LOCAL
Osceola bridge stress sensors placed as part of 3-4 month monitoring program
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Polk County, Wisc. crews and a bridge engineering consultant were on hand Monday this week installing two sensors which will help monitor strain on the #243 Wisc-Minn bridge, over the St. Croix River, at Osceola.
Apple bread recipes for you to try
Once again -- apple recipes and some fun. British folklore, too, is filled with honoring the apple.
It's boxelder bug time again
There are many signs that point to the fact that winter is on its way.
The Celebration of the Lakes is looking for a few good people
If you have attended the Celebration of the Lakes in the past, you know what a terrific time it can be for the whole family.
Tale of Yukon canoe adventure brightens chilly autumn night
The cold steady rain sheeting off the parking lot of the Chisago Lakes Area Library Monday night served as stark contrast to the warmth and good cheer just inside the library doors.
Late summer and fall lawn care
After a long, dry and hot summer, our lawns are actively growing again and looking lush and green.
More apple recipes and a little apple folklore
Apples again! I was reading the introduction in one of my apple cookbooks about apple legends and folklore and I had a lot of laughs.
A class reunion? Yikes, what am I possibly going to wear?
The all new Shafer Days was last weekend. If you attended, you could definitely sense the changes.
Family harmony is more than a feeling for the Glenna Family Band, it's a way of life
When you are a member of an extensive family it sometimes takes a special reason to bring the family together.
Juvenile detention center an example of decade of counties pooling resources
Just beyond the razor-wire fence that encircles the adult correctional facility in Lino Lakes, on Apollo Business Drive, you'll find a parking lot.
Plant garlic and harvest your onions now
One of the questions this past week was on planting garlic.
The all new Shafer Days are here, bring your used coats to Trinity
One of the last celebrations of the summer is this weekend. It is now Shafer's turn to show the public what a neat destination it has become.
Shipment of donated firefighting equipment on its way to needy nation on Black Sea
Goods collected by a local organization to aid a small eastern European country in improving fire fighting capabilities are on their way.
Powdery mildew on tomatoes and bee balm
Due to the hot, dry summer the Chisago County Master Gardeners have received few calls on blight of any kind.
