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There's always plenty to do "At The Lake"
Almost 30 years ago I worked with a guy who said, “Men aren’t much for shoppin, but most of us will drive halfway across town to save a nickel on gas or booze.”
Legion baseball team heads for playoffs
The Wildcats Legion baseball team split four games last week, ending the regular season in eighth place with a 5-8 record.
U-18 soccer team in state final four
After finishing second in their league with a 7-1-1 record it season, the Chisago Lakes Jaguars U18 Boys Classic 1 soccer team beat Keliix 2-1 in the district playoffs at Cottage Grove July 16.
Family Pathways charity tourney at Falcon Ridge
It was a cooler than normal morning on Saturday, June 10th, but that did not stop folks from coming out for a nine o’clock start at Falcon Ridge Golf Course in Stacy to play in Family Pathways Charity Golf Tournament.
North Branch track team completes season
Adequate numbers and outstanding individual performances combined to create success for the North Branch High School track teams in 2006.
Chisago Lakes Legion baseball team beats Pine City on Gemuenden's three run blast in the ninth inning
Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver used to say his formula for winning was “pitching, defense and three-run homers.”
Record 489 compete in Loppet, Peter and Edlund take 1st place
Anthony “Tony” Peter of Chisago City finished 11 seconds ahead of three-time defending champion Digger Carlson to win the men’s division of the 18th annual Fairview Lakes Health Services Lindstrom Loppet, Karl Oskar 5K Walk/Run Saturday, July 8, in Lindstrom.
Is the NBA season finally over?
Now that Dwayne Wade and his Miami heat have officially ended the basketball season, he seems to have emerged as the newest sports superstar.
Viking softball completes season
The North Branch girls’ softball team overcame a 0-3 start and completed its 2006 season with an 11-10 overall record and a 7-6 NSC mark.
Local roper qualifies for national rodeo
Korah Agre is carrying on, as Hank Williams Jr. would sing, “A Family Tradition.” Agre, who just completed ninth grade at Chisago Lakes High school, has earned a position on the Minnesota High School rodeo team.
Summers at the lake
Our boys are getting excited as my wife and I begin to make plans for our trip to the family cottage in northern Wisconsin.
