LOCAL
Franconia Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) expanding with County Board okay for DNR to buy 37 acres
Chisago County Board signed-off last week on a land acquisition which allows the DNR to add 37 acres to the Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) inventory in the county.
Fresh fruits and vegetables readily available for healthy eating
I'm sure you've noticed that the product section in the grocery stores are a lot bigger and better than they used to be. How could you not notice...
Finally our Community Guide is here, look for your blue cards
Well after a long, long wait, we are finally pleased to bring you our official 2009 Chisago Lakes Area Visitor and Community Guide.
Community leaders meet with Hazelden CEO and Pres. Mishek to lay ground work for future co-operative economic initiatives
Hazelden's new President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Mishek hosted a lunch last week with a number of community leaders.
Friends of the Sunrise hear about Dam site projects, fisheries samplings
A plan to alter the historic Kost Dam, the LS Power proposal to build an electric generating station, the possibility of reintroducing trout into the Sunrise River--
Want to go places, do good and enjoy nature? Venturing offers best of many organizations
Venturing...if you haven't heard... is "serious fun."
Locals lend a hand at flood zone
The flood in the Fargo-Moorhead area has touched the lives of many families with roots in the Chisago Lakes area.
Richard and Marlya Hjort honored with National Award for Weather Observing
National Weather Service Cooperative Weather observers Richard and Marlys Hjort were chosen out of a field of over 12,000 federal weather observers across the United States to receive the prestigious John Campanius Holm Award.
Lingonberries, the plant with many names
Over the years we have received requests for yellow raspberries, so three years ago we ordered some.
Are you getting enough fiber in your diet?
March is Nutrition Month, so you know what it's about today.
One of our own wins an award, Packer and Viking fans in Iowa?
This past weekend, we grabbed the family and headed down to Iowa. Why would anyone want to go to Iowa?
Author paints very different picture of Swedish settler women than what Moberg's 'Kristina' figure has impressed upon decades of readers
The Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson characters in the massively popular Vilhelm Moberg series of Swedish novels are woven into the fabric of this community by virtue of Lindstrom's summer festival Karl Oskar Days.
Major Lindstrom open space acquisition, partnering with Trust For Public Land, okay'd after two hour public hearing
The third time was the charm last week, when the Lindstrom City Council voted 3-2 to authorize the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to move forward on applying for funding to help the city acquire about 60 acres on the north edge of town.
Iverson inducted to the Chisago Lakes High School wall of fame
Just prior to the final 2009 performance of the Variety Show that he helped to start 40 years ago, the late James A. "Jim" Iverson was honored as the latest inductee to the Chisago Lakes High School Wall of Fame.
