The Braham City Council unanimously voted to authorize a purchase of a vacant lot for the purpose of establishing a compost site at Tuesday's meeting. City administrator Kevin Stahl explained that the property is about six acres, located on Hupp Street in Stanchfield Township. "As you're going out Second, you'd take a right, and it's about a city block, roughly, on the right side of the road," Stahl explained. "It's a wedge, and it's about six acres." The council previously a

The Isanti County Sheriff's Office and Minnesota State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a Tuesday structure fire in Athens Township as an arson case. According to a news release from the Isanti County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement responded to a structure fire in the 25600 block of Highway 65 NE just before 5:30 p.m. The structure was an abandoned residence, and there is no threat to the public. The sheriff's office received information from a witness who reported

Here are the preliminary results from local elections. Cambridge-Isanti School District referendum Question 1: 4,481 voted no (59.6%), 3,038 voted yes (40.4%). Cambridge: 2,005 voted no, 1,720 voted yes. Isanti: 2,476 voted no, 1,318 voted yes. Question 2: 4,931 voted no (65.73%), 2,571 voted yes (34.27%) Cambridge: 2,253 voted no, 1,462 voted yes. Isanti: 2,678 voted no, 1,109 voted yes. Willow River School District referendum 305 voted no, 190 voted yes. Princeton Public Sc

New A Place For You executive director Anna Reiser has hit the ground running in the position. "I'm on week six, and learning as much as I possibly can about our programming there, so it's been an adventure," Reiser said. Opening in 2012, A Place For You is a transitional homeless shelter for single adults, serving six counties: Pine, Kanabec, Isanti, Chisago, Mille Lacs, and Carlton. "We are able to have people stay up to 90 days," said administrative assistant Kaitlyn Matti

A Glendorado Township man was sentenced by a Benton County judge on Friday to more than 76 years in prison for a 2023 shooting that injured five members of the Sherburne County Drug Task Force just west of Princeton. According to a Sherburne County Sheriff's Office news release, 66-year-old Karl Holmberg had previously been convicted of seven counts of attempted murder of a police officer and assault and drug charges. He was sentenced to 918 months in prison. In October of 20