Moose Lake Star Gazette - Serving Carlton and Pine Counties since 1895

The $33 million bond referendum for a new Moose Lake school failed with 1,138 no votes and 646 yes votes in the election on Tuesday, May 21, according to unofficial results provided by the school....

Peter Steen announced his resignation, effective immediately, from the Moose Lake School Board at the meeting of the board on Monday, May 20. Steen said that he needed to spend time with his family...

Members of the Carlton County TRIAD group, as well as the Fond du Lac Elders Group, learned about identity theft at the meeting on Wednesday, May 1. Two representatives of Thrivent Financial for...

The Infrastructure Grant, that would have funded repairing or building sidewalks near the Moose Lake school, was denied, the Active Living Coalition and Safe Routes to School group was told at the mee...

One of the oldest churches in the area will be celebrating 125 years of its history on Thursday, May 16. St. Isidore’s Catholic Church of Sturgeon Lake has long years of service to the faithful....

Moose Lake is going to be changing in the next few years. With the proposal for a new McDonald's on former school district property along Highway 73 near the south entrance/exit of I-35, and the...

The Moose Lake School Board passed a motion unanimously to sell five acres of land on the school district property south of the ALCO store to the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, at a special...

The Willow River LifeSmarts team participated in LifeSmarts Nationals 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. The team placed 11th out of 39 teams, only four questions away from making it to the semi-finals."They...

The Barnum School Board voted to hire a high school principal at the meeting of the board on Tuesday, April 16. Discussion had taken place at last month’s board meeting about whether to hire or not...

The Moose Lake School Board discussed the potential sale of four or five more acres of school district-owned land to a housing developer, at the monthly meeting of the board on Monday, April 15....

Scott Anderson, Director of Technology at Moose Lake Community Schools, presented information about how Facebook is being used to show a video and build a network of comments about the proposed...

Plans continue for organizing a Bike Rodeo at Riverside Arena in Moose Lake on April 27. The members of the Active Living Coalition finalized plans for the rodeo at a meeting on Wednesday, April 3,...

Emails sent to unwary computer users have been causing confusion in the area since January. According to a notice to Beware of email Scams, it stated: “If you should get an email from FedEx saying...

Residents of Pine County have had access to low cost pet care for the past two years. A program was developed, based out of Camp One Heartland of Willow River, after concerns were expressed about redu...

The Barnum School Board approved the resignation, due to retirement, of High School Principal Steve Brandt, and reviewed the process for hiring another principal, at the meeting of the board on...

Moose Lake School District property owners may be able to call to get information about the tax impact on their properties before voting on the bond referendum May 21, Mike Hoheisel of Northland...

A suspected burglar was arrested in Moose Lake recently, Moose Lake Police Chief Bryce Bogenholm reported to the Carlton County TRIAD group at a meeting in Cromwell on March 6. “One of the officers...

The Moose Lake School Board unanimously chose Wold Architects and Engineers of St. Paul as the firm to design a new preK-12 school, at a special meeting of the board on Monday, March 4. Board member...

Following a 12-hour mediation session, the Barnum School Board and representatives of Education Minnesota – Barnum came to an agreement that was satisfactory to both parties, it was announced at...

After urging by elementary teachers Joanne Unzen and Trish Rodysill, the Moose Lake School Board agreed not to eliminate a fifth grade elementary teaching position at the meeting of the board on...

Gretchen Rogers has won her second People’s Choice Award in the Koehler and Dramm Designer of the Year Competition. The competition is sponsored by the wholesale florists that supply Moose Lake Flor...

Moose Lake will be the site of a construction boom in the next few years. Major commercial construction projects will begin in June this year and continue into 2015. Arrowhead Lane, the main artery...

The Moose Lake School Board passed a motion to authorize board Chair Kris Lyons to sign the land sale contract, at a special meeting of the board on Thursday, February 7. The contract will be...

Moose Lake School Superintendent Robert Indihar and three board members traveled to the Capitol in St. Paul on Wednesday, February 6, to meet with legislators and representatives of the...

People interested in providing host homes for young people met with Jennifer E. (she did not want her last name identified), the Youth Host Home Program Coordinator of the Lakes and Pines Community...