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The legend of raspberries; recipes too!
From snow white to rosy red. H-m-m-m. It's about raspberries today.
The War on garden weeds
Ralph Waldo Emerson said a weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
All your Karl Oskar Days info can be found in the Chisago County Press
One of our county's largest celebrations is upon us.
Rocketry club monthly launch is Saturday July 11, public welcome to come and watch and learn more
This coming Saturday, July 11, if the weather holds and the wind isn't too stiff-- there'll be some interesting action east of North Branch, at the site of the Tripoli MN Rocketry Club launch pads.
Karl Oskar Days enjoys lots of local support towards best celebration yet!
The stage is set for the annual Karl Oskar Days parade Saturday, July 11. This year's parade will include two marching bands and five musical floats among more than 60 parade entries.
Caring for trees during dry weather
I have started many articles by stating I don't know when the article will be published.
Strawberries are ready for picking
I can hardly believe it's July already and celebration of 4th is just two days away.
If your subscription has stopped, we can help, buy your Karl Oskar button
I hope you had a chance to take in some of the festivities of this year's Center City Days.
Temporary transit system accepted by County Board for social services clients in wake of state funding cuts
Changes and reductions in Health and Human Services money streams have left the county's HHS Director scrambling to fill service gaps and set up new ways to deliver programs.
Kids keeping cool and learning at area Libraries thanks to summer sesssions on everything from nature to animation
The North Branch Library, with help from the East Central Regional Arts Council, offered a cartooning workshop for kids ages 12 to 16 last week at the library.
LAKES REGION EMS HANDLING OVER 10 RUNS DAILY
Another stellar year for region's rescue service
Lakes Area EMS, the advanced life support ambulance service in this region, was recognized by the County Board of Commissioners last week for exemplary service here and for their work at remote disaster locations.
More trail miles win federal funding
Chisago County Park Board members were elated to hear about a grant for costs to acquire a three mile stretch of the east-west Swedish Immigrant Trail.
New Wyoming Police Chief uses technology to boost law enforcement efforts
Wyoming's new police chief Paul Hoppe is collecting and evaluating traffic data, kind of along the same vein as what transportation experts do when evaluating vehicle traffic counts and patterns.
The 'notorious' Squash Bug
I have written several articles on the squash vine borer and they can be a real problem, but they tend to stay confined to vines.
