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Great homemade gift giving ideas
Do you have your Christmas shopping done?
Ornamental rhubarb
I have written several articles on raising rhubarb over the past few years.
Forest Laker owner launches ambitious expansion, rennovation project
Pete Paidar has worked hard to create a better image of the Forest Laker since he purchased the business in 1996.
Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas is snow
I hope you got a chance to get out and see one of the Lighting Festivals last weekend.
Lakeside fourth graders learn the importance of barn dances
Fourth graders at Lakeside School might soon be starting their own band.
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.
