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North Branch man facing charges of assault from investigation into baby’s death
A young North Branch father, Jason James Nordin has been charged with two counts of assault in connection with the August death of his four-month-old son.
Nelson and Nienow are out; Reiter is new county attorney and Greene and Montzka on County Board
Voters in Chisago County sent Jim Oberstar back to Congress but removed our incumbent state legislators in a heavy voter turnout Tuesday. Oberstar beat Rod Grams 12,639 votes to 8,708.
Scout designs Veterans’ Memorial
Thanks to the hard work of eighth grader Garrett Smetana, North Branch’s Central Park is the home to a Veteran’s Memorial.
Which apple to use for what…
Before the recipes, however, I’m going to give you something called –– which apples for what.
Plenty to do before putting our gardens to bed for the winter
As I write this in the last days in October, we have had a killing frost for most vegetables, but not all.
The time has come to cast your vote and cheer for the Wildcats
After all of the hype, all of the grandstanding, all of the mudslinging, and all of the baby kissing, it is finally time –– time for the politicians to see if their game plan had a positive influence on the voters or if it sent them running the other way.
A variety of winter squash recipes
It’s time to focus on winter squash. When I was shopping in the produce department the other day one of the “boys” asked me when I was going to do recipes for winter squash. Thanks for the reminder, Bob.
Brad Pitt for city council? Get out and meet your candidates
Remember this Saturday to set your clocks back one hour. It seems like yesterday that the sun was setting around nine o’clock in the evening.
‘Fall-o-ween’ party in Chisago City makes for terrific people watching
Once again the Halloween Fall Festival sponsored by the Chisago City Park Board was a great success this year.
It’s time for soups and stews
In the fall, a homemaker’s fancy turns to stews and soups, at least it does in my kitchen.
Ecumen names Leah Killian-Smith to lead North Branch senior community
Ecumen has named Leah Killian-Smith to lead the new senior community opening in North Branch next summer.
Trimming herbaceous perennials
As we look over our fall gardens we may wonder what to do with some perennials in preparing them for winter.
Kids caring about ecology, what a breath of fresh air
Congratulations to Pat Collins and his core classes for all their hard work last week. These wonderful kids and many parents spent last Tuesday planting trees all over Ki Chi Saga Park in Lindstrom.
Local writer has hands full with multiple projects
It would be an understatement to say Cristy Trandahl of Lindstrom is a busy woman. She homeschools four of her children while keeping her two preschoolers busy and has still found time to become a published writer.
