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With big hearts and willing hands, Chisago Lakes Rotary celebrates 25 years of ‘Service Above Self’

What can a small group of passionate, hard-working individuals accomplish in 25 years? Prepare to be amazed.

Fair Board hears land purchase offer

The Chisago County Fair has been in existence for 151 years. Rush City has long been the location where residents and visitors come to have fun for a week. Whether it be rides on the midway or watching a demolition derby or enjoying animal judging, folks have enjoyed the fair.

County could see millions from state

Chisago County Engineer Joe Triplettt told the County Board May 17, he “couldn’t be more disappointed” in what had transpired thus far in road and bridge funding coming out of St. Paul. His tone has changed since, with last minute cash and bonding transportation measures eeking their way through the …

Lindstrom doesn’t act on a few major items

Nobody could accuse the elected leaders in Lindstrom of not earning their pay. The Lindstrom City Council has met in four special sessions between the final week of April and now, as well as the regular meeting taking three hours last week. And still many well-discussed agenda actions were tabled …

North Branch discusses apartments in work session

A work session for North Branch City Council last week focused on details about a proposal to build a 65 unit apartment complex on the old mainstreet school site, (to right in L-shape with Highway 95 along the bottom) with special income requirements to designate it workforce housing. The apartments …

Shafer Council briefs...

Shafer City Council met May 16 for a regular meeting. Council member Nick Brehm was absent.

Wyoming Council sees audit

The Wyoming City Council approach to balancing expenses and new property tax revenues appears to be keeping the tax capacity rate down, which council was glad to see in the 2022 audit presented by Bergen KDV.

Taylors Falls tackles staffing, unpaid water bills and more

The new city zoning administrator will start her job in Taylors Falls June 20. Mayor Weiberg reported Monday night this week she had accepted the offer as approved by council two weeks prior. (Story Press May 18.)

Thorsen powers Vikings to 10-2 blowout over Wildcats

The middle of the North Branch Vikings’ batting lineup – Andrew Orf, Sam Robillard, and Noah Thorsen – combined for six hits and drove in seven runs as the Vikings crushed the Chisago Lakes Wildcats 10-2 Tuesday, May 16 at Chisago Lakes. Thorsen started on the mound and went five …

Wildcats get revenge on NB, win 3-2 in potential section final preview

Ashley Mandell’s two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning put the Chisago Lakes Wildcats up 3-0 over the North Branch Vikings. The Vikings rallied in the sixth and again in the seventh but fell short and lost 3-2 to the Wildcats, resulting in a split in the season …

Ever thought about running a child daycare; special resource fairs for you

Chisago County wants to get the word out to potential child daycare providers and existing centers and family based care businesses that there are resources and aid available. The effort underway includes a special set of public daycare fairs, where you can learn about opening a daycare or expanding one, …

Vikings and ‘Cats work to sharpen their games before golf sections

Princeton Golf Course Chisago Lakes was still stuck chasing Becker at the Princeton Golf Course on Monday, May 15, with another second place finish behind the Bulldogs.

CL finishes eighth at true team state

The Wildcats girls finished eighth in the 12-team State Class AA Girls’ True Team track meet, held Saturday, May 20 at Stillwater High School. The only Wildcat to win an event was Annika Hall, whose time of 11:28.74 was over 22 seconds faster than second-place finisher Laina Viere of Rocori.

Wildcats move to 11-0 before finally falling to St. Michael-Albertville

Despite a slow start, the Chisago Lakes boys lacrosse team eventually turned their offense up a notch and ran away from the Sabres of Sartell on Thursday, May 18.

Girls cruise by three more opponents, run winning streak to 11

It was easy pickings for the Chisago Lakes offense when they traveled to Sauk Rapids Rice High School on Tuesday, May 16 to take on the Storm’n Sabres co-op.

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