NEWS
Law Enforcement
The sheriff’s office is hearing calls expressing concern with gunshots, and upon investigation it appears the shooting complaints are goose season related. One call from an address on 320th Street in Lent reported pellets landing on house rooftop and on the home’s deck and a dead goose dropped in their …
Chisago City Council acts to align DNR shoreland zoning requirement
The Chisago City Council moved two steps closer Aug. 24 to meeting terms of the negotiated settlement reached with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. a mediation assigned as part of a lawsuit found the city’s ordinances for Planned Unit Developments (PUD) were not in compliance with DNR Shoreland regulations. …
Celebrate Franconia Sculpture Park 25th anniversary Sept. 25
Franconia Sculpture Park is turning 25 and celebrating in high art and high fashion September 25, with its largest community event to date! Please join Franconia staff, board and our 2021 Artists-in-Residence for a full-day program looking back on a milestone year highlighting the intersection of art and ecology and …
Ki Chi Saga Days provides plenty of excitement
Volunteer of the year Marcus Clay.
Relay for Life
Chisago Lake Lutheran Church held the annual American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Wednesday evening. Over 800 luminaries were purchased and displayed for the public to view. Honorary chair for the event was Scott Sellman (left). Right: The Relay Survivor’s Lap lead by bagpiper Paul Dennison.
Ki Chi Saga Days was so fun, up next is a block party, take a break
I hope you had a chance to get out to Ki Chi Saga Days over the weekend. Judging by the crowds, it looks like everyone and their brother came out to enjoy one of our last festivals of the summer. The weather was fantastic and the crowds in the park were absolutely …
Law Enforcement
There has been a rash of delivery items stolen from private property and mailboxes. Incidents originating in Lindstrom at Broadway address, Eifer Trail area in north end, and Chisago City, Stinson Avenue.
Sunrise Lake site of retreat camp plan
Years ago property owners around the natural environment lake in Chisago Lake Township just north of Lindstrom; came together and organized an association spearheading an effort to ward off intense uses being proposed.
Sun shines on Almelund Threshing Show
The annual Almelund Threshing Show was last weekend and brought out tractors, spectators, cloggers and all sorts of fun adventures. The Threshing Show is in its 63rd year after a hiatus in 2020 and was as popular as ever. Many of these tractors were in the parade that periodically goes around …
Law Enforcement
August 13 A house and garage were engulfed in fire at an address on Cedarcrest Trail in Fish Lake, called in about 2:30 p.m. Property owners were not home but later questioning learned there had been solvents used soon before the fire, with the rags left in the garage which …
Threshing Show Tractor Caravan chugs on
The annual Threshing Show is this weekend, between Taylors Falls and Almelund. It certainly is a colorful event, shown by this grouping of various tractor models participating in the pre-show parade.
Stacy Daze troops on through the rain
The city of Stacy held their summer celebration over the weekend. Stacy Daze ran Friday through Sunday and featured kids games, a street dance, a softball tournament and of course everyone’s favorite a parade. Above: Grand Marshal Jeanne Aslakson leads the parade.
Center City vacating right-of-way not a black and white decision
The Center City Council held a public hearing for a street vacation request last week and plans to take a vote on the application, affecting the area at First and Lake street, south of Main, at its September session. (See graphic.)
Stacy Daze was a blast, it's time for Threshing Show, Relay for Life
What a difference a weekend makes! Just four days ago, we were in such a drought and our world had turned brown. While we still remain in a drought, the nearly four inches of rain we had sure quenched our thirsts (or should I say our lawn’s and our lake’s). So …
