LOCAL
Soup on the table in 40 minutes
It’s National Frozen Food Month and, yes, there is a “father of frozen foods.”
Alice serves up fish and seafood this week
We are well into the season of Lent in the Christian Church and there are many people who do not eat meat on Fridays during Lent.
House plant cuttings
I have been writing articles relating to our Garden Fever Bonanza for the past six weeks.
Wyoming Township budgets to fight annexation; legislation on-deck would halt process for now
Wyoming Township Board Chair Larry Parker spent some time at the annual township meeting March 9 explaining two new bills before the legislature that will A: Place a retroactive moratorium on pending annexations halting them until June 2006 and B: Reform existing state law authorizing certain annexations.
Snow fleas and snow mold
This is one of the times when writing articles becomes difficult and reading them may not be as interesting.
Fill your cookie jar with this week's recipes
What do I say when the grandkids are over and they look in the cookie jar and then come out with; “Grama, where are the cookies?”
ONE LESS ORPHAN IN THE WORLD
Lindstrom family welcomes daughter from India
Michelle Raboin is very much like any 3-and-a-half year old...she is in constant motion, giggling at peek-a-boo games and calling out to anyone within earshot when she’s done a “good job” at toilet training.
A League of Extraordinary Mathmeticians; now playing at a high school near you
It’s tournament time for high schools all across the state...and for one team in Chisago Lakes preparation means getting fresh batteries into their calculators and packing away extra pencils.
Off to the Bonanza
This is last article before our Bonanza March 6.
The many flavors of quick breads
What do you think of when you read or hear the words “quick bread?” Banana bread comes to my mind, but delicious hot quick breads are as varied as the breads
Tenth Judicial District hopes to set up juvenile drug court in Chisago County, judge says
The numbers of offenses involving kids and drugs has grown to the point that local courts officials are taking steps to institute a juvenile “drug court” here.
County Board postpones a couple issues; takes action on appointees; pays state
The scheduled public hearing on the Polaris abatement application was continued by the County Board last week to March 31.
Blueberries and the Bonanza
This week I am writing about the fourth fruit we will be selling bare root at our Bonanza March 6.
Oranges have a lot to offer
We have been at the peak of the citrus season for a couple of months now and today we are going to see what oranges have to offer us.
