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By Brenda Erdahl It’s finally here! The 48th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration! The fun kicks off in Maple Lake on Saturday, March 15 with a craft sale at Maple Lake Elementary School from 9 […]

By Brenda Erdahl The Maple Lake City Council wants to attract new businesses, encourage entrepreneurship, support existing businesses and grow the city, and they are looking at hiring an EDA consultant to help them do […]

By Brenda Erdahl Maple Lake Elementary School celebrated its 20th year of the popular Battle of the Books last week. Every fall, students in grades two through six have the opportunity to sign up for […]

y Brenda Erdahl With less than two weeks before the much-anticipated St. Patrick’s Day Festival here in Maple Lake, it’s time to announce this year’s Grand Marshal. The Grand Marshal is presented each year to […]

By Brenda Erdahl Tricia Manuel can remember exactly where she was, down to the chair she was sitting on when her dad told her, “This is your community, you need to go and be a […]

By Ryan Bergeron Advocate Managing Editor Three Lightning wrestlers walked into the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and two walked out with state medals after getting their hand raised one final time this season, […]

By Ryan Bergeron Advocate Managing Editor A couple of days filled with ups and downs have given two Lightning wrestlers, already very familiar with the state arena, another opportunity at the big show. For a […]

By Brenda Erdahl Maple Lake’s already unique downtown has been a little more interesting since the opening of the 1918 Barbershop last summer.  Men come from near and far to get a haircut from owner […]

By Brenda Erdahl The story of the building at 207 Division Street East – most recently the Maple Lake Recovery Center – has come full circle with its recent sale to St. Timothy Parish. The […]

By Brenda Erdahl Although only a toddler at two-years old, the Bolts cheer team, made up of athletes from Maple Lake, Dassel-Cokato and Annandale have qualified for the most prestigious of events – the national […]