Scandia News

When it comes to ice cream, pastry chef Carrie Summer really has her priorities straight.

The honor recognizes the family's commitment to military service for nearly a century.

Motorists on TH-97 in Forest Lake and Scandia will encounter traffic delays beginning Tuesday, July 7 when the Minnesota Department of Transportation begins resurfacing and seal coating the road between US-61 and TH-95. Highway 97 will remain open but a flagging operation along with two discernible pilot cars will be in place and will guide ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says that northern Anoka and Washington counties now have black bears as permanent residents.

It's spring, and black bears are wandering into northern Twin Cities suburbs, as far south as Fridley, in search of easy snacks until natural pickin's improve.

Reports Merlyn of St. Paul: "Subject: Greetings from the emerald ash borer epicenter of Minnesota! "Last week, while I was traveling in the car, the radio announced that the Emerald Ash Borer had been found in St.

Reports The D in Scandia: "Lucy, our green-eyed fluff ball of a cat, loves to capture soft objects such as slipper socks, dishcloths, wrist braces, anklets - anything soft that she can grab and lug.

To the boy who threw an egg at me from a car as I was riding my bike on Hamline Avenue on April 3: You acted childishly.

The longest-serving commissioner in Washington County was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Forest Lake last weekend.

Reports Bicycle Babe of the Midway: "I am on a mailing list for a research organization that is affiliated with a major institution of higher education.

Writes Marilyn of Apple Valley: "The garage-sale stories reminded me of an incident on our recent Caribbean cruise.

The Scandia City Council will meet March 3 to discuss whether Tiller Corp.'s plans to reopen a sand-and-gravel pit must undergo a detailed environmental review.

Another close encounter of the natural kind, reported by The Old Woodchopper of Eagan: "I read with interest the posting by The D in Scandia on 1-21-09, regarding Polly the Opossum - one of the creatures ...

On another sub-zero night, Forest Lake Fire & Rescue was called to another house fire late on Tuesday.

Writes Looney Tooner from Nfld.: "We all do it! "We come through the door from outside, with all of the snow and slush, and stomp our feet two or three times.

Writes The D in Scandia: "We now have two new 'winter wonders' at our feeders. "The first is Polly the opossum, who appears to reside under a wheelbarrow that is leaning against one of our trees by the woods.

Wow! That three-letter word sums up my assessment of 2008. Suffice to say Minnesota agriculture was generously blessed in 2007, even more so in 2008.

A Scandia snowplow operator accused of scamming customers out of thousands of dollars by illegally charging sales tax has been sentenced.

Could bringing an old gravel pit back to life benefit the St. Croix River? Jim Zavoral thinks so.

"Go catch bad guys, plain and simple." That's how Sheriff Bill Hutton, two years into his first term, wants things done in Washington County.