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Livin’ a dream
Without looking, Charlie Clark pointed across the street from his Clear Lake, WI home and said, “That’s where Burleigh lived.” Suddenly, he seemed to be transported into another world —…
Read MoreAll aboard — if you want to end this sooner
We shut down one stage of our lives last week and now await what The Lord and the future have in store for us. Totally obeying President Trump’s order…
Read MoreFighting an unseen enemy
The sign on a church in Grantsburg indicated there would be no services on Sunday. It’s just one indicator of how local people are reacting to the pandemic known…
Read MoreReturn-Rest-Renew
Many veterans return home to lives filled with fear and peril — and they’re haunted by the wars and skirmishes they thought they’d left behind. Vietnam veteran Rodney Wilson, a…
Read MoreMerritt’s illustrious pastoral career began in Falun, WI
One of the best-known pastors in the midwest stepped down from his position as senior pastor at the mega-church Eagle Brook in White Bear Lake, MN last Sunday. A large…
Read MoreKid builders
Maybe the only thing Roy Ward loves more than teaching the kids a trade or guiding them through Webster Tech’s advanced machine shop is doing it himself. Give him a…
Read MoreA dream come true
It all started when Greg Peer drove through the Crex Meadows north of Grantsburg, WI and saw signs pointing to “handicapped blinds,” created by Ducks Unlimited. “I thought, the state…
Read MoreJordan Buck may rise again
Ballad of the Jordan Buck Up in Burnett County where the land is fair, Wild animals wander ‘round everywhere. They say it’s hunters’ heaven and I know it’s true —…
Read More‘Tracker’ sniffs out the bad guys
Who’s the most popular dog in Burnett County? Mitch Olson has the answer — “Tracker”, of-course. County Deputy Olson is prejudiced because he and tracker are a team, and together…
Read MoreDNR tower proudly served for 88 years
Grantsburg losing a landmark, but it’s being preserved for posterity Dorene Snyder blew on her hands in the bitter cold, then reached out and grabbed the next available girder as…
Read MoreWhat’s happening?
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! As temperatures dipped down into some potentially disaster-laden figures, folks across Western Wisconsin are trying to warm their hearts and those of their significant others with Valentine…
Read MoreSuper Fan is down, but not out
Russ Erickson walked into the Grantsburg gymnasium, eyed his favorite place at the top of the bleachers at center court and plopped himself down. “I like to sit in the…
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