Crosslake News

Blue Harmony, one of the quilts completed by the Crosslake Quilters for the 2009 Camp Knutson Quilt Auction, won second prize in the group category at the 31st Annual Minnesota Quilters, Inc.

Lakes Area Gallery and Frame Shoppe of Crosslake featured Minnesota artist Stephen Henning at their gallery last Saturday, June 27.

From 2-4 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at the Crosslake Community Center, the topic will be "Tick-bourne Illnesses in Crow Wing County." Thanks to Tracie Schissel and her sister, who have created Lyme Fighters Advocacy and provided the most important documentary on Lyme disease - "Under Our Skin." The final showing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. July 14.

Bart Taylor, branch president of the RiverWood Bank in Crosslake, announced that Mavis Verville was selected to be the coordinator of the new RiverWood Bank 50 Plus Club being introduced to the Brainerd/Baxter and Crosslake/Pequot Lakes communities.

The IRS elbowed its way through a crowd of creditors last month looking for cash from the now-bankrupt auto mogul Denny Hecker.

In many ways, Parker Moan of Crosslake is your typical six-yearold boy. He loves running around outdoors, is always ready for something fun, and is patiently waiting for his new front teeth to come in.

Friday, July 24 - King's Ransom, classic rock. Saturday, Aug. 1 - Two Beats Ahead, jazz.

Officials shut down Denny Hecker's Southview Chevrolet and Minnesota State Patrol officers turned away customers who entered the lot.

City Administrator Tom Swenson presented a letter from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Crosslake City Council at the regular monthly meeting on June 8. The letter stated that the ACOE would continue to regulate the Headwaters of the Mississippi under the current operating regulations through the 2009 summer recreation season.

She's only been retired since July 2007, but Doris Mezzenga's husband, Jan, says she's busier now then when she was working.

A small but growing group of people is working hard to foster a positive business atmosphere in Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point, and they want more people to join them.

Approximately 90 area residents gathered at the Crosslake Community Center last Wednesday, June 3 for the TRIAD presentation, hosted by the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department.

Looking at the systems we have in place at the middle school, we come to the realization that we are a data-driven, decision-making school.

With his car empire crumbling, Twin Cities dealer Denny Hecker filed for personal bankruptcy protection.

The Crosslake City Council reviewed the 2008 audit in a special meeting held at City Hall on Wednesday, May 20.

Participants armed with global positioning systems will spread out over the Lakes Area this summer during Paul & babe's GeoHunt.

Memorial Day ceremonies were held Monday, May 25, in Pequot Lakes, Nisswa and Crosslake.

A 61-year-old Crosslake woman severely injured Tuesday, May 19, in a single-vehicle crash on Crow Wing County Road 36 in Crosslake was pulled to safety by two passersby as her vehicle burned, the Crosslake Police Depart-ment reported.

The Breezy Point Police Department reported that a 6-year-old Breezy Point boy died after an unsecured ramp on a trailer fell on him at his home Sunday morning.

The Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion Post 500 held their annual Memorial Day service at the Pine Woods Cemetery in Crosslake.