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Maple Lake is home to professional hockey player
By Brenda Erdahl It wouldn’t be presumptuous to expect a hockey player with Stephanie Anderson’s talent to have held childhood dreams of becoming the next Wayne Gretzky, had she been a boy. But as a [...] -
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Irish speech team sends five to state
By Brenda Erdahl The Maple Lake High School Speech team broke some records on their way to sending five competitors to the State Tournament this spring. For starters, never before in the program’s history has [...] -
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Burn ban does not spark protest
By Katie Friedman Correspondent At a workshop and special meeting of the Maple Lake City Council Tuesday, April 6, Mayor Todd Borell addressed controversies and misinformation surrounding last month’s implementation of a revised open burning [...] -
News
Irish athletes are glad to be back after a year without
By Brenda Erdahl Spring sports resumed last week for Maple Lake High School athletes more than a year after being sidelined by COVID-19. Softball, track and field and golf will compete next week for the [...]
News

Maple Lake is home to professional hockey player
By Brenda Erdahl It wouldn’t be presumptuous to expect a hockey player with Stephanie Anderson’s talent to have held childhood dreams of becoming the next Wayne Gretzky, had she been a boy. But as a […]

Irish speech team sends five to state
By Brenda Erdahl The Maple Lake High School Speech team broke some records on their way to sending five competitors to the State Tournament this spring. For starters, never before in the program’s history has […]

County road projects will be active in Minnesota’s ‘other season’
By Wright County There’s a running joke among Minnesotans that we have two seasons – winter and road construction. With winter behind us (hopefully), the other season is about to kick in and in Wright […]

Irish athletes are glad to be back after a year without
By Brenda Erdahl Spring sports resumed last week for Maple Lake High School athletes more than a year after being sidelined by COVID-19. Softball, track and field and golf will compete next week for the […]

Understanding severe weather can save lives
Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 12-16 By Brenda Erdahl Temperatures in the 70s Easter Weekend had many people outdoors enjoying the warm weather, but with warm weather comes the possibility of severe storms. Historically […]

Royalty program raises money for float make-over
Fundraiser is April 15 at Monticello Pizza Ranch By Brenda Erdahl It’s been a few weeks now since the new Maple Lake Royalty were crowned, and with coronation over, the ladies are setting their sights […]
Sports

Basketball players take home awards
The Maple Lake boys’ basketball team celebrated the conclusion of its season at an awards ceremony, Monday, April 5 at the Maple Lake Bowling Alley. Several athletes took home hardware. Earning First Team All-Conference was […]

Celebrating 125 years of sports
Wrestling entered the Maple Lake High School athletic picture for the first time in 1964. According to an old Messenger article, it drew 21 prospective “grunt and groan” athletes for a 13-meet schedule that included […]

Weather delays start of season
The recent string of wet, cold weather has postponed the start of the season for Maple Lake sports. The Irish baseball team was set to kickoff competition on Friday, April 9 at Pierz, but the […]

Irish athletes are glad to be back after a year without
By Brenda Erdahl Spring sports resumed last week for Maple Lake High School athletes more than a year after being sidelined by COVID-19. Softball, track and field and golf will compete next week for the […]

Joe Hofman assumes head coach
By Brenda Erdahl Joe Hofman is the new head coach of the Maple Lake High School baseball program. He inherited the position from Brooks Marquardt who retired in 2020 after six years as the Irish […]

Celebrating 125 years of sports
In this look back through time, the 1959 Lakers baseball team was in the Regional Competition facing Rogers when their ace hurler Larry Bertilson was felled in the third inning by a pitched ball. Pictured […]
Obituaries

Robert F. Beck, Buffalo
Robert F. Beck, age 85, of Buffalo, died Monday, March 29, 2021 in Minneapolis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at St. Timothy Catholic Church, Maple Lake with […]

Jeannine L. Roth, Maple Lake
Jeannine L. Roth Maple Lake Jeannine L. Roth passed away January 29th, 2021. She was born in St. Paul and lived in Maple Lake. She used to work at Maple Lake schools in the cafeteria […]

James H. Bruns, Maple Lake
James H. Bruns, age 94, of Maple Lake died Friday, March 26, 2021 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at St. Timothy Catholic […]
School

Irish speech team sends five to state
By Brenda Erdahl The Maple Lake High School Speech team broke some records on their way to sending five competitors to the State Tournament this spring. For starters, never before in the program’s history has […]

St. Timothy fifth graders participate in DARE graduation
St. Timothy fifth graders celebrated their completion of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program earlier this spring with a graduation ceremony that included prizes, speeches, and a visit from Wright County Deputy Dan Cotton […]

Maple Lake speech team is conference champion
Contributed report For the first time since 1980, the Maple Lake speech team was crowned conference champion. The meet was held online on Tuesday, March 16. Maple Lake had all team members who competed earn […]
Church Schedules

Church Schedules – April 14, 2021
ANNANDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 250 Oak Ave. N., Box 329, Annandale Ph.: 320-274-5127 http://www.annandaleumc.org/ Pastor: Paul Baker SUN: 8:30a.m. Worship Service; 9:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship Visit website for more info ALBION EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 11480 […]

Church Schedules – April 7, 2021
ANNANDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 250 Oak Ave. N., Box 329, Annandale Ph.: 320-274-5127 http://www.annandaleumc.org/ Pastor: Paul Baker SUN: 8:30a.m. Worship Service; 9:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship Visit website for more info ALBION EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 11480 […]

Church Schedules – March 31, 2021
ANNANDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 250 Oak Ave. N., Box 329, Annandale Ph.: 320-274-5127 http://www.annandaleumc.org/ Pastor: Paul Baker SUN: 8:30a.m. Worship Service; 9:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship Visit website for more info ALBION EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 11480 […]
Community

Maple Lake is home to professional hockey player
By Brenda Erdahl It wouldn’t be presumptuous to expect a hockey player with Stephanie Anderson’s talent to have held childhood dreams of becoming the next Wayne Gretzky, had she been a boy. But as a […]

Understanding severe weather can save lives
Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 12-16 By Brenda Erdahl Temperatures in the 70s Easter Weekend had many people outdoors enjoying the warm weather, but with warm weather comes the possibility of severe storms. Historically […]

Royalty program raises money for float make-over
Fundraiser is April 15 at Monticello Pizza Ranch By Brenda Erdahl It’s been a few weeks now since the new Maple Lake Royalty were crowned, and with coronation over, the ladies are setting their sights […]