LOCAL
Vacant lot in downtown going back to square one
The purchase agreement for the vacant city-owned lot near the Drive-In, on mainstreet Taylors Falls, has expired and council felt it’s time to notify the person who deposited earnest money that the contract is in default. Terms require a 30-day notice for either party so the city attorney was directed …
Hwy. 8 gets long awaited prelim OK
The state transportation department has finally approved the proposed layout for Highway 8 reconstruction. Chisago County Engineer Joe Triplett is now making the rounds connecting with affected cities presenting the issues and asking for resolutions of approval for preliminary design. Triplett says the early approvals are needed to get the …
Celebration was still a great time, despite warm temps and bad ice
We made it, despite Mother Nature trying her darndest to cancel the Celebration of the Lakes, the awesome organizers did a wonderful job adjusting on-the-fly. The ice did not want to cooperate and the Sheriff’s Office thought is was best to not hold any events on the lakes.
Let's break outta the funk
I feel like I’m in a lull for dinner ideas. Everything I look up seems either too hard, or too similar to something I’ve made recently, or too bland or just plain ol’ blah.
Public places, public faces...
Carlos AveryThe Hutchinson Leader newspaper is still being printed; and even though its publisher from the early 1900s, Carlos Avery, is no longer around the Wildlife Management Area in Chisago and Anoka Counties keeps his name alive.
Lake Improvement District annual meeting includes addressing salt from snow storage
An issue with the storage of excess urban plowed snow in Lindstrom was discussed at the Lake Improvement District Board’s annual meeting Monday night this week. The city has been notified in the past that the practice of snow-piling on the west bluff of the bay on South Center Lake, …
Sale to ECE closes on schedule
The East Central Energy cooperative has sent letters to new North Branch customers in the wake of the sale closing proceeding as scheduled. ECE is now the electric distributor within the former Water & Light service territory that was North Branch’s municipal system.
