Maple Lake News

The Maple Lake Messenger is once again sponsoring a photo contest for the cover of this year's Maple Lake Area Community Guide.

The fire department was provided with the opportunity to use the house for training exercises, with the home finally allowed to burn to the ground on the evening of May 21.

Maple Lake's annual Memorial Day services will take place Monday, May 28. Marching units should meet at the American Legion Club at 9:30 a.m. The parade will begin at 10 a.m., proceeding down Birch Avenue to Division Street on the way to the city park.

Don Paumen, a Maple Lake man who helped guide the Wright-Hennepin Electric Association for more than two decades, died on Friday, May 11, at the age of 88.

Electrical service was interrupted when a tractor driven by Brad Paumen hooked the power line with a farm implement he was pulling.

A Maple Lake woman is standing up to help others who are victims of domestic violence.

Here are the most recent people to pass away in St. Michael-Albertville or who had ties to area.