There will be a fireworks display Friday, July 3, at dusk at the North Branch High School
The city of North Branch would like to thank Perkin’s restaurant for
their generous donation which allowed the city to contract with Melrose
Pyrotechnics for the fireworks display. Any additional donations that
are received will be placed in a restricted account to fund future
fireworks displays.
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 Saturday, June 27 was declared Red Bull Day in both the city of Stacy
and Chisago County. Stacy Mayor John Daher and County Commissioner Ben
Montzka presented proclamations to Capt. Paul Rickert of the 34th
Infantry Division. The Red Bulls are members of an Army National Guard
Division Headquarters located in Rosemount, Minn. View slide show
On stage during the Stacy Red Bull Day event were (l to r): Mayor
John Daher, Rep. Jeremy Kalin, Capt. Paul Rickert, Chief Warrant
Officer Bob Dettmer, Commissioner Ben Montzka, Commissioner George
McMahon and Pastor Ed Wheatley. Photos by Anne Thom
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Motorists on I-35 in Chisago County will encounter traffic delays
beginning July 7 when the Minnesota Department of Transportation begins
resurfacing on the road between North Branch and the Goose Creek Rest
Area (1.5 miles north of Harris).
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It was mid-morning Friday, June 26, and Kathy Tagg, age 56, was home still in her pjs. So when she heard a knock on her door, she decided not to answer it. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang and the door flew open...
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 The Legislative Advisory Commission today (Tuesday, June 30) passed a resolution calling Gov. Tim Pawlenty's pending $2.7 billion state budget unallotment "unwise."
Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis, questioned whether the future legislature would ever pay back the K-12 funding shift contained in the unallotment. But Pawlenty Management and Budget Commissioner Tom Hanson defended the administration's actions. Photo by T.W. Budig
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A tarp-like drape with the name Stearns Bank was hanging over the
Horizon Bank sign in North Branch this weekend signaling the
acquisition of Horizon Bank by the St. Cloud-based institution Stearns
Bank N.A.
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The detour on Highway 95 east of Cambridge has been lifted, reports the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The detour was necessary to allow crews to replace a box culvert at a stream between Skogman Lake and Fannie Lake.
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 The Chisago County Board of Commissioners agreed with the county’s
planning commissioners last week on the need for a license to hold a
special event. There is none, they decided, need, that is, and
discussion of the issue...
This is a sampling of the dumped appliances in a ravine at Interstate Park. The DNR and city of Taylors Falls will be cleaning up the site in a few days. The county will pay recycling subsidies when the appliance are taken away.
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Parents of 6th-grade students in Rush City are concerned about class size for the coming school year.
Last week at the school board meeting they were given a chance to speak although not on the official agenda. See video clip from the school board meeting.
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Steve Thorp was the lone speaker at the citizen’s forum last week at the Chisago County Board meeting. Standing before the commissioners, the Fish Lake Township resident
asked if the $3 fee required on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at Fish
Lake Park was fair. See video clip of Thorp's presentation.
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 This clown's duck umbrella was the appropriate prop for the 2009 Midsummer parade as light rain continued to fall throughout the event Sunday. But hundreds of folks lined up along Main Street in North Branch anyway and kids by the dozens enjoyed their candy collecting. Check the Post Review this week for photos galore of the Midsummer celebration. Parade photos by MaryHelen Swanson
View a slide show of the parade
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 The 51st annual Midsummer coronation took place Friday night at 7 p.m. under the big tent in the Legion parking lot. Your 2009 royalty are: Miss Congeniality Kaylene Reider, Ambassador Courtney Warren, Ambassador Melissa Melby and Ambassador Jessica Wojcik. Photos by MaryHelen Swanson
See their crowning moments
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