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Linwood crash driver, victims, identified
The driver and victims in a fiery fatal crash that occured on July 11 have been identified. The driver of the fleeing vehicle has been identified as 41-year-old Joseph Mario Cady of St. Paul, and was listed in critical condition as of July 12. His passenger, 30-year-old St. Paul resident Jessica Lynn Sellers died of her injuries due to the crash.
Forest Lake ‘22 grads share best moments, advice
The 2021-22 high school sports year is one for the record books for Forest Lake Area High School. Among the highlights this past year was the softball team winning its first state softball title in school history. Six athletes of the class of 2022 provided the Forest Lake Times with...
Masquers to welcome guests to ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ its postponed musical of 2020
Director aims to offer new perspective After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Masquers Theatre will finally get the chance to tell a tale as old as time and invite the community to be its guest with its long-awaited large ensemble production of “Beauty and the Beast.” The musical was supposed to be the summer musical in 2020, but the pandemic required the theater company to postpone the show until this weekend. ...
General election races begin to take shape
The redrawing of district lines has caused some shake-ups of the candidates. Two long-time legislators in the area have decided not to run again. Rep. Bob Dettmer (R-HD 39A), announced he wouldn't seek re-election in February. Dettmer, who will complete 16 years in the legislature, plans to retire to Florida. Sen. Michelle Benson (R-SD 31) made a run for the republican nomination for the gubernatorial race. Benson, who served 12 years in the legislature, withdrew from the race in April and announced she wouldn't seek re-election. They will complete their terms until the swearing in of the next elected officials. ...
New districts shake up candidate filings
The redrawing of district lines has caused some shakeups with candidates. Michael Kreun of Blaine will take the Republican side of the ticket to face off with Forest Lake school board member Kate Luthner for state senator for District 32, which includes Columbus. Forest Lake council member Hanna Valento will...
Forest Lake’s Matt Wallner invited to 2022 MLB All-Star Futures Game
Former Forest Lake Area High School baseball star Matt Wallner has been invited to the annual MLB All-Star Futures Game that will take place on Saturday, July 16, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. "It’s a great honor and [I'm] certainly looking forward to the experience and opportunity," Wallner...
Fiery head-on crash kills one, critically injures another
A fiery head-on crash in Linwood has killed a passenger and critically injured the driver of a stolen car suspected of being involved with a shoplifting incident in North Branch earlier today. At 10:48 a.m., an employee at Cartfull in North Branch called about a shoplifting incident. The employee was...
Election season gears up with primaries
State districts see shakeup, county seat battles back The midterm election season underway, and state races have had a big shake-up with redistricting after the 2020 census. Primary voting has begun, with early or vote-by-mail voting available now through August 8. Primary election day is Tuesday, Aug. 9. The Forest Lake Times will have continuing election 2022 coverage. Check back in the Thursday, July 28 issue for a voter's guide...
Brewers start hitting, face tough July lineup
The Forest Lake Brewers turned a corner after a strong week that featured a tight 6-5 loss against Champlin Park on Tuesday, June 28 and a dominant 10-3 victory against Centennial on Thursday, June 30. It was exactly the type of week the Brewers needed after losing five of their previous seven games. Forest Lake played a solid game against first place Champlin Park despite being unable to close the game out with a win. A late offensive surge in the sixth and seventh inning...
Columbus juggles three moratoriums
Within the past eight months, the Columbus City Council has approved three 12-month moratoriums, effectively pausing accepting new applications on residential zone businesses, commercial kennels and a commercial businesses in a district on Lake Drive. During the meeting on December 29, when a moratorium on commercial kennels went into place, council member Sue Wagamon expressed concern about whether or not adding another moratorium to city staff’s workload would impact the city’s ability to complete them during their time frames. ...
I-35 Lane closures scheduled for weekend around Forest Lake
Motorists will encounter lane closures this weekend on Interstate 35/35E/35W in Forest Lake starting on July 8 as part of a concrete repair project. Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, July 8, northbound I-35E and northbound I-35W will be reduced to a single lane just south of the I-35E/I-35W split. Also,...
Brewers get back in the game with win
Team also suffers shutout against Cold Spring The Forest Lake Brewers have had an up-and-down season so far that’s been more down as of late (2-4, 8-8), but they got a tally back in the win column with a 5-1 win against the Centennial Cougars in a league game on Thursday, June 23, before suffering a 12-0 shutout loss against the Cold Spring Springers on Saturday, June 25. It was...
Gertens plans for old Houle elevator comes together
Remodel of historic building will include salvaged lumber The Forest Lake planning commission approved a first phase of Gertens Lawn and Garden’s remodel of the Houle Feed Mill at its Wednesday, June 22 meeting. Gertens purchased the business and location in July of 2020, which will be renamed Spike’s & Houle’s Feed Mill. The project will take place in two phases: the first is to refurbish and update the existing structure. The second phase, which is expected to include a new garden center on the...
New EMS dog offers emotional support to first responders
Being an EMT can be emotionally draining. Workers can come away feeling a mix of emotions with every life saved, a life lost, or even an unknown outcome as they pass patients off to doctors teams. In order to help with the moral of EMTs at M Health Fairview’s EMS facility. the operations team at Forest Lake M Health Fairview’s EMS facility in Forest Lake is getting a bonus member: an almost 3-year-old yellow labrador named Clayton. “They’ll badge in, he hears the door open...
Jerry Peltier named parade’s grand marshal
Jerry Peltier can still remember the first time he was in the Forest Lake Fourth of July parade. It was 1952, and he and his cousin were asked by Earl Spry, a local Buick dealership owner, to drive a car for the parade. He was 14 and had no driver’s license, but the dealership owner entrusted him with the task. Since then, he’s said, he’s been in or viewed countless Fourth of July parades in Forest Lake since childhood. This year, he and Darlene, his...
Film production closes down Marine General Store (again)
The historic Marine General Store in Marine on St. Croix was closed Wednesday morning to make room for a film production company to shoot scenes for a forthcoming film. The movie stars the actor Joe Keery, who plays the character Steve Harrington on the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” Keery has been shooting scenes for the film at locations in Minnesota over the past week, including. ...
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