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Center City council accepts Rotary kiosk, and bike trail donations

Center City Council held a regular meeting April 1. All members were present. The meeting began with Chris DuBose addressing the council as a Rotary representative. DuBose told the council Rotary has designated the future Swedish Immigrant Trailhead in Center City as a beneficiary of funds. DuBose suggested the Rotary might fund a kiosk like other trailheads such as Taylors Falls. The council thanked the Rotary for their generous donation.
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Shafer City Council briefs....

Shafer City Council held a regular meeting April 1. Council member Nick Brehm and attorney James Monge were absent.
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Goodbye Alice - you will be missed

If there is one thing I hate, it’s using this space to talk about friends and people in our community who have passed away. It’s not that I hate writing about them, rather it means I am writing about someone I have come to know and many times become close to. This week is no exception. Alice Nelson has sadly passed away. Many of our loyal readers will recognize the name as she was our food writer for what seemed like decades.
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Easter seems so late this year

Every year since our kids were small we have saved to take a vacation. My wife and I grew up in households that never, and I mean never, took vacations. It just wasn’t feasible back then. We vowed to try our darndest to make sure our kids had a vacation even if it was someplace as simple as the north shore.
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Chisago Lake Township levy upped seven percent

Chisago Lake Township met for the annual meeting March 11. The meeting began shortly after the polls closed. Fifteen people attended the meeting.
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Say goodbye to a good friend

The community has had a few losses of pillars recently.
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Center City Council gets updates on burnt building, auto-pay, ironworks relocation

Center City Council met March 4 for a regular meeting. All members were present with council member Lloyd Vetter joining virtually.
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Shafer charitable gaming permits in flux; Saloon pulltabs put on hold

Shafer City Council held a regular meeting March 4. All members were present. The meeting began by hearing from Matt McKenzie of the Shafer Fire and Rescue Relief Association. McKenzie is the gambling manager for the association and he was there to discuss Shafer Saloon.
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Stacy sets street improvement hearing

Stacy City Council met February 11 for a regular meeting. All members were present.
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What is that noise? My teeth

I for one am utterly and completely sick of this cold weather. Don’t get me wrong, I love snow, in fact I say bring it on, the more the better. But this take your breath away cold air is bordering on ridiculous. Even with a new battery in my truck, it’s a craps throw if it starts. I like to gamble, but not this way.

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