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Bill’s Auto Body sold to Fairway
Photo by Ryan HowardBill’s Auto Body’s new owners Kevin Lund (left), Cary Lund and Pam Caruth are taking over the reins from founders Renee and Bill Waddell. After 37 years in business, Bill and Renee...
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Growth vs. Public Opinion
Well, here’s a shocker. A new poll shows that a majority of Americans want a higher minimum wage. According to the Associated Press-GfK Poll, they also want paid sick leave and parental leave, free...
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Brian and Kelly Larson of Forest Lake announce the birth of their son, Matthew Thomas, Monday, March 9, 2015 at Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming, Minnesota. He weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and...
View ArticleApril 9 Sale-Forest
NOTICE OF SALE The following described goods are being held on account of: Eric Brouhard, Unit 223: Misc. household goods, office equipment. Such goods will be sold by auction at Hallberg Mini-Storage,...
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NOTICE OF SALE The following-described goods are being held on account of: Tamara Anderson, Unit 689: Misc. household goods. Aaron Braaten, Unit 1031: Misc. household goods. John Polzer, Unit 401:...
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NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File...
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Geography Bee champ
Scandia Elementary sixth grader Sam Larsen is one of 100 top-scoring students in Minnesota to qualify for the state geography competition, which will be held on March 27. This is Sam’s third trip to...
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Banana cream charity
District 39A Rep. Bob Dettmer takes a pie to the face from Forest Lake Lion El Ewert on March 13 at the American Legion in a fundraiser for the city’s Fourth of July celebration. According to...
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FL man gets prison time for hammer assault
The Forest Lake man who was arrested after a manhunt in east Columbus last fall was sentenced last week to at least six years and eight months in prison for an assault that occurred in Anoka County....
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Hop into Spring at breakfast with the Easter Bunny
Forest Lake American Legion Post 225 will be hosting breakfast with the Easter Bunny from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 22. The breakfast includes an all you can eat buffet and build your own omelets for...
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Lions to host waffle breakfast
The Forest Lake Lions are hosting a waffle breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 28 at Forest Lake Floral. Tickets for the event are $6 in advance and $7 at the door. Children five and under are free....
View ArticleGen Y: Math of Early Saving
If you were born between 1980 and 2000 and are part of Generation Y, have you started saving for retirement? Think you’ll be fine if you start tomorrow? Plenty of time to worry about this later, right?...
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Deflation: Yesterday’s Worry?
Investors are worried about deflation, a debilitating curse that has dogged Japan for years and savaged the U.S. during the Great Depression. But they shouldn’t be. Today’s falling prices are far more...
View ArticleLoved Ones’ Debt: Don’t Wait
According to his death certificate, my dad died of myocardial infarction, aka a heart attack. His health deteriorated for some time beforehand, so his loss wasn’t a total surprise. But what really...
View ArticleOpen Forum for March 19, 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE: Letters will be accepted for the Open Forum for publication in the next available issue after receipt. Letters may be sent to Forest Lake Times, 146 N. Lake St., Suite 125, Forest Lake,...
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Forest Lake grad awarded scholarship to study in Denmark
Submitted photoHoidal visited Pichanaki, Peru, in 2012, where she participated in a program to work on an organic farm in exchange for food and shelter. This is where she first started to learn about...
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LILA adds grades seven and eight for fall 2015; nine to 12 will follow in 2016
Photo by Jason DeMoe The Lakes International Language Academy board of directors has voted to expand the school’s offerings to include grades seven and eight in the fall of 2015 and are looking forward...
View ArticleBull Market: One More Year
The current stock market, despite volatility of individual days, seems poised to make a run past old highs. How long can this up cycle last? Maybe about a year, then that’s it. Here’s why.European...
View Article5 Steps to Retirement Income
You’ve saved for years. Now that retirement is here (or near), how do you create an income plan from your savings? There are five steps.We, as an industry, constantly talk about the need to save for...
View ArticleTrue Success? Love Your Work
Does financial and personal success go hand-in-hand with doing work that you love? Plenty of anecdotal evidence supports this idea: Market maven Warren Buffet, for example, claims he tap dances to...
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