Major housing development afoot in FL
The Forest Lake City Council recently approved the preliminary plan for a housing development that Zoning Administrator Donovan Hart called the “largest subdivision the city has seen in the last 10...
View ArticleForest Lake Elementary evacuated after threat (UPDATED)
Forest Lake Elementary School students and staff were evacuated in the early afternoon of May 23 after the school received a bomb threat around 12:15 p.m. Forest Lake police quickly responded to the...
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State, federal candidate filing begins
The three candidates who have filed for the 6th District Congressional seat so far: David Snyder, incumbent Tom Emmer and Bob Helland. Editor’s note: After press time, the secretary of state’s office...
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Cities consider LATV’s future
Graphic created by Ryan HowardThe images in this collage are a collection of programming created by LATV and posted online over the last few years. LATV’s future will be discussed during a June 9...
View ArticleFilings reveal varied contests (UPDATED)
Editor’s note: After press time, The Times received an updated that Sen. Sean Nienow will be running for reelection in Senate District 32. His filing had not yet been entered when The Times completed...
View ArticleMan charged after alleged house destruction
A Stillwater man faces criminal charges after allegedly vandalizing a home and causing more than $150,000 in damage. According to court records, Matthew Thomas Sonnen, 27, was recently charged with...
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Lions seek to continue Wheatley’s legacy
Submitted photo Pastor Ed Wheatley was the public face and frequent volunteer for the Wyoming Lions Club. For a small group of people, the Wyoming Lions Club does a lot for its community. It was easier...
View ArticleLakeside beach cleaned after nail discovery
Forest Lake city staff worked last week to clean the beach area at Lakeside Memorial Park after a Forest Lake resident found several nails and some other debris during a recent visit there. In a...
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Bad wreck backs up I-35
A car crash on southbound Interstate Highway 35 in Forest Lake, just south of the 11th Avenue bridge, backed up traffic almost to the U.S. Highway 8 bridge in the late afternoon on June 11. Currently,...
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Wife killed, husband injured in motorcycle crash
A Shoreview woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured June 11 in a motorcycle crash shortly after 6 p.m. on southbound Interstate Highway 35 in Forest Lake. The crash occurred not far...
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The future awaits
The Forest Lake Area High School class of 2016 tosses their caps at the end of their graduation ceremony June 10 in the high school’s gym. Hunter Shortly was one of the students who addressed his...
View ArticleHackbarth gets no-confidence vote from district GOP
The race for the state representative seat that encompasses Columbus and Linwood got a new wrinkle in early June, when incumbent District 31B Rep. Tom Hackbarth was on the receiving end of a...
View ArticleForest Lake approves airport bid
In a 3-1 vote June 13 (Ed Eigner was not present), the Forest Lake City Council approved a bid for construction of a paved runway at the Daniel DePonti Airport, contingent upon a grant approval from...
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YMCA opens this weekend
Photos by Ryan HowardFor the last several weeks, staff at the Forest Lake YMCA have been working to put the finishing touches on their new facility, which opens on June 19. The public at large will be...
View ArticlePolice called to hit-and-run
Forest Lake police were called to a hit-and-run crash that left a cyclist with injuries to his chest and face June 8. According to police, a 28-year-old Forest Lake man was using his bike to cross...
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Prayers and mourning
About 40 people attended a prayer vigil at Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake June 14, many of them lighting candles to commemorate the 49 people killed in a June 12 shooting at gay nightclub Pulse...
View ArticleRunway bid gets the nod
If project costs and state grants go as anticipated, Forest Lake’s Daniel DePonti Airport will have a paved runway. After years of airport advocates pushing for the project and several months of close...
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Plane crashes on highway in Wyoming
Photo courtesy of Jennifer4FPM PhotographyThe small plane that crashed on I-35 in Wyoming July 1 is towed from the scene. The pilot of a small plane received minor injuries July 1 when his...
View ArticleScandia votes to leave cable commission
The Scandia City Council voted 4-1 at its June 21 meeting to leave the Forest Lake Cable Commission. The two remaining cities, Columbus and Forest Lake, are still mulling their options. The Scandia...
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Faces of the Fourth
Photos by Ryan Howard Drummers in the Forest Lake Area High School Marching Band groove together during the Forest Lake Fourth of July Parade. A pug relaxes at the parade as he rack up candidate...
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