T.A. Lebrun

Jim Sloan, of the CAPP committee, speaks about the possible reopening of the 3rd Ave. SE access to Cross Lake.

The 9th Annual BBQ & Car Show at Pine Technical & Community College had the biggest showing ever last week. A free BBQ lunch was served by Mom’s Parkside Cafe.

Early voting has begun for the Pine City School District referendum. The special election day will take place on August 13 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the regular

Dr. A. Quinn Piper, chief medical examiner of Midwest Medical Examiner, shared death statistics from Pine County recently with the Pine County Board of Commissioners as part of the examiner’s

The Pine City community turned out strong for the Wag More Grooming fundraiser held at 320 Dwellers Brewing. Wag More had a fire which caused fire and smoke damage and the loss of kittens and cats at the business a week earlier.

Over the last year or so, the Pregnancy Resource Center of Pine City has been in flux with a possible move from the Pine Government Center. But the center has now made the move to a new location to the Evergreen Square strip mall at 162 Evergreen Square Southwest and has settled into the newly-remodeled facility.

The tax abatement for the Lakeside student housing project has come up at both the city and county level, just as many projects in the Pine City area. Tax abatements

An Isanti man, Michael Bell, along with his wife Lu, recently experienced a bit of a miracle.

More Than Sprouts, a organic grocer and seller of other natural products, has been in the process of relocating to the larger space at the end of the block where they're currently located in downtown Pine City at 245 5th St SE to 203/205 5th St SE. More Than Sprouts put out an impassioned plea of “Give me liberty or give me death” on Facebook to garner support at the July 18 city council meeting. The request stated the use of the quote was to gather collective voices to remind officials that “we, the people, have the right to lawfully govern our community as we decide.”

The candidate filing periods are now open for both Pine City Council and Pine City School Board. Candidates for these seats may file starting Tuesday, July 30 through Tuesday, August