Balsam Lake News

Once touted as a premier destination resort town, Balsam Lake has fallen on less bountiful times in recent decades.

A barn/shed fire was called in a just before 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23 to 1297 190th Ave, Town of Milltown, on the north side of Balsam Lake.

In November, Bakke launched a photo project at Unity School in Balsam Lake that started with the question: "What's your anti-drug." She asked Unity students - elementary age through high school - to indentify one thing in their lives that gives them a healthy high.