Articles from the April 18, 2013 edition
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Winter drags on ... and on
The scene in Moose Lake late last week looks more like mid-winter than three weeks into the spring season. With inches of wet, heavy snow falling across the region for days on end in mid-April,...
With spring snow, county asks for patience
The following is a press release from Carlton County Engineer Mike Tardy regarding the challenges county snow removal teams face with late season snowfall. "Though mid-April snow events like we've exp...
Flood relief coming soon to Pine County
Flood relief will soon be coming to Pine County residents from damage inflicted on their homes in July 2012. Tuesday, the Pine County Board of Commissioners approved a payment of $2.25 million to help those people who had homes damaged by the...
Moose Lake School Board considers proposal for land sale for housing
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....
Carlton County mulls strategic planning, building needs
Carlton County Commissioner Gary Peterson continued to press the board for a strategic planning session using a trained facilitator from the Minnesota Association of Counties. Tentatively June 4 was chosen. The Carlton County Committee of the Whole m...
Flood damaged properties to be repaired
The Moose Lake City Council met on Wednesday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. As a result of the flooding of last June, Carlton County has included new language in their...
Community Connection Fair April 25
Mercy Hospital and Moose Lake School's AGE to age Program are partnering to bring together a potpourri of local services, organizations and businesses at the Community Connection Health & Wellness Fair. This free event for community members of all ag...
Willow River LifeSmarts to compete in Atlanta
Willow River LifeSmarts members Hayley Johnson, Jacob Nikko, Adam Daoust, Aryn Jacobson and Summer Behrman were presented at the April 9 Willow River school board meeting. Willow River’s LifeSmarts...
Barnum names new NHS members
The Barnum High School John O. Calverley Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) is pleased to announce the induction of the following students to its membership on April 8: Alexis Kettelhut,...
Rebel football captain to play in All Star game
The 89 players who will participate in the 40th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game have been announced by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association. The 2013 All-Star Football Game will be held on Saturday, June 29 at Husky Stadium...
Rebels, Bombers fare well at UWS indoor meet
Several Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels and Barnum Bombers fared well at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) indoor track and field meet on Saturday, April 6. At press time, there were no...
Tour school, learn about election
It seems like all I have been doing lately is talking about the school bond election that is coming up on May 21. However, what I have found is that people still do not know about our attempts to build a new school building. I want to invite the...
The reign of Sugar, the Siamese cat
Saturday marked the end of a 42-year reign of Siamese cats in our household, although we never did own one. Early on, we learned that Siamese do not have owners; they have staff. Similar to the long...
The Evergreen classifieds
AUTOMOBILES 1997 Geo Metro, needs little work, $1,800 firm. (218) 372-3728 1/17/pd For Sale: 1996 Chevrolet Blazer, 186,000 miles, 4 wheel drive, $1,500. Evenings, (218) 372-4093. 1/17/pd $180 or more for most junk cars/trucks. Free pickup 7...