 With
snow falling and the temperate falling with it, more than 115
people participated in the first ever Freeze Your Bunz 5K Feb. 9 at the North Branch Winter Fest, starting at the head
of the Sunrise Praire Trail.
Sam Westerberg of Cambridge was the fastest male finisher while Linda
Green of Arden Hills was the first female to cross the finish line.
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On Friday afternoon, Feb. 8, after almost five days of the extensive
and sometimes deeply personal testimony of potentials, the jury count
for the Craig Fleming trial stood at 12. In interviews during the
Thursday session, questions about alcohol, firearms, and personal
relationships with violent crime were numerous.
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 Congratulations to Kevin Orf and Debbie Follmer on finding the
Medallion at Northwoods Park by the horseshoe pits. The North Branch
Chamber of Commerce thanks clue writer, Erick Tollefson of North Branch
Printing, for supplying the clues.
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 The voting precincts throughout Minnesota were reporting nearly the
same type of turnout for precinct caucuses on Tuesday night, rooms were
overflowing, and Chisago County was no exception. See local results for both the Republican and Democratic parties.
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 Back in 1965, they discouraged woman from going into the world of
science and business. Those jobs are for the men, they said.
Forty-three years later the 2007 Rush City Chamber of Commerce
Community Service Award recipient has proved them wrong.
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Public input is important -see you at the summit
In the Osceola, Wisconsin business park, 17 of the 21 businesses are
from Minnesota. Chisago County lost six businesses to Wisconsin in the
last five years. Information like this, coming from the county’s economic development authority director, is disconcerting, to say the least.
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It’s winter in Minnesota and brave folks don’t mind bundling up for
some outdoor fun. This year there is plenty of snow to enjoy the
festivities at North Branch’s 8th Annual Winter Fest.
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The North Branch School District saw significant declines in
kindergarten enrollment this school year. To combat that it plans to
begin an all-day/every-day pilot program next year.
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 In a matter of seconds on Jan. 20, young local couple Alexis Webber and
Ryan Locke went from trying to make a simple lane change to finding
themselves on the business end of a semi. Find out how they are doing, and link to the couple's Caring Bridge Web sites.
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Jury selection for the Craig Steven Fleming first degree murder trial
got underway promptly Monday morning, and is scheduled to take the bulk
of the week. Attorney interviews of prospective jurors to start Tuesday, Feb. 5.
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 An early morning house fire on Jan. 30 has left a Nessel Twsp. couple without their home. The Rush City Fire Dept. responded to the call just before 1:30 a.m. By then, the home was fully engulfed in flames. The extreme cold temperatures did present challenges, but did not hamper the effort.
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Will be discussed Feb. 7 at planning commission meeting
What is an adult use? And what does it have to do with Chisago County? Defined in the draft adult use ordinance prepared by staff at the
Chisago County’s Environmental Services Department, adult uses include...
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