Regional Happenings
WYOMING Advice for your device This one time session from 7 to 8 p.m. July 30 at the Wyoming Library will show users how to download library eBooks and eAudiobooks on a smartphone, tablet, or eReader....
View ArticleFL man charged with assault
A Forest Lake 21-year-old has been charged with second-degree assault and felony domestic assault after he allegedly attacked a female family member earlier this month. Andrew Mark Murschel was charged...
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Cherrywood Pointe to open
Photos by Ryan HowardCherrywood Pointe, the 96-unit, 145,000-square-foot senior living community on Broadway Avenue, opens its doors Aug. 3. Cherrywood Pointe, the senior community housing that was...
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Downtown improvement put to locals
Photo by Jason DeMoeThe revitalization of Forest Lake’s downtown was the subject of a special city meeting July 21 at Vanelli’s by the Lake. If a strong housing component is the spark needed for...
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The Innovation Factor
Innovation is becoming an increasingly powerful factor in explaining stock performance. That often means technology or biotechnology companies. An examination of various stock indexes shows just how...
View ArticleCan Income Hurt Benefits?
You may count on Social Security as a mainstay of income in your looming retirement. When you take benefits and how much you keep working can shrink that monthly check, though. Here’s what to know.When...
View ArticleDiversifying to Win
Maybe you hear rumors that the mega-rich made fortunes off just one stock, or that tech or real estate is the only sector worth your time this year. Ask yourself: Does the same team win the Super Bowl...
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Paul Neil McKinnon, Jr.
Devoted family man There is a new angel in heaven. Paul Neil McKinnon, Jr. was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He touched so many hearts and will...
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FLPD promotes safety with ‘Night to Unite’
Sgt. Kurt Kowarsch, oOfficer Troy Meyer, Detective. Ashley LaValle and Washington County Assistant Attorney Jessica Stott interact with kids at the Gateway Green Townhome Community during the 2013...
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Jeff Brooks Family Band to be featured at Arts in the Park
The Aug. 4 Arts in the Park at Lakeside Park will feature Jeff Brooks at 6:30 p.m. A Forest Lake resident, Brooks started as a solo acoustic guitar player and for 17 years had a career with a...
View ArticleHighway 61 road work begins
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that preliminary road work on the intersections project at U.S. Highway 61 and State Highway 97 will begin Aug. 3. According to MnDOT, the...
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Morehead makes move to St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Catholic School in Forest Lake officially welcomed James Morehead into the position of principal on July 1. Morehead most recently served as principal of St. Agnes School for the past eight...
View ArticleSocial Security Ignorance
Even though Social Security is a backbone of retirement, public ignorance about it is widespread. That doesn’t bode well for people’s retirement planning, especially because the program faces a funding...
View ArticleYour Mid-Year $$ Checkup
This time of year marks a great moment to slow down and look at your financial progress in 2015. How are you tracking against goals you set in January, and do you have an opportunity to save more, give...
View ArticleRetiring Boomers: Change
Are you one of the largest generation in American history? Comfortable with how much you have saved for retirement? Comfort is one thing, reality another, and boomers may be running of time to work on...
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Mille Lacs Band to suspend netting in 2016; Dayton listens to lake...
Gov. Mark Dayton listened to concerns of Lake Mille Lacs residents, business owners and sportsmen at Isle High School on Friday, July 31, 2015. Dayton wore a Lake Mille Lacs t-shirt presented to him by...
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The Rising Rates Fallacy
Higher interest rates are coming. That’s bad news for bond investors, right? Not necessarily. Such a widely held belief can beguile you into making mistakes with your bond holdings.Who knows when and...
View ArticleHow to Build Wealth
My worried clients had needs for the future, but no idea how to get there. I looked them in the eye and told them how they’d get to where they wanted – through a sound discipline of saving money...
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Leland “Lee” V. Harris
Leland "Lee" Harris, age 82 of Wyoming, passed away on July 31, 2015, after a lengthy illness. Preceded in death by parents; sister, Sharon Lakso. Survived by Jean, his bride of 58 years; daughters,...
View ArticleWhy Not to Chase Returns
You hear advisors on TV talking about how they research and pick the securities with the highest returns. That sounds good since who doesn’t want the best? Why not jump in and catch the wave? Here are...
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