Center City News

The North Branch City Council, minus member Joel McPherson, convened as the annual Board of Equalization for a half hour before the regular city council session Monday night.

It was a weird week for the sheriff's department-- there was an arrest April 27 that the east central Violent Crime Task Force helped make possible.

Stop by the Chisago County Government Center during regular business hours to see the science fair projects chosen to receive this year's Chisago County Department of Environmental Services Award.

The Taylors Falls bridge looking east. Wisconsin DOT is the lead agency and their contractor is keeping half the bridge open for two-way non-truck traffic during decking surface improvements and adding erosion controls.

The National Weather Service has issued the following tornado watch: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 223 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI KANABEC RAMSEY SCOTT WASHINGTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL ... (more)

Officials at North Dakota State University are mourning the death of a department head and respected agricultural economist.