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Poll Question

Which Forest Lake winter event did you enjoy most?
 
Brr...Fun at the Winter Plunge (click for video)

022510 plunge.jpg By all accounts, the Rotary Club’s first-ever “Gettin’ Cold for a Cause” Winter Plunge was a bone-chilling hit. A big crowd turned out on the ice off Lakeside Memorial Park Saturday to watch about 325 brave souls representing 37 groups plunge into the frigid waters. In all, the non-profits raised over $85,000. Organizers are already committing to making the plunge an annual event.
Voted best costume prizes were: Cindy Mattson (female category), Chance Norby (male) and the Lino Laptop Lunatics (group).

Here, Northwoods Humane Society workers Joy Whinnery, Charlotte Ihrke and Brenda Zelinka play the role of frog, zebra and flamingo.
(Photo by Clint Riese)

Click here for a slideshow from the plunge.
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Chisago County commissioners reject power plant
On a 3-2 vote the Chisago County Commissioners, Wednesday night, Feb. 17, agreed not to enter into a Development Agreement, Host Fee Agreement and Host Fee Allocation Agreement with Sunrise Energy, LLC for construction of a 780 megawatt electric-generating power plant in Lent Township. The motion to approve was made by Commissioner George McMahon with a second by Commissioner Ben Montzka. The roll call vote was McMahon and Montzka for, Commissioner Lora Walker, Commission Rick Greene and Commissioner Mike Robinson against.
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Happy ending for rare wolf

022510 wolf.jpgThe scene might as well have been from a Hollywood hit. The rare wolf on the loose led a mob of police officers, animal caretakers and volunteers on a wild chase through backyards and across major thoroughfares. A news station helicopter swirled overhead as the exhausted animal was finally netted, tranquilized and sent back to her sisters in captivity.

The three-year-old Mexican gray wolf that was on the run for about 80 hours, right, seemed right at home with one of her sisters at the Wildlife Science Center last Friday.
(Photo by Clint Riese)

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FLAAA will take care of Fenway Athletic Park
It might be an overstatement to say the Forest Lake Area Athletic Association (FLAAA) was victorious in inking a management agreement to care for the community’s newest sports fields. FLAAA requested a four-year contract, but got half that length when the Forest Lake City Council unanimously approved the agreement during its  meeting on Monday.
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Hunt ends with Medallion discovery
The Forest Lake Area Chamber of Commerce/City of Forest Lake Medallion Hunt is officially over. The medallion was found on Friday by Cindy and Bill Moore who found the shiny treasure at Bayview Park.

 
Vandals release 3 wolves from Wildlife Science Center

21610wolf.jpgVandals made their way inside the Wildlife Science Center animal compound Sunday night, pried open a wolf enclosure and set loose three rare Mexican gray wolves.

By Monday night, two of three female sisters had been recaptured. The third wolf has not been caught but has been seen in the area of Coon Lake to the west of the WSC in Columbus.


This rare female Mexican gray wolf from the Wildlife Science Center in Columbus was still on the loose near Coon Lake on Tuesday. (Wildlife Science Center Photo)

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A flurry of winter fun coming to FL

21710medallion.jpgMost of us are waiting out the season for warmer temps, and since it will be some time before we officially unthaw, there are a lot of activities slated in Forest Lake over the next few weeks that are sure to get you enjoying the outdoors.

The search for the hidden Forest Lake Area Chamber of Commerce medallion, right, will begin this weekend and is just one of several winter activities that will take place in Forest Lake this month. 

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School considers joining integration district
Is now the time for Forest Lake Area Schools to join East Metro Integration District 6067?

For the second time in the past three years, EMID officials have come calling in Forest Lake with an invitation for ISD 831 to partner with the east side metro districts that form the current 10-school collaborative.
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