Stanchfield News

Title: COURTS FACE NEW CHALLENGE IN FAITH HEALING CASES Most U.S. states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.

By Jon Tatting editor.countynews@ecm-inc.com Always eager to please and a good friend to many, Bo Foss was not forgotten this year by classmates at Braham Area High School.

Title: WITCHES: WE'LL SUE OVER CHURCH CLUB HIRE REFUSAL A group of witches is claiming religious discrimination because they could not use buildings belonging to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury.

By Evelyn Puffer Contributing writer Both the intoxicated driver and the owner of a car that crashed into a motorcycle on Hwy.

A vehicle driving the wrong direction on TH-65 struck a motorcyclist in the early hours of Wednesday, June 10 south of Isanti.

By Rachel Kytonen rachel.kytonen@ecm-inc.com Even though the Isanti County's Human Rights Commission's most visible event is the presentation of its annual Human Rights Award, the commission does work year-round. 'Our purpose is to educate, not investigate,' said commission member Kimberly Hurd Horst.

Steve Rajtar is the new manager at the helms of the Forest Lake Times and St. Croix Valley Peach as well as the North Branch Post-Review. He replaces Jeff Andres, who has taken the post of General Manager for ECM locations in Cambridge, Forest Lake and North Branch.

By Jon Tatting editor.countynews@ecm-inc.com A Stanchfield man took neighborliness to another level when attempting to alert Ernie and Wanda Isum that their home was on fire.

Title: RED MEAT RAISES RISK OF ALL KINDS OF DEATH: STUDY People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Isanti County township elections were held Tuesday, March 10. Attempts were made to get the results of challenged races into today's edition, with complete results being posted on this Web site later this week.

By Rachel Kytonen rachel.kytonen@ecm-inc.com Keep the current housing density of two dwelling units per 40 acres in the agricultural district.

Today at 11 a.m., Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

Even Minnesota trappers have it tough in these economic times. Last Tuesday, Vern Gilbertson, 74, and his son, Corey, brought three large otter pelts to the Department of Natural Resources office in Cambridge ...

Editora s note: In our Sept. 28, 2008 edition of the Times, we published a story by reporter Benjamin Sobieck about Braham soldier Jessica Osgood who was leaving soon to train for her mission in Afghanistan.

Two men accused of assaulting a third man during Minnesota State University's homecoming on Sept.