LOCAL
Lose your junk, visit a market
This weekend in Center City is your chance to get rid of your fall clean-up clutter. AAA Appliance and Recycling is holding their annual fall recycling day. It runs Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is held in the lower parking lot at Chisago Lake Lutheran Church. This …
Let’s settle in for a cozy fall
We’ve finally hit the fall cool down. Earlier this week, it felt like we were in the dog days of August, but man did that cold front slap us like my mom used to slap me when I talked back to her!
Chisago City levy increases; budget also goes up but tax rate comes down
The Chisago City Council on Sept. 26 voted to certify a proposed general fund levy of $3.75 million to the county auditor. That is up 6.23 percent from 2023, within the city’s goal of holding the levy increase under 7 percent. While the city’s proposed 2024 budget calls for operating …
Plea by Hammer; sentencing in late November
A North Branch man who was reported to 9-1-1 as a suicidal person with a large knife or machete, and who subsequently was shot by responding law enforcement officers, was to be being sentenced November 28, but sentencing has been postponed and no new date has been set.
Homecoming a time to remember for North Branch students
North Branch’s Homecoming events featured a pickle ball tourney, a parade, rides on fire trucks, a PowderBuff volleyball game and a PowderPuff football game.
Water Festival a great time for fun, learning
Around 650 Chisago County students attended the 2023 Chisago County Children’s Water Festival last week. Students got hands-on learning opportunities that highlighted the relationship and interdependence of water to all living things. There were 27 stations for classes to partake in including water run-off, Minnesota fishes, boat invaders, aquatic plant …
