For the past three years, the City of Forest Lake, the Comfort Lake – Forest Lake (CLFLWD) and Rice Creek (RCWD) watershed districts, and 14 other local units of government have collaborated on an educational program aimed at protecting and improving area lakes, streams and rivers.

In the final meeting before the fate of the municipal campus proposal will be decided, the Forest Lake City Council and Economic Development Authority this Monday heard updated figures relating to a bond issuance that would provide $21 million in funding.

As this edition hits newsstands, the deciding vote on the $21 million municipal campus proposal will stand just five days away.

Monday’s City Council meeting featured many highly debated subjects, but perhaps the most contentious of all came last.

Forest Lake’s annual tree lighting will be Sunday, Nov. 25 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Lakeside Park in downtown …

City officials are looking for input through a performance measurement survey designed to measure citizen satisfaction with various city services. …

A potentially major recreational facility project is slowly growing its way onto the city’s radar.

Forest Lake’s network of outdoor warning sirens will be complete come spring thanks to a significant federal grant.

Local races have been set for the Tuesday, Nov. 6 general election. The 14-day filing period for local office ended this Tuesday.

Forest Lake School District 831 and the city of Forest Lake have agreed in principle to a two-year funding plan for police liaison officers that will cost $408,030.