 If your boss is one of the sponsors of a community event, it's a good idea to get involved. But, this may be more than she was bargaining for. Alysia, an employee at Shopko, took the plunge today, Saturday, Feb. 6 at the first ever NB Rotary sponsored Polar Plunge on Fish Lake. More photos can be found in the Feb. 10 edition of the Post Review and a video of the exhilarating event will be online early next week. Photo by MaryHelen Swanson
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 North Branch Area Chamber’s 10th Annual Winter Fest begins Saturday,
Feb. 6 with North Branch Rotary’s first Polar Plunge at noon on Fish
Lake in Harris. Don’t miss your chance to shoot a round of golf at the
Arctic Golf Open starting at 10 a.m. that day, also.
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 Post Review editor MaryHelen Swanson wasn’t in the office
last Thursday, but was attending the Minnesota Newspaper Association
convention where she accepted four first-place awards on behalf of the
135-year-old hometown newspaper, among them "Best Web Site."
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Donna Setter has been serving the families of North Branch Area School District #138 for 20 years.
On Jan. 26, she resigned her position on the school board.
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 A 29-year-old North Branch man and a Isanti man, 35, died from
injuries sustained in an early morning crash Wednesday, Feb. 3 in North
Branch Township. Authorities have now released their names.
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 Bob Schlagel is the person selected as the 2009 Community Service Award recipient in Rush City. The Rush City Chamber will hold a dinner and presentation ceremony in his honor Saturday, Feb. 6 at Chuckers Bowl & Lounge. Cost is $17 per person. Tickets are available at Unity Bank, Chuckers and Hermann Insurance or call Harold at (320) 358-4557, or Loring at (320) 358-4209 or Mike at (320) 358-4639 or call the Chamber of Commerce at (320) 358-4639. STORY NOW INCLUDED (FEB. 3)
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It’s Winter Fest time in North Branch and while most people would
associate words like slip and slide with a cold-weather event, this
year’s activities also include “Plunge,”“Putt,”“Bowl,” and “Bunz.”
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There was a whopper of a meeting last
Wednesday, with folks packing the board room, the hallway and the lunch
room.The topic: LS Power’s electric generating plant proposal.
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Rep. Jeremy Kalin, DFL-North Branch, and Sen. Rick Olseen, DFL-Harris,
are seeking bonding for Allemansratt Nature Reserve and Park in
Lindstrom and the proposed Swedish Immigrant Trail.
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Betty Stoffel retired as coordinator of the 20-year-old We "R" Able program, a program for adults with disabilities, run through the St. Croix River Education District (SCRED). A party was held at the North Branch senior center Wednesday afternoon where a lot of good things were said about a lot of good people, most especially Betty Stoffel. There were a few tears, a lot of laughs and many, many thank yous all around. Betty is pictured with Lori Patterson, a coordinator of the Paradise Pride club in Rush City. It's Rush City's version of special olympics for local youths. See video of the retirement party. Photo by MaryHelen Swanson
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At their organizational meeting last Thursday night, the North Branch school board members reduced their per meeting pay a little more than 10 percent.
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 A day off of school couldn't have come at a better time, for the warm weather Monday made for perfect skaing at the NB rink. Photo by MaryHelen Swanson
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