a Solar Saunter? Fire Prevention Week is upon us
The Chisago Lakes Middle School is currently trying to raise funds to purchase 57 solar panels. The panels, when purchased, will be installed on the south side of the school and hopes to produce 12.2 Kw of power.
Scads of apple recipes to please all
Apples have always been America's favorite fruit.
Local emergency responders run drills simulating crash and chemical spill
Several area teams which local residents count on to able to get to a disaster scene, quickly take charge of a situation and render aid to injured persons were running drills last week as part of on-going preparedness routines.
Xcel power line improvements off to good start in Lindstrom and Center City, capacity being boosted to 115kV
The Highway 8 corridor in Lindstrom and Center City has been bustling with crews installing new, taller power poles for the powerline capacity upgrade.
North Branch voters will decide financial fate of school district
A second public informational meeting about the upcoming North Branch School District ballot questions is taking place October 19.
Let's make this year's shoebox gift distribution the best-so-far
Over the summer our readers were introduced to Luba Ferguson, a Chisago Lakes high school student, who spoke of living as an orphan in Russia and the thrill of receiving "shoebox" gifts through the Operation Christmas Child program.
From squash to soup
Now is the time to serve some of this season's winter squash. These hard-shelled, mature squashes have a nutty flavor as opposed to summer squash which has very little flavor.
I cast and I cast but I don't catch any fish
For a few of you readers out there, you might've noticed that I've been conspicuously absent for the past couple of weeks.
Will soon be time to plant garlic
Garlic is a member of the onion family and has been cultivated for thousands of years.
