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Community invited to Trinity Lutheran’s 125th anniversary celebration
It was Trinity Sunday, June 2, 1901, when 11 Lutheran families gathered at the Lindstrom Opera Hall (current site of the Chisago County Press) to hear the Rev. S.W. Kuhns of Duluth preach in English. Why was this unusual? Because, until that day, Lutherans living in the Chisago Lakes area traveled either to Chisago Lake Lutheran Church in Center City, (founded by early Swedish immigrants in 1854) or to Zion Lutheran Church in Chisago City (founded in 1874) where they worshiped in the Swedish language.
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Chisago Council sets work session on LAPD building; hears from Birch Lake HOA on city sewer
The Chisago City opened its regular June 23 council meeting by setting yet another workshop session to discuss ongoing negotiations with the City of Lindstrom regarding headquarters for the Lakes Area Police Department (LAPD).
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Ecumen Point Pleasant Heights 40th anniversary: the power of belonging
When ground was broken 40 years ago for the Point Pleasant Heights senior living community March 25, 1986, the Rev. A. B. Walfrid, who was Point Pleasant’s first resident, said, “We’re hoping to find genuine fellowship—social, physical and spiritual—that will glow and grow and last forever.”
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Chisago City delays engineering decision; schedules workshop meeting for May 11
Chisago City delays engineering decision; schedules workshop meeting for May 11.
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Chisago City supportive of Kendall Howard expansion calling for tax abatement
The Chisago City Council devoted much of its March 24 meeting to approvals related to Kendall Howard, LLC’s proposed new manufacturing, office and warehouse facility at Liberty Lane and Karmel Avenue.
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Pastor at Trinity marks first anniversary as congregation preps for next 125 years
One year ago this month, Rev. Eric Nelson joined Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lindstrom as its senior pastor. For Pastor Nelson and the congregation, it has been a year both of looking back and forging ahead.
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Chisago City levies $4.1 million, tax rate decreases; Santa to visit Moberg Park December 21
With Council Member Nicole Battles attending remotely, the Chisago City Council on Dec. 9 unanimously passed resolutions setting the 2026 levy and budget unchanged from the preliminary numbers presented in September. The final tax levy $4,117,373, making the final tax rate 35.628 percent, down 2.71 percent from 2025.
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Wild River Audubon Society celebrates 50 years of local Christmas Bird Count
At this time of year, holiday traditions abound. For many that means shopping, baking, sending greeting cards and wrapping gifts. But for a hardy group of local nature-lovers, Christmas means it’s time to count the birds.
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Chisago City adopts Emerald Ash Borer management plan
On November 10, the Chisago City Council approved an Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan. The plan will guide identification and removal of diseased trees on public and private lands in the city as the result of “the inevitable infestation of Emerald Ash Borer.” City Administrator John Pechman explained that before creating Chisago City’s Plan, staff had researched and borrowed parts of the Emerald Ash Borer management plans of five similarly-sized cities.
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