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Downtown Maple Lake is ready for the holidays with the addition of a lit Christmas Tree on the empty lot at the corner of Birch Avenue and Division Street. The Maple Lake Chamber of Commerce […]

By Brenda Erdahl Meet Santa Claus and his reindeer on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9:30 a.m. until noon at Christmas in Maple Lake in downtown Maple Lake. This will be the 19th year the annual […]

By Brenda Erdahl The annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, hosted by the Annandale-Maple Lake High School Wrestling Team was a huge success once again. The event drew 125 runners plus approximately 45 wrestlers early Thursday […]

By Brenda Erdahl One of 12 children growing up in rural Maple Lake in the 1960s, Elaine (Ottenstoer) Wiegand learned at a young age the value of hard work. She held her first job at […]

Contributed report Local Boy Scout Steven Borgert is one step closer to attaining Scouting’s highest rank – Eagle Scout. Borgert recently completed his Eagle Scout project that completely renovated three outdoor classrooms at Pinewood Elementary […]

By Brenda Erdahl There is a lot happening in and around our little community this holiday season including a multitude of fun events that the entire family can enjoy. Inside this edition of the Messenger, […]

By Brenda Erdahl Talks of a four-day school week have been put on the back burner after a well-attended listening session indicated people wanted more hard data before giving their stamp of approval. It was […]

By Brenda Erdahl Thirty-four years ago, co-coordinator of the Centennial Playground project Theresa Andrus predicted, “The next playground Maple Lake builds will be by our grandchildren.” Now that time has come. On Monday, Nov. 11 […]

The Maple Lake Drama Department performed three shows last weekend of “They Promised Her the Moon” by Laurel Ollstein. “The students did a fantastic job and as their director, I’m very proud of all of […]

Maple Lake honored its veterans on Monday, Nov. 11 at a Veterans Day Program in the high school auditorium. High schoolers and elementary students were treated to two separate events and members of the community […]