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New traffic signal to light up this week
Traffic will soon be heeding to a new stop light at Broadway Avenue and 8th Street in Forest Lake. Joe Gustafson, a transportation engineer at Washington County, said the signal system should be operational as early as this Thursday, Dec. 8. Electrical crews were installing the new light poles last week.
Soccer boys ride win into playoffs
Rangers open sections Thursday at Coon Rapids The Forest Lake boys’ soccer team finished Suburban East Conference play with a resounding win at Hastings last Thursday. Junior Austin Rizzo and senior Cale Gaffy tallied two goals apiece in the 6-2 victory. Juniors Matthew Eiden and Matt Keith also scored as the Rangers improved to 3-11-2 on the season. Following a 2-0 defeat at White Bear Lake on Tuesday, the win also kept the Rangers from going winless in the conference and moved them into a tie for eighth place. Forest Lake earned the fifth seed in the seven-team Section 7AA field.
School studies staff demands
The ISD 831 administration is in the process of reviewing teacher staffing needs due to enrollment gains as the 2011-2012 school year opened on Tuesday. At the Thursday, Sept. 1 board meeting, parents of students in Grade 5 at Columbus Elementary lobbied for an additional teacher. With two sections of 35 and 35 students per class, the parents asked the board to consider moving to three sections which would match the class size for the students while in Grade 4
Third-seeded Rangers to host Duluth Central
The bracket for the Section 7AAAA basketball tournament is set, and Forest Lake has been tagged the No. 3 seed. The Rangers will host sixth-seeded Duluth Central at 7 p.m. this Thursday. The winner faces either No. 2-seed Blaine or No
2-year-old naked boy wanders from home in FL
A two-year-old boy was returned home safely on Thursday after he was found naked and crying outside his home, Forest…
Wyoming police search for missing man
The Wyoming Police Department on Thursday issued an alert for a missing 21-year-old man last seen at his Wyoming home…
FL School Board OK’s early retirement pay
Meeting in special session on Thursday night, the Forest Lake School Board voted 6-0 with one member absent to approve…
Vets turnout strong for breakfast at Legion
More than 150 people, mostly veterans, turned out at American Legion Post 225 in Forest Lake on Thursday morning for…
Vet’s Day program will be at VFW Post 4210 in FL
A community program honoring veterans is on tap in Forest Lake on Thursday, Nov. 11. This year’s community program is…
Arrests follow series of thefts in FL
Chief of Police Clark Quiring said on Friday he believes the two individuals arrested on Thursday are the persons responsible…