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Forest Lake Rangers softball enter state with a unique 1-2 punch in the circle
Pitching duo named to Star Tribune’s All-Metro Second Team Sean Hall, the head coach of the reigning state champion Forest Lake Rangers softball team, believes his team has a competitive advantage in the Class AAAA State Tournament. That edge is the Rangers’ pitching aces in the circle in junior Hannah Tong and freshman Avery Muellner. “They’re like the top pitchers in the state,” senior center fielder Cierra Moore said. ...
Forest Lake Rangers girls lacrosse topples Cardinals before season-ending loss to Chisago
Five Rangers score first varsity goal against Coon Rapids in dominant win The Forest Lake Rangers girls lacrosse team came hungry for goals in the first round of the Section 7A Tournament against Coon Rapids, scoring two goals in the first 64 seconds and five goals in the first 11 minutes of the game. Leading goal scorer and senior Emma Halweg and a few teammates watched game film of Champlin...
Forest Lake Rangers girls golf places second behind Maple Grove again
Sophomore Bella Leonhart advances to state for third time The Forest Lake Rangers girls golf team took home silver in the Section 5AAA Tournament on Tuesday and Thursday, May 30 and June 1 at The Links at Northfork Golf Course. Falling behind Maple Grove for second place this year is identical to the results from a year ago June, landing them right where coach Andrea Brischke expected. ...
Forest Lake Rangers softball returns to state to defend title
The Rangers have a familiar face returning to the outfield at state Senior center fielder Cierra Moore will be in the Forest Lake Rangers softball team’s lineup when the team faces Shakopee in the quarterfinals of the Minnesota Class AAAA State Tournament at Caswell Park in Mankato on Thursday, June 8. When she steps on the field, it will have been 722 days – June 16, 2021, in the state...
State funding places Scandia’s new heritage center on fast track
The Scandia Heritage Alliance is nearing its final step toward the building of a new heritage center surrounding an old water tower barn that will be rebuilt and updated for community use purposes after receiving $2.2 million in state funding. The grant dollars come after the history preservation nonprofit’s first attempt at funding the project. “We are ecstatic to have this funding already,” said Scandia Heritage Alliance co-founder Susan Rodsjo. ...
Forest Lake Rangers softball returns to state with goal of two-peat
COON RAPIDS — The Forest Lake Rangers softball team defeated Andover 8-0 in the Section 7AAAA Championship at Aspen Park on Thursday, June 1 to earn a berth to the state tournament, which will take place at Caswell Park in Mankato on Thursday and Friday, June 8-9. The Rangers are returning to the state tournament for a fifth consecutive season after winning the Class AAAA State Championship last year, the first time in the school's history. ...
Chisago County commissioners challenge ‘Clawbacks’ by federal government
The claws have been out at the last two meetings of the Chisago County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners are worried about talks involving “clawbacks” by the federal government of funding that has been earmarked for Chisago County. “Clawbacks” are a situation in which the government takes back money that it has already paid. In April, the U.S. Senate voted on an amendment that would claw back American Rescue Plan Act funds as well as Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and the amendment failed by a...
Forest Lake synchro takes bronze at state
Several swimmers and routines place in the top three The Forest Lake synchronized swimming team took home the bronze out of 12 schools in the state meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center on Thursday and Friday, May 25-26, finishing behind only Stillwater and Wayzata. (The team also earned a Silver Academic Award.) The third-place finish ended the school’s 30th year, a season where head coach Laura Davison saw...
Sports Briefs: Forest Lake Rangers softball one win away from state & more
The reigning state champion Forest Lake Rangers softball team, which is one win away from returning to the state tournament, won twice at the Wheeler Athletic Complex in Duluth on Saturday, May 27 to open up the Section 7AAAA Tournament. After a bye in the opening round, the Rangers defeated Anoka 10-2 and Andover 7-0 to reserve their spot in the section championship, which will be held at Aspen Park in Coon Rapids on Thursday, June 1 against the winner of the loser’s bracket. ...
Fire and accident cause busy evening for Forest Lake first responders
Forest Lake first responders had a busy evening on Monday, May 22 when they responded to two serious calls within an hour of each other. Firefighters first responded to a detatched garage fire at 7:06 p.m. at the 4800 block of 210th Street North. The garage was fully engulfed by the time firefighters responded, and was deemed a total loss after the fire was cleared. The fire drew mutual aid...
School board votes against policy formalizing how it already operates
Proponents saw it as a way to solidify procedures; opponents saw it as weighing down a structure already working A policy that would formally solidify how the Forest Lake Area School Board functions at its meetings failed to be approved after a 2-5 split vote during the Thursday, May 4, meeting. The school board unofficially operates under what is known as Robert’s Rules of Order, typical for most municipal-level meetings,...
Legion extends Fourth carnival to six days
The Forest Lake American Legion, which plans and hosts the city’s Fourth of July celebration, will extend its carnival to six days instead of its planned five-day event. The request, which made its way in front of the City Council during its Monday, May 22, meeting, indicated the carnival would begin on Thursday, June 29, and run through Tuesday, July 4, though the Legion offered no specific reasoning for the request to the city. The council’s opinion on allowing the extension of the carnival was...
Wyoming halts public safety building project again
State funding comes with regulations about building efficiencies After interest in reviving the project during a special meeting earlier this month, the Wyoming City Council opted not to go out for bids on a new more cost-friendly design for its public safety building. The project, which has been pursued since prior to the pandemic by former police chief Paul Hoppe, had previously been placed on hold after a January council...
Forest Lake now claims a ‘hall of famer’ in White Castle fan
Chris Henry flown out to Ohio to be inducted into Craver’s Hall of Fame A Forest Lake woman added “hall of famer” to her record this year – for being a White Castle fan. Chris Henry received the distinction of joining the fast food chain’s Craver’s Hall of Fame after writing an essay that talked about her love of White Castle since childhood trips to the restaurant with her mom, and discovering its affordability in her young adulthood. ...
Sports Briefs: Forest Lake boys tennis advances to second round, girls golf takes second in SEC & more
The No. 6 Forest Lake Rangers boys tennis team won 7-0 over No. 11 Duluth Denfeld at home on Friday, May 19. The win has them advancing to the second round of the 7AA Section Tournament, where the Rangers faced No. 3 Cambridge-Isanti on Tuesday, May 23, after press time. The doubles duo of junior Frank Kerkow and sophomore Malachi McKinnon won twice to advance to the final four on the individual side. The duo plays again on Thursday, May 25. ...
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