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Faith: A tough goodbye

6 days ago | pineandlakes.com | Hans Anderson

When is the last time you had a tough goodbye? Our daughter is graduating from high school and is going away to college. My wife and I are going to be empty nesters. It’s going to be a tough goodbye. The floodgates of tears have already begun as our congregation held a beautiful graduate recognition service. For my wife, tears flowed on the last day of school when we had our last “Christ in our Home” devotional.
Pine River: Alcohol permits available for Pine River festivals

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Travis Grimler

PINE RIVER — Festivals in Pine River may now be eligible to host licensed alcohol vendors thanks to a resolution passed at the Tuesday, June 10, regular city council meeting. The resolution came as a result of a request by organizers of the upcoming Duck Drop Bingo event in Pine River to establish a "social district." The suggested social district was intended to make it possible for local festivals to feature alcohol sales outside of drinking establishments.
Cyrus Swann

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Travis Grimler

After spending a loving fathers day with his much adored children, Cyrus Swann, age 45, passed unexpectedly in his favorite sopt in the backyard of his home, on the river, in Pine River, MN on June 15th 2025. He was born July 2, 1979, in Pine River to Anthony Swann and Clair Lynn McGuigan. He graduated from Pequot Lakes High School in 1998. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts in 2003 from Bemidji State University.
Pages from the Past: June 19, 2025

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Travis Grimler

60 years ago: June 18, 1965 (Headline) KLIZ hikes power to 5,000 watts (Headline) Bathing beach open, new bath house in use 40 years ago: June 20, 1985 (Photo) Rolland "Bill" Gardner, Pine River, was awarded a plaque and belt buckle for "Safe Driver of the Month" for the Duluth Sectional Center. (Headline) Robert Sheppard recognized by Dept. of Defense.
Study aims to find solutions to Eagle View Elementary School traffic woes

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki

PEQUOT LAKES — Following years of issues with traffic entering and exiting County Road 11 at Eagle View Elementary School, a traffic study this fall will attempt to find solutions to ease congestion. The study, organized between Crow Wing County, the Pequot Lakes School District and the cities of Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point, will evaluate internal site circulation for Eagle View, along with traffic and access studies for County State Aid Highway 11 adjacent to the school.
Lake Country Faces: Meat cutter eyes 60 years at Schaefer's Foods

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Nancy Vogt

NISSWA — Jack Hagerty wouldn't change a thing about his long career in the Schaefer's Foods meat department. In fact, his goal is to make it to year 60 at the grocery store that opened in Nisswa in 1964-65. "Next June!" said Hagerty, who is now 82 and started working in the store's meat department in June 1966.
Looking Back: June 18, 2025

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki

50 years ago: June 19, 1975 (Photo) Louis Chalich, sheriff of Cass County, invited area newsmen to the county jail Monday, June 16, to treat them to jail food and let them tour the facility. A law passed at the recent legislative session requires permits to be obtained from the DNR for fishing tournaments. 40 years ago: June 20, 1985 Troy Sergent, Tina Standish, Jason Dale and LeeAnn Langenbau were selected as The Country Echo Spring Athletes of the Year.
When should you dial 911?

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Nancy Vogt

PEQUOT LAKES — This isn't a story about when not to call 911, but rather about when you should dial the emergency number. The frustrating part for us is people not calling 911, or the nonemergency numbers, when they should. Mike Davis, Pequot Lakes police chief You may be surprised. "The frustrating part for us is people not calling 911, or the nonemergency numbers, when they should," Pequot Lakes Police Chief Mike Davis said in a June 12 interview.
Pequot Lakes School Board receives social studies curriculum update

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Tom Fraki

PEQUOT LAKES — With new social studies resources potentially on the horizon, the Pequot Lakes School District's social studies program could take a more unified shape over the coming years. Director of Teaching and Learning Kari Maryn, fifth grade social studies teacher Heidi Knudsen and Pequot Lakes High School Principal Aaron Nelson presented the Pequot Lakes School Board with a report on the district’s social studies curriculum at a special meeting Monday, June 2.
Grim's Tales: OK, so I was wrong

1 week ago | pineandlakes.com | Travis Grimler

I received the correction of a lifetime after my last column about treasure hunting. I compared my own metal detecting to that of detectorists in the New England states . I said, because of the relative lateness of Minnesota's settlement and eventual statehood, it would be very unlikely that I would have the chance to detect many targets from 1858 when the state became official, and if I was immensely lucky, I might find something from the fur trade time period just once in life.