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In what very well may be the most unusual election season in history, the Isanti County Auditor-Treasurer’s office has been busy trying to overcome numerous potential issues with both the Aug. 11 primary and Nov. 3 general election caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Face coverings will be mandatory for anyone in a court facility, including judges and staff, beginning July 13, 2020, according to an order issued today by Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea. The order requires that people wear their own face coverings when they will be do…
Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College are prepared for a safe return to fall semester – starting Aug. 24 – and ready to provide students access to hundreds of high-quality, college courses and programs. In addition, tuition at both schools is frozen for fall semester to …
Sports
North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) is pleased to announce the hire of Andrea Schmidt for the position of Activities Director. Schmidt will replace Matt Lattimore, who accepted the role of North Branch Area Middle School Assistant Principal for the 2020-21 school year.
North Branch Area Public Schools is excited to announce that Mikayla Johnson has been named head gymnastics coach for North Branch Area Public Schools. Johnson is a 2016 graduate of North Branch Area High School and a multi-sport athlete in high school; competing in both gymnastics and track…
Isanti Redbird Wyatt Soderquist slides safely into third ahead of a tag by the Andover third baseman. Despite the Eastern Minny League still in the process of putting together an abbreviated schedule, the Redbirds are managing to play a few “exhibition” games with other teams willing and abl…
Obituaries
Doris Eleanor Eastlund, 97 passed away July 4, 2020, in North …
Wendy June Zabel (Wakeman) Balzer, 71, passed away on June 12, 2020.
Therese Louise Meyenburg (Kuehn), 65, of Athens Township, pass…
Robin Elizabeth Oleen, 49, died June 28, 2020, from complicati…
Jennifer (Jenny) Louise Schlenker, 53, of Cambridge, passed aw…
Opinion
To the editor,
Of all the heated debates going on both locally and around the nation nowadays (and there are plenty of them), the one I’m possibly the most perplexed about is the wearing of face masks in public.
To the editor,