LOCAL
Wolf Creek School thrives, relocates
Wolf Creek charter school in Chisago City is apparently serving a need because enrollment continues to grow and its quarters have expanded.
World class facililty nears completion in Wyoming
The Polaris Technology Center on the east edge of Wyoming is right on-schedule for occupancy March 2005, and an impressive amount of progress has been made in the few months since construction began.
Car donations continue as part of anti-poverty effort here; church needs vehicles to boost inventory
The Immanuel Lutheran Church in Almelund, working with Parker Automotive and the United Way, presented another vehicle to a worthy client of Chisago County Health and Human Services this week.
Historic House Museum in Taylors Falls open for Christmas tours
The 1855 Folsom House Museum, in Taylors Falls, is decorated for Christmas and open to the public this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 3, 4 and 5, between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
No food as satisfying as a hot bowl of soup
I believe that there is no food as satisfying to the body and soul as a hot bowl of soup that warms the innermost part of our bodies (that being the stomach) during the crisp months of autumn and winter.
Holiday traditions in our own hometowns
I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving and got to spend it with the ones you love.
Supt. for Chisago Lakes to retire
The superintendent of schools in Chisago Lakes has decided to step down at the end of this school year.
Lindstrom couple hears call of the wild in elk farming
It may not be the first type of meat on people’s minds today – Thanksgiving Day – but for Paul and Dorothy Eley, thinking about Elk has been part of their daily routine since 1996.
Enjoying your holiday plants
I've given indoor plants as gifts for the holidays, thinking that when the blooming was finished, so was the plant.
Spend quiet time with family this holiday season
What was is in the water this last weekend?
Alice helps you dress up left-over turkey
We are going to talk turkey today.
Advances in human medical care such as laser technology, very useful to veterinarian
In a bloodless procedure in the lower level of Chisago Lakes veterinary Hospital a young mixed-breed cat has her claws totally removed.
Frandsen Park improvements move up from back-burner with state grant and unexpected donor funding
One of Chisago County’s biggest and prettiest lakes--Rush Lake-- is still scenic and relatively unspoiled. But it won’t remain that way forever.
Taylors Falls Lighting Festival Royal Lady presides over 20th celebration
As a reliable volunteer, a good natured helper-outer, a community choir member, a quasi-mom for nine foreign exchange students and for a host of other attributes-- Carol Nelson was selected Taylors Falls Royal Lady of the Village for 2004.
