Apr 3, 2009 | Lake County News Chronicle
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The remnants of last weeka s ice storm reminded me of the 1999 blowdown storm that swept across the border country.
Rain, turning to ice, stuck on trees up to 2 inches thick in places. Each branch, a big icicle with little icicles hanging down.
Our Theater Of Seasons / 15-month-old yells: 'Hey, people! There is...
Reports Grandma Pat of rural Roberts, Wis.: "One of the joys of springtime has been watching little 15-month-old Lili experiencing the out-of-doors. "She learned to walk back in November, and thus has done pretty much all of her walking around inside houses, where floors are level and surfaces are quite predictable.
Hundreds on North Shore still without power after ice storm
Line by line, pole by pole, electricity is slowly being restored to people along the hills of the North Shore, although hundreds remain without power.
Silver Bay, Finland, struggle back from ice
On Wednesday morning, 1,000 Coop Light and Power customers were still without power after Monday's ice storm.
Ice Storm Coats Northeastern Minnesota
In some areas, the trees were weighted down by an inch or more of ice. As of Tuesday afternoon, power had been restored to most Knife River, Two Harbors and Silver Bay residents, but it was still dark in Beaver Bay and rural areas.
Cooperative Light & Power in Two Harbors says severe icing conditions have rendered much of its service area without power.
Celebrate Sugar on Snow this weekend
What was life like back in those simpler times of the colonies in New England? Find out this weekend and have a little sugar on snow treat at the Sixth Annual Sugar on Snow Celebration to be held at the Beaver ...
If you've driven Highway 61 north of Two Harbors you've experienced some bumps and sharp curves.
MaryMac rehab estimate updated
The roof on the Mary MacDonald Building in Silver Bay is leaking. But thata s not as bad news as it might seem.
By: Daniel Lancaster. Publisher: Holy Cow! Press, 173 pages, $14.95. Review: Lancaster's rich biography of the Ojibwe mail carrier also includes Indian legends and North Shore history.
Our Theater Of Seasons / Keep your eyes peeled, and what'll you see?...
Reports The Old Woodchopper of Eagan: "Our Northland has a plethora of sports and activities to partake in during the winter, but I think I saw a mostly unknown fringe winter sport the other day.