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Another opportunity to order bricks for memorial
Wasn’t our last snowfall beautiful?
Efforts underway to save Ojiketa
After months of rumors Campfire USA has confirmed Camp Ojiketa on Big Green Lake, is for sale. Andrea Dwyer, Campfire Director, said the Board of Directors’ plan to have it sold by August 31, the end of the organization’s fiscal year.
Visit our elementary schools, see the future, get involved
A few years back the National Basketball Association had a slogan: “N.B.A. basketball – it’s fantastic.”
Have your soil tested if you’re thinking about raising blueberries
I have been writing about bare root plants that the Chisago County Master Gardeners are offering for sale this year.
Get busy eating healthy starting with fish
We are in the season of Lent in the Christian Church and I know that many of you do not eat meat on Fridays at this time.
Minnesota lost a legend this week
The annual Home Show has come and gone. With the exception of Sunday morning, the attendance seemed to be up quite a bit from last year.
‘Twins Platoon’ story finally told
On a partition wall in his insurance office Christy Sauro jr. has tacked-up pages of printouts from a dozen internet warehouses offering his book for sale...amazon-dot-com, shopzilla, barnes and noble...it’s his way to affirm that, yes, this book release thing is really, truly happening.
Plans being laid for millions in road projects, public hearing next week
The County Board is holding a public hearing next week (Wednesday evening, March 15), on amending the plan that is the foundation for county bonding.
Fresh avacadoes make a great dip or salad
Nothing tastes better than a fresh properly ripened avocado.
Thanks for supporting Chisago Lakes Schools
I would like to thank the Chisago County Press for giving our school district representatives the opportunity to write a brief weekly newspaper column that allows our school district residents an opportunity to hear from their Board of Education and district administration.
Make plans now for your strawberry patch
I am writing about the bare root plants the Chisago County Master Gardeners are offering for sale this spring.
Move it or you will lose it
DNR officer Brad Schultz takes down information on a icehouse on South Center Lake.
See you at the Home Show this weekend!
If you are like me, with all this warm weather, you are starting to think about upcoming summer projects.
Fairview gets green light on $29 million expansion
Eight years ago the Fairview organization sunk $32 million into its new medical center and hospital facility in Wyoming and this spring a $29 million addition is coming to the site.
