A Forest Lake man suffered serious injuries early Wednesday when he was trampled by a cow that became enraged when farm workers attempt to separate the cow from a recently born calf. Forest Lake police and medical personnel were called to 10066 N. 180th St. shortly after 7 a.m. where they found Mario Lopez, 42, injured. Lopez was attempting to separate the cow and calf when the cow became enraged and pinned Lopez to a fence causing serious injuries, police said.

Lopez was transported by North Air Care to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale with a possible broken back, police said. Lopez was pulled from the barnyard by a second farm worker who was on the scene, police said. The small farm is located east of US-61 in Forest Lake on the city's southern border with Hugo. 

Dennis Hegberg is a Republican, but a Republican who could support a quarter-cent sales tax in Washington County to support transit needs.

Hegberg is now starting to know how the six Republicans in the Minnesota House felt after they voted to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of the transportation funding bill this winter. It was the bill that set in motion a plan that asks each of the seven metro area counties to approve or reject the .25 percent sales tax and an increase in the vehicle excise tax.

Dennis Hegberg, the Washington County commissioner from Forest Lake, is feeling the heat over  his possible support of the county sales tax option to raise funds to support transit programs. 

Easter came early on the calendar in 2008 and the snow came late, creating a situation where the Easter bonnets were turned in for snowsuits. It didn’t matter much in Wyoming, however, as hundreds of kids turned out for the joint city of Wyoming and Wyoming Township egg hunt. Kids still had a good time wading into the snow to find eggs filled with prizes and other goodies.

(Photo by Cliff Buchan)

If the first day of testimony is any indication, the administrative hearings to consider various claims of annexation of Wyoming Township by Chisago City, Stacy and Wyoming will take some time.  Teams of attorneys represented each of the three cities; Chisago City, Stacy and the city of Wyoming and Wyoming Township.

Administrative Law Judge Steven Mihalchick heard testimony from Chisago City Mayor Don Taylor and John Pechman, city administrator on Monday.

Wyoming Town Board Chair Roger Elmore, far left, listens to testimony by Chisago City Mayor Don Taylor on Monday as Wyoming Mayor Sheldon Anderson, center, takes notes.

(Photo By Cliff Buchan) 

Sharewood Forest Community Playground, a facility built from the minds and dreams of children in Forest Lake, could soon be no more.

The ISD 831 School Board tonight (Thursday) is expected to review a proposal to remove the 17-year-old playground on SW 4th St. between Forest View and Forest Lake elementary schools and replace it with a new facility donated in part by Xccent Recreation, Osceola, WI.