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Enjoying many great meals with corn
Whether it's dripping with butter, fried golden, creamed, popped, pickled, boiled, roasted, baked, frozen, used in salads and casseroles, some kind of corn is waiting for you.
The Wall That Heals is finally here, (sigh) school has started
As I wrote last week, we are about to witness a monumental occasion. The Wall That Heals is a half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. By the time you are reading this, the Wall is already set up for public viewing.
Foster mom doesn't stay retired for long
Chisago City resident Barb Boelter knew when she was newly married, as she started her own family, that she wanted to be a foster mom.
Following walleye and bass through fall transition
I spoke with Brad Dusenka at Frankie's Live Bait and Marine and reports are that we could experience lake turnover and the fall transition sooner than usual this year.
Effects of the drought continue
I wrote an article in early July about care of trees during dry weather.
A few of the many ways to prepare cabbage
I am going to do cabbage recipes today. Cabbage was snubbed by the upper class Europeans but was gladly eaten by the peasant classes in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russian, Germany and many other European countries.
The Wall That Heals has started on its path to Chisago Lakes H.S.
You may or may not know, but next week, our area will play host to a once in a lifetime event.
Japanese language, culture make summer camp session memorable
Courtney Fox, 16, of Lindstrom spent four weeks this summer as a world traveler, but didn't have to leave Minnesota.
'Good for us' green veggies
It's about the 'good for us" green veggies...broccoli.
Thanks for a great threshing show
There are so many to thank for the Master Gardeners' new home at the Threshing Grounds and for the great time we had, that I hardly know where to start.
Thanks to all who made 2009 Ki Chi Saga Days a great event
What a beautiful weekend we had for Ki Chi Saga Days.
Teen clogger-dancer in State Fair talent show line-up
Alex Shaleen should be getting tired right about now, but he doesn't have the luxury of slowing down.
North Branch Middle School will open on time despite storm damage in sixth grade wing
North Branch Middle School sustained enough damage August 19 in a severe storm episode that the sixth grade wing of the school is not useable, said school officials.
County Board meeting in brief...
After spending considerable time August 19 on the LS Power agreement motion and discussion-- Chisago county commissioners also:
