News
In an unusual election season, County Administrator Julia Lines took an opportunity at the Oct. 7 County Board meeting to inform Isanti County Board about how well the auditor/treasurer’s office is doing with the increased number of absentee ballots.
The Best Western Plus in Isanti has received the Best Western® Hotels & Resorts Director’s Award for yielding outstanding quality standards. The Director’s Award recognizes Best Western hotels scoring in the top 20 percent of more than 2,100 North American properties in quality assuranc…
Cambridge Medical Center (CMC) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment accordi…
Sports
From the coach: I have nominated both Jaxon Jones and Owen Jarvela for athlete of the week. The two of them have been going back and forth as our #1 runner these past four weeks.
Thursday morning, Oct. 1, the eyes of Minnesota High School sports was once again focused intently on the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Board of Directors as they were about to determine the short-term fate of another season. Thousands of student-athletes, coaches and parents he…
From the coach: I am nominating Cierra not only because of the stellar season she has put together that we all see now, but for all the work she put in that no one saw. Her work ethic, confidence, and perseverance are key components to success to anything in life but especially cross-country…
Obituaries
Dean Eloi Rudquist, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday,…
Brett Roger Simonson, 58, of Isanti, Minnesota, died unexpecte…
Delmer Lee Bolen, 92, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, Oct.…
Harold “Pete” Pedersen, 75, of Cambridge, died June 17, 2020, …
Edwin M. Knapper, 78, of Isanti died Sept. 26, 2020, at GraceP…
Opinion
It is no secret that over the past several years, we have become an extremely divided society. Gone are the feelings following 9/11 that we are in fact the United States of America. This division has pitted friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, even family member against family member.
Last week, North Branch Area Public Schools staff confronted circumstances we hoped to avoid. The number of lab confirmed positive results spiked at our Education Center, a spike in cases that we have not seen in any of our other buildings. We shifted to remote learning for PreK-1 students w…