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Homemade mixes to give as gifts
If you haven’t started doing your shopping for the special people in your life, you’d better get going! Some people shop all year round, including ourselves and others wait for the “after Thanksgiving sales.”
Check your furnace, change the batteries in your carbon monoxide detectors
What is going on with the weather? One week I am out flooding my ice rink in sub-zero temps and the very next week I am playing football with my son in the backyard with just a sweatshirt on.
Area church presents its first vehicle in new ministry for needy
Lakes Free Church, in cooperation with the county Human Services Dept. and Communities Investing in Families, a non-profit consortium in east central Minnesota, presented the very first vehicle of its new car ministry program to a family of four Monday night.
Cyclamen as a holiday plant
Donna Tatting, one of our Chisago County Master Gardeners, recently conducted a class on “holiday gifts.” One of the plants that you may give or receive is a cyclamen plant.
Longtime district employee retires
Carol Harris, administrative assistant at the Chisago Lakes High School District office, plans to retire at the end of December.
This time of year calls for soup
The calendar is telling me that winter is not far off –– Dec. 22. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s been winter for a while.
Here is your chance to educate yourself on Lindstrom’s Highway 8 possibilities
The Chisago County Press is sad to say goodbye to a close friend. Sue Fredrickson is leaving us to pursue a college degree in finance. Sue has worked for the Press for close to four years. She has been our face that you have seen at the front desk. We …
County, Hazelden host federal and state officials’ confab on methamphetamine
A number of high level law enforcement officials headed to Chisago County Government Center November 30 National Meth Awareness Day.
Finalist in Red Bull ‘Art of the Can’ is local TV producer just looking to have some fun
Erik Johnson of rural Lindstrom harbors no delusions of grandeur about being a finalist in this year’s international Red Bull Art of the Can exhibition.
Tips on selecting Christmas trees; holiday gift ideas
One other year I wrote an article on selecting a Christmas tree. The problem was that by the time I did some research and the article was published, the buying fever was over for that Christmas season.
Take advantage of ‘open late’
Now that we have turned the corner on Thanksgiving, it is time to focus on Christmas shopping.
A collection of recipes from my 'little cookbook'
It’s a little different column today. Thirty-two years ago at this time of the year I wrote and published a 70-page cookbook titled, “Tastes for the Seasons.”
New #95 bridge gets ‘municipal consent’ to move project toward 2009 completion
North Branch City Council Monday night unanimously approved the resolution required by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to jumpstart the Highway 35 and I-35 interchange and bridge replacement.
TRIO implements Q Comp
TRIO Wolf Creek Distance Learning Charter School, Chisago City, will implement a Q Comp performance and professional pay program for its teaching staff.
