LOCAL
Harris pleads guilty
The man behind the wheel of a pickup truck involved in a fatality on Interstate 35 last summer has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and is to be sentenced May 1.
CORRECTION: Cambridge-Isanti Superintendent not at Koran meeting
In our print edition March 30 there is a wrap-up from a forum local Senator Mark Koran held with constituents in Chisago Lake Town Hall.
Ten years later; lead still a concern
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Chisago County actively promoting the message to not use lead tackle. The county has been behind those collection tubes at boat landings and supports an exchange program to trade-in leaded fishing tackle, for equipment that does not contain lead. The county Household Hazardous …
Taylors Falls Council makes 'personal health freedom' declaration after lengthy debate
The Taylors Falls City Council approved a resolution Monday night this week aligned very closely with the verbiage found in a 2023 Texas Republican Party declaration, and which also echoes a resolution submitted by 60 or so Republican U.S. House members considered not long ago in the U.S. House. The …
Water and Light Commission back up to five members; update given on projects
North Branch utility commissioners continue to meet as the Water and Light commission even though the electric side of the equation has been sold off to East Central Energy.
Wyoming Council briefs.......
The sitework at the Dairy Queen in the city of Wyoming is progressing slower than expected due to notice from the state of an underground petroleum leak that needs to be remediated in and around the gas station area of the site.
How Swede it was for the Lions Waffle Feed
The Chisago Lakes Lions Club held its very first Swedish Waffle Breakfast at the Chisago Lake Township Hall Saturday. People were treated to yummy waffles with all the fixings. The meal was very well attended. Look for the waffle feed again next year.
New Lindstrom officeholders doing their homework
Lindstrom city staff and consultants walked the council through a four-hour “work session” last week trying to get everybody up to speed on multiple pressing city issues. Chief among these is the ticking clock on bonded proceeds the city borrowed years ago, ostensibly to acquire the Lakeview Motel site and …
We lost a couple of great ones; time for an Easter egg hunt
We have been scraping and saving to take a warm trip, and after this winter we all could use a break from the cold and the snow. My wife and I and our good friends took a trip to Akumal, Mexico last week. Akumal is a sleepy town about two hours …
Willing spring into existence
I’m at the point where I am just going to will spring into fruition. I am becoming a bitter Minnesotan and am sick of these temps, the snow and the wind. I just want to go out golfing, get a little bit tanned, and be able to wear shorts. Is …
New council lukewarm to vets' housing site
Should a new city council feel compelled to support a project that was approved by a different set of elected officials? Lindstrom City Council found itself facing that dilemma last week on a decision that would either kill a proposed non-profit veterans’ housing project or extend its viability another year.
Lent goes about business in potential final town meeting ever
Despite a looming merger with the city of Stacy that would abolish Lent as a township, the Lent Town Board held the annual public meeting Tuesday, March 14 and it was pretty much business as usual.
