As winter weather brings dangerously cold wind chills to east-central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, here's a look at closures, cancellations, and delays in the region. Thursday, Jan. 22: Hinckley-Finlayson School District: All after-school activities cancelled. Grantsburg: All after-school activities cancelled. Pine City: After-school activities cancelled. Friday, Jan. 23: Pine City: School cancelled. East-Central: E-learning day. Ogilvie: School cancelled. Rush City: Sc

Cambridge-Isanti took both of their basketball squads to Chisago Lakes on Tuesday night. The girls teams played first, these two met before the Christmas break, and it was a close game that the Wildcats came away with. And they got off to a good start in this game. They captured an early lead and were able to keep that lead through much of the 1st half. One of the reasons they were able to get and hold the lead was their rebounding, they allowed very few 2nd chance scoring

An extreme cold watch is set to take effect on Thursday across east-central Minnesota, bringing dangerously cold wind chills to the region. According to the National Weather Service, the alert will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday in Pine County, and 9 p.m. elsewhere in east-central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. It extends through noon on Saturday. The National Weather Service stats that wind chills as low as 45 degrees below zero are possible, which could cause frostbite on exp

East Central traveled to Mora on Monday night. Both teams have a lot of youth on their squads but the youth is very talented and continues to improve as the season goes along.

Rush City hosted Milaca on Friday night. These two teams run fairly similar, both play physical defense and more of a patient offense. This is exactly what we seen in the 1st half. Both teams tried to work the ball inside and find the easier layups but the defenses were stingy and there was not alot of room to even pass the ball.