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All County Veterans Memorial getting facelift, could use volunteers
The All County Veterans Memorial on Hwy. 8 in Lindstrom, is getting a major facelift after 20 years. Area veterans are honored here with a paver engraved with their name, branch of service, rank and years of service and there are separate areas for POW-MIA and women veterans. The committee …
Beautiful day for annual Water Festival
Chisago County held the annual Children’s Water Festival on September 26 at Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls.
Public brings an abundance of issues to Sept. 24 council meeting
The normally brief public comment segment of Chisago City’s regular council meeting dominated discussion on the night of Sept. 24. Four individuals brought a wide range of issues to the council.
North Branch City Council briefs...
The thoroughfares along Elm and Maple Streets in North Branch that were made stop sign-free during Highway 95 reconstruction this summer will see the return of signage that existed before the detour. Council members in North Branch were considering whether to leave the east-west streets as express lanes or put …
Chisago Lakes food shelf unveils supershelf, promoting health and community inclusion
The Chisago Lakes Food Shelf celebrated its grand reopening on Tuesday, September 24, after an extensive eight-month renovation to become a SuperShelf. This transformation is part of a statewide initiative to create a more welcoming, accessible, and healthy food experience for clients.
Waffles and pizza - the best
In last week's edition of the Press we had a page dedicated to the Chisago Lakes Area Foundation grants given out at their annual Oktoberfest celebration.
Squash and sweet potatoes!
If you’re like me when it comes to dinner, sides can be challenging. I can usually figure out a main dish to enjoy for dinner pretty easily, but then at times I struggle with sides. I find myself defaulting at times to just canned or frozen veggies, which are fine, …
2024 Chisago Lakes School Board Filing Statements
The Chisago Lakes School Board has four candidates running for three seats in the upcoming November election. Jeff Lindeman, Lori Berg and Brenda Carlson are all incumbents while Aaron Olson challenges for a seat. Each candidates filing statement is listed below in alphabetical order.
North Branch to offer administrator post to city of Crosby administrator
Interviews of finalists for the position of city administrator for North Branch were held Sept 26 and resulted in council agreeing to offer the job to the current Crosby MN city administrator, Matthew Hill. Crosby is in Crow Wing County and has a population of about 2,300.
Homecoming King and Queen named in North Branch
North Branch marks homecoming this week with pre-game tailgating, pep-fest at 2 p.m. parade at 3:15 p.m. and the game will be at 6 p.m. on Friday night, with fireworks to follow. They take on Duluth Denfeld.
Taylors Falls 2025 maximum levy ok’d
Taylors Falls Council members, minus Troy Aanonsen, voted 4-0 Monday this week to adopt a double digit increase in next year’s budget, but expressing hope the number will be decreased over the next several weeks, when a final tax figure must be enacted.
Multi-year carp management effort announced
Chisago Lakes carp are being put on notice— the Labs to Lakes Initiative has you in its sights. The initiative is a dedicated carp management effort, under the auspices of the MN Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center or (MAISRC) and the Chisago Chain of Lakes is getting major help to …
Homecoming always a great time
We are smack dab in the middle of homecoming season here in Chisago County. The Chisago Lakes Wildcats just crushed the Big Lake Hornets last Friday 49-14 and the North Branch Vikings host the undefeated Duluth Denfeld Hunters this week for their homecoming.
