LOCAL
Keep an eye out for St. Croix Valley Orchestra
Being a classical music novice, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I attended a concert put on by the St. Croix Valley Orchestra at Elim Lutheran Church in Scandia this past Sunday.
Fifth graders introduced to middle school at CLMS transition day
Going from elementary school, where students spend most of their day in the same classroom, to the middle school, where classes change about every 50 minutes, can be intimidating.
Exciting things happening at Lakeside
In Chisago City, on the south side of Hwy. 8, sits a wonderful old school building on Little Green Lake called Lakeside Elementary.
Growing your own fruits and vegetables, a nightly class offered by Extension
The Chisago County Master Gardeners are continuing to take orders for the bare-root fruit plants we offer each spring.
It’s eggs this week including ‘easy and crazy’ omelet in a bag
The Christian celebration of Easter is just a week and a half away and I have been decorating Easter eggs for the past seven weeks.
Ready to order my AARP card
By now you have hopefully received your blue renewal cards in the mail.
Stacy Enrichment Center gives kids a place to go, something to do
It opened originally as a child care center, but the small gray building next to the freeway in Stacy has now evolved to better fit the needs of the local community.
Weed inspectors gather for annual heads-up on noxious plants, pests; hear of ditch hay concerns
Whenever city councils or town boards take action to designate their official “weed inspector” there’s almost always witty comments and jokes made at the expense of the unfortunate soul who gets the title.
County Road 17 open house attracts many, comments under review
About 70 citizens signed the registration sheet and many more visited the open house last week at Lent Town Hall, held for presenting information about the alignment of a future extension of County Road 17.
New courses bring opportunities at CLMS
Chisago Lakes Middle School has incorporated several new course requirements and new course electives for the academic year 2005-06.
Holocaust victims remembered through CLHS fundraiser
Trying to understand the sheer volume of five million items of any size, type or variety of anything is typically beyond our grasp.
The good and bad sides of algae explained in CLMS science class
Is it a good thing when the water in our 10,000 (or so) lakes turns green?
Growing tomatoes in the home garden
There's just nothing better than homegrown tomatoes––green, red, yellow or striped.
It's all about almonds this week
It’s about almonds today. Mentioned in the Old Testament 73 times, the almond, resembling the peach in the way it grows and with the same type of blossoms, has been valued for its flavor and versatility.
