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March 17, 2023

Moody Lake next on W.D. projects list

In the world of water quality, the term legacy doesn’t always mean something positive. In the case of a public park on Moody Lake in Chisago Lake Township South, research has identified a “legacy” load of contaminating manure built up over decades of an operating dairy farm. Last week the …

March 17, 2023

Police Commission honors longtime volunteer

The every-other-month Lakes Area Police Commission meeting last week was a festive gathering celebrating the end of an era, literally, of service from citizen Mark Anderson, Chisago City. He has announced he’s stepping away from the reservist program, but he will still volunteer with city parks and community events.

March 17, 2023

Taylors Falls 2022 audit, good and bad news

The Taylors Falls City Council heard Monday night this week; that it was a good thing the city had healthy reserves (balances) and also took in extra federal recovery act funds, because the city spent much more in 2022 than it took in. The audit was presented by Abdo accounting …

March 17, 2023

Ag leadership organization celebrates 25 years; women leaders being shaped by North Branch alum

The native Chisago County farm kid, currently leading an important women in agriculture organization, should not be a surprise to anybody who knew her back when. As Doris Mold was growing up on the family farm near Harris, her mother Sarah was the first female elected to be a Chisago …

March 17, 2023

What on earth is a pandemic? Shorts on St. Patty's Day? Yep

From time to time I like to look back a year, three years, even five years to see what I was writing about.. I stumbled across my 2020 column from this week.

March 17, 2023

Time for March Madness

We’re coming up on March Madness this weekend, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m not even a huge college basketball fan, but I love this time of year. Games on in the morning, bets flying between friends and non stop action from near sunrise to sundown on the basketball …

March 17, 2023

Relative of triple homicide victim is main suspect

A 39-year-old male found deceased in rural Dakota County, Saturday March 4 is being investigated as the main suspect in a triple homicide here, Chisago County authorities announced this week.

March 17, 2023

Center City Council hears of pier replacement, fire tanker pending sale

The big news out of last week’s Center City Council meeting had to be that the DNR is providing a new fishing pier. The one on North Center Lake is over 20 years old, more like 40 years by some estimates, and the state has it on the replacement cycle …

March 10, 2023

Lent-North Branch annexation OK'd

A relatively uncomplicated annexation of sections of land out of Lent Township and into the City of North Branch has been ordered by state regulators. Based on materials submitted supporting the annexation, the MN Office of Boundary Adjustments and its administrative law division released the decision Wednesday March 1.

March 10, 2023

Fish Lake Township deaths

The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office late Tuesday this week, released the names of three gunshot fatalities, found in a residence on Brunswick Road, Sunday March 5. The investigation has developed a “person of interest” believed to be the perpetrator, who is also deceased. This person was not identified. This death …

March 10, 2023

Disputed Lake Martha preliminary plat approved; annexation moves forward

After having been denied by the city planning commission in December and then sent back to the planning commission by the city council, a preliminary plat for Lake Martha Overlook and related variances was approved unanimously by council, Feb. 28. The planning commission met Feb. 2 to reconsider a revised …

March 10, 2023

Townships hold elections, meetings soon

The second Tuesday of every March, townships in Minnesota hold annual meetings where residents gather to review the budget, talk about concerns and make suggestions. Most townships also hold elections, although in Chisago County— Lent and Nessel Townships have opted to provide ballots on the November General Election calendar.

March 10, 2023

North Branch Council briefs

The five elected city council persons in North Branch all seemed to agree last week that they are not to be considered “personnel.” But, when time came to vote on designating officeholders as “non-personnel” the action was tabled until a work session later this month.

March 10, 2023

Sewer Commission to move forward on 'Phase 4' work

March 10, 2023

Chisago City Council OK's Highway 8 design

The Chisago City Council met on Feb. 28 one member short. Technical difficulties prevented Craig Meyer from attending the meeting remotely, but that didn’t keep the council from tackling its lengthy agenda.

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