Dyed silk, minky scarves, hand-made jewelry. Browsing through this eclectic selection of wares marked with Barbara Orstad’s tag at Someday Isl…
The Isle Lions Club is celebrating their 50th year in 2021. The club was signed on January 11, 1971, and the charter night was held on Mar. 13…
It was settled. After watching last year’s Mora Vasaloppet, Gordy Sundberg and 12-year-old Kari decided they would give it a try this year. Th…
Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, is the annual celebration of love and romance. While the fires of that romance are often lit in youth, a special sor…
Tall enough to be the visiting team’s starting center and carrying a large piece of luggage, Dan Gerard lumbered into the Isle High School gym…
20 years ago: 2001
When asked what had inspired him to write a book, Bill Chadwick stated two reasons: “One, I wanted something semi-permanent to leave for my ki…
A short while back, a suggestion was made to the Commercial Club that a skating rink should be provided for the youngster of the community.
20 years ago: 2001
Cogs, valves, pipes, clock faces, and brass: All these items are a telltale signature of the steampunk aesthetic. Coined in the late-1980s, th…
Pam Daiker submitted this photo of ice on Mille Lacs in Cove Bay. Daiker said she was pulling a sled behind her to ice fish with her group. “I…
Natural Selectionby Dick Miller
20 years ago: 2001
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Linda Goldsmith has worked at the Mille Lacs Messenger for 14 years and has retired effective Jan. 8.
Snowmobilers Tom and Tookie Pearson (upper left) along with Renee and Phil Engelmeyer (right) stopped by Mugg’s of Mille Lacs for lunch last w…
(Editor’s Note: The author of this article, Rhonda Sunnarborg, is a student at the College of St Catherine, where she met the subject of her f…
20 years ago: 2001
20 years ago: 2000
The Mille Lacs Area saw a powerful snow storm roll through last week on Wednesday, just in time to provide a white Christmas. Messenger reader…
I know you’re all dying to know what my brother-in-law got me for Christmas.
Did you know that jeans, in order to be real jeans, must be sewed with white thread? My nine-year-old daughter says it’s so – so it must be tr…
20 years ago: 2000
Christmas Day looms just two days away, and, with the month-long build up of December nearly over, one could see that day as the destination f…
As the snow softly blankets the ground on Christmas Eve, listen carefully and you may hear is merry bells. When the family gathers around the …
