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The public is invited to attend Isanti County Master Gardener 2021 Seminars and Tours. The seminars and tours are free and open to the public. For access to the online Zoom seminars and participation in the on-sight tours, call 763-689-8254. There will be a limited number of participants tha…
For those who haven’t reserved their 2021 Cambridge Community Garden plot, there is still time. However, registrations are going fast – over 80% of the Garden is rented.
The strong, gusty winds the area experienced on Monday and Tuesday, March 29-30 caused a few trees to fall over, including this pine tree located along 11th Avenue SW in Cambridge. The winds actually caused this tree to snap at the base of the thick trunk sometime Monday night. The city quic…
Sports
Many lakes and rivers throughout Minnesota are now ice-free, and those where ice remains likely will be open in the near future. People are understandably eager to hit the water, but it remains dangerously cold. That means it’s vital for people to exercise extreme caution whenever they’re on…
*Mississippi 8 Conference champs *Mississippi 8 Academic champs
Obituaries
Jonathan Clark Swanson, age 58, of Ramsey, MN, died unexpected…
Jack Howard West Sr. passed away at his home in Heber Springs,…
Maurice A. Olson, of Cambridge, died April 5, 2021, at the Vil…
Albert William Hansen passed away of COVID-19, on Dec. 21, 202…
Darrell C. Wistrom, a loving husband, inspiring father and tru…
Opinion
To the editor,
Mitigating the spread of COVID-19 starts with our schools being clean, and NBAPS is fortunate to have an exemplary team of custodians and school keepers who have risen to the occasion and given staff and families confidence in the safety of our facilities.
It was reported in January that an Orlando server likely saved an 11-year-old boy’s life by getting involved. As his family dined, she noticed no food was ordered for the boy and that he had bruises and a large scratch on his forehead. She came back with a note only he could see, “Are you ok…