The Isle City Council approved a 10% levy increase for 2021 at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Keeping the shelves stocked
Isle teacher Jen Ernest, alongside school staff Shanessa Gessel, Justin Pawlenty, and Claire Minor, unload hygiene products donated to the school food shelf by the Isle’s community food shelf, just one example of the continued community support the school has received.
Darlene Christensen, Jim Christensen, Sharon Whipple, Pastor James Muske, Sheila Penoyer, and John Koziol.
Break-in in Wahkon
Ken Miller, Wahkon municipal liquor manager, stands beside a whole that thieves put in the wall to break in and rob the store’s stock.
Photo taken from the Dec. 17, 1970 issue of the Messenger.
Lions Melisa Maxwell, Shari Strecker, Dawn Christensen, Nancy Anderson, Judy Halvorson, Susan Haggberg, Doug Halvorson, Deb Walters, Pat Hicks and Bubbles Haggberg. Not pictured: Marlene and Doc Moss.
One of the classes from Isle Elementary that received Christmas gift bags from the Isle Lions.
2020 Nexus-Mille Lacs Leaders in Service Scholarship recipients - Mary Schmitz from Isle High School and Michaela Moore from Onamia High School.
2020 Nexus-Mille Lacs Leaders in Service Scholarship recipients - Mary Schmitz from Isle High School and Michaela Moore from Onamia High School.
School board member Brian Barnett helps provide curbside delivery of a meal at the school.
Janet Halland, Marge Gingery, and Kris Sawyer are all members of Onamia Schools food service staff, working hard to provide meals for students and adults alike.
The Mille Lacs County Board of Commissioners met for a public hearing on the re-allocation of the Local Option Sales Tax fund from strictly roads to road maintenance equipment.
ECE Board Chair Linda Laitala with CFO and VP of Member Services Cheryl Hagfors.
Isle woman, Terry Carlone-Morris, pictured with scarves and the yarn she’s used to make the scarves that she’s been leaving at Teal’s Market in Isle.
They had fun
Even though their season was interrupted several times this fall, first by starting late, then with pandemic followed by a season-ending edict from the Minnesota governor, the Isle High volleyball team, including their four seniors Tommi Spengler, Cece Carlson, Megan VanBuskirk and Isabelle Krawiecki, pictured above, managed to produce two wins among the six matches they played and kept good team morale throughout the tough times.
Mille Lacs snowbirds, Mary Ellen and husband Lloyd Pogatchnik, recorded aces on par three’s since making their way to their winter quarters in Mission, Texas, this fall. Mary Ellen got her very first hole-in-one on Nov. 20 at Howlin Trails Golf Course, in Mission, using a 3-wood on the 126-yard hole. Lloyd mentioned how he and his bride had to provide a lot of “refreshments” for their Texas friends in celebration of Mary’s special event. Two weeks earlier than his wife’s hole-in-one, Lloyd aced a par 3 at the same course, but this one was worth $500 for Lloyd’s pocketbook. Lloyd is a member of the Old Fellow’s Golf League that tee’s it up ever Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer at Izatys Golf Resort.
Let it snow
It was a hearty group of junior high boys who showed up rain, shine (or snow) this fall for Onamia football practice.
Winter ball
The Isle junior high football team took time for their team picture just after Mother Nature dumped six inches of snow on the IHS field this past October. Isle’s varsity team was forced to cancel two of their scheduled home games because of snow this past season.
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