Male and female cranes are just called male and female. But the chicks are called colts.  The use of horse terminology to refer to Sandhill Cranes seems a bit archaic and many people don’t know these terms now. According to several sources on the Internet, the fact that crane colts, also kno…

Another great meeting of the Pine County Township Officers’ Association at the Hinckley Community Center Saturday, March 25. Representative Nathan Nelson, Barbara Fisher from the Hospital District, Senator Jason Rarick, and Sheriff Jeff Nelson.

The Sandstone Lions held their annual March Food Drive at Chris’ Food Center on March 10 and 11. Partnering with the community and Chris’ Food Center, the Sandstone Lions raised $1529 in cash and register donations, plus 206 pounds of food for Family Pathways - Sandstone. Pictured are Donna …

Senior Property Appraiser Jennifer Christensen was honored with a plaque and clock for her 31 years of service to Pine County at a recent county board meeting. Pictured with Christensen is board chair, Steve Hallan.

The picture to the left is of Alice Melin and her father, Zach Melin, of Rush City.  While this may look like an ordinary first fish picture, it is actually 114 years in the making.  Alice is the 6th generation of two sides of her family to pull a fish out of the waters of the Pine Lakes in …

Learn all about planting for pollinators, mushrooms, garden botany, climate impact on gardening, and spiders in your garden at the 19th Annual Pine County Master Gardener Horticulture Day on Saturday, March 25 at the Pine City High School. The day begins with registration, coffee, and exhibi…

Ride the rail of an emergency

This past weekend, Hinckley-Finlayson elementary students enjoyed a day spending time at the lake learning the ins and outs ice fishing. See page 16 for story and more photos.

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty,” says a voice in a familiar phone call that most people have heard. Most of us hang up when hearing this recording. But this is just one of many scams that try to coerce people into getting valuable information to use in mal…

Rock Creek Lions Club presents the Pine County History Society Museum with a check to completely pay for the lighting of the mural on the building (on the Highway 23 side). This will help with advertising of the facility. Lions President is Tom Duffney.

Question: My truck was backed into yesterday and the mirror on the driver’s side broke off mirror. It is dangling by the wire now.  Will I be legal to drive if I remove it or do I try to tape it back into position until it can be fixed?

Question: Hi, I was wondering if you are stopped at a stop light and in a left turn lane and an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens come in behind you (either in the turn lane or the lane to your right), what is the proper procedure? Thank you!

A deadly crash occurred on Jan. 14 at about 12:25 p.m. and involved an Express Semi Truck and a Toyota Camry. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the 2016 semi truck driven by Bruce Roy Clark, age 64 of Brook Park, was traveling east on State Highway 23 near Cross Park Road when the 201…

Question: I was driving on the freeway during the worst part of a recent storm. Just had a question—are people supposed to use their emergency flashers when they are driving? So many cars on the freeway were, and it made it impossible to tell if someone was actually stopped or moving slowly …

Snow and ice are a fact of life for us Minnesotans. Generally, harsh winter weather results in more overall traffic crashes than the warmer months because of “fender benders.” The months of December, January and February can see more crashes than other months. Our Homeland Security and Emerg…

The Sandstone Flower Club taught the first and second graders at Harvest Christian School how to plant the pumpkin seeds and care for them over the summer. In October some of the students brought pumpkins in to show their hard work and the fruits of their labor. Everyone enjoyed celebrating …

Shortly before midnight on October 20, law enforcement responded to a report of two males running from one property in Sandstone onto another and appeared to be hiding.