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Lake Country Lure – February 2022
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Month: January 2022
Top Story
Geyen is mayor, council is complete
By Katie Friedman Correspondent: As of Tuesday, January 18, the Maple Lake City Council is whole again, with four council members and a mayor officially sworn in and seated. In the wake of an open, […]
Top Story
Button design and artists wanted
By Brenda Erdahl: Maple Lake’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will be back full force on Saturday, March 12 and with it comes the need for someone to design the St. Patrick’s Day button. The […]
Top Story
County offers transparency to election process
By Brenda Erdahl: The election process in the United States is under a great deal of scrutiny these days which is why Wright County Commissioners are doing what they can to put integrity and transparency […]
News
State unemployment rate clicks down to 3.1%, lowest level since 2019
Contributed report; The state unemployment rate moved down two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.1%, due to people moving from unemployment to employment, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and […]
Community
Name a snowplow contest
Contributed report; Voting is now open for the 2022 “Name a Snowplow” contest, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today. After receiving nearly 11,000 creative name submissions in December, MnDOT staff and leadership reviewed the […]
Obituaries
Carmen (Mooney) Prine, St. Michael
Carmen (Mooney) Prine of St. Michael passed from this life to the next on January 8th after a 4 1/2 year cancer journey. Carmen’s quick smile, generous hospitality, and devotion to her family have marked […]
Obituaries
Joyce Mary Uecker (Goerke), Formerly of Maple Lake
Joyce Mary Uecker (Goerke), loving wife, mother, sister, and “Nana,” went home to be with Jesus and her Lynn on January 22, 2022. Joyce was born the daughter of Arthur and Alice (Marohn) Goerke on […]
School
Students artwork to decorate school library
First through sixth grade students at Maple Lake Elementary School had the opportunity to show off their artistic talents by entering a contest to have their artwork put on ceiling tiles in the Elementary Library. […]
Sports
Boys struggle to compete in Pine City
By Brenda Erdahl Sports editor: The Irish boys got down early in both of the games they played last week, and turnovers continued to haunt them. The Maple Lake team kicked off the week on […]