LOCAL
Outerwear Fair, Brinks change
I understand that most of you get the paper on Thursday, but I wanted to remind you that the awesome volunteers over at Trinity Lutheran Church are currently holding their annual Outerwear Fair. These folks have taken the time to collect gently used winter clothing for all— which the public …
Let’s keep having Halloween fun!
One serious recipe this week for a classic Italian dish, and then some fun Halloween specialties!
Scouts sprucing up the town
The Wyoming Library has a new look entering its 20th year as a branch of the East Central Regional system. Local Eagle Scout candidate Nick F. Fuhol and Wyoming area Scout Troop 9142 reinvigorated the library’s grounds, cleaning out the rain garden and its walkways and rebuilding the benches.
License plate readers working as intended
The City of Wyoming in the few days that four new license plate reader devices were activated on local roads — reviewed data on 1,100 “alerts” identifying license plates tied to everything from revoked and/or suspended drivers, stolen vehicles or plates and one driver was arrested alleged to have violated …
Fire marshal ruling on Springs Inn “undetermined”
The state fire marshal investigating the Springs Inn blaze has concluded his report and announced he had no specific determination on the cause.
Center City Council communicates with TF on Hursh relocation delay
Center City Council met October 7 for a regular meeting. All members were present.
Fire Prevention Week was hot, hot, hot
Lindstrom Fire Department hosted the public last weekend for fire prevention week, with partners from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources firefighting division.
Chisago Age Well expo Friday
The Chisago Age Well committee invites everyone to the fall expo tomorrow (Friday) at Chisago Lakes High School. The expo runs from 9am to 1pm and is located through the performing arts center entrance. The expo is filled with vendors of all types relating to aging in Minnesota along with …
Whoops, I missed a spot last week!
Woopsies! I updated my column last week with recipes, but forgot to update the opening paragraph! I’m sure it was going to be some grand tale or some hilarious story, but as long as you got some new recipes at least, right? Not like you guys come to this column …
Shafer man killed in motorcycle crash Sunday
The state patrol identified the victim in a single motorcycle crash south of Center City very early Sunday morning, as Bruce Fillmore, 71, of Shafer. Fillmore was unaccompanied riding a 2019 Harley Davidson RoadKing.
CSAH 30 nearly completed
The project providing reconstruction and a round-about near the library, on CSAH 30 south of Highway 95, in North Branch, is very near completion.
Watershed District annual meeting honors township
The highlight of the annual Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District meeting at the Forest Lake American Legion Post, was the awarding of Champions of the District honors.
Federal shutdown being monitored; children’s aid a main concern
Social services and health care for youth required some of the County Board’s time last week as contracts and planning for some innovative programs came to the commissioners’ attention.
