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Loving Wife, Mom, Grandma and SisterBarbara Bodine (nee: Darwin), age 74, formerly of Forest Lake, passed away surrounded by her husband and sister on April 1, 2017 after a long struggle with cancer.
Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Carol Darwin; grandchildren, Alyshia and Daniel.
She is survived by her husband, Robert; children, Elizabeth (Roy) Hundley, Christine Berczyk, Joseph Berczyk, Patrick (Lynne) Bodine, Tracey (Elden) Gillespie; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; siblings, Judy (Don) Zak, Yvette Sorenson, Terrence (Cindy) Darwin, Dewey (Annette) Darwin; brothers-in-law, Roger (Janet) Bodine, Donald Bodine; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
A Celebration of Barbara’s Life will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 22nd at Roberts Family Life Celebration Home, 555 Centennial Drive SW, Forest Lake. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Allina Hospice.

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Loving Wife, Mom, Grandma, SisterNona Marquart, age 63 of Forest Lake, passed away peacefully at home on April 4, 2017.
Nona was an avid gardener and was passionate about the care of children.
Preceded in death by parents, Donald and Leanne Melvin.
Survived by husband of 38 years, Larry; children, Tanya (Phil) Hildman, Nathaniel, Anthony; grandchildren, Maryanna, Noah, Sara; siblings, Vicki (Danny) Huffer, Deanne Melvin, Donald (Colleen) Melvin, Terry Melvin; mother-in-law, Elizabeth Marquart; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 11th at Roberts Family Life Celebration Home, 555 SW Centennial Dr., Forest Lake. Private family service. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Forest Lake.

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Shirley Peterson, 78, of San Tan Valley, AZ, formerly of Forest Lake, MN, passed away on March 18, 2017 after battling with Alzheimer’s for several years.
Preceded in death by her parents Anton J. and Nettie V. (Tronrud) Peterson, brothers Jimmy and Norman, and sister Evelyn.
Shirley is survived by her two children, Dalice (Marlow) Hansen and Michael (Christina) Peterson; four grandchildren, Andrea, Jeremy, Shelby and Somer; six great-grandchildren; extended family and friends.
Shirley was a lifetime member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, so her celebration of life open house will be held at the Forest Lake VFW on June 2, 2017 from 3-7 p.m. with a short presentation by the Ladies Auxiliary at 4 p.m. Shirley did not want a funeral, she wanted a celebration with family and friends gathered together sharing memories. No Flowers Please.

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The city of Forest Lake received a proposal for contract law enforcement in the city from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office the evening of April 4, according to city staff. The proposal estimated that the total adjusted cost to the city for sheriff’s office law enforcement service in 2018 to be approximately $2.9 million, plus about $87,600 in one-time implementation costs. In 2017, the city budgeted approximately $4.04 million for police services, but the actual levy impact is estimated as closer to $3.2 million because several of the costs of the department are reimbursed by items like police state aid or the Forest Lake Area Schools’ contract for school resource officers. City staff told The Times that further analysis is being done to determine exactly how much cost difference there is between the proposal and the city’s current spending, as there are factors in the city’s current spending that may be

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Late last year, current Forest Lake Area School District Superintendent Linda Madsen submitted her letter of resignation to the School Board, with plans to vacate her position June 30, 2017. Days after her December announcement, the search for a replacement began.
“So far we have had meetings with staff and the public, and we have put together a set of criteria based on what we learned from those meetings as well as discussions we have had at our board meetings,” said Rob Rapheal, School Board president. “After putting together all that information, we were all pretty confident that we knew what we were looking for in a superintendent.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
The next step in the process was to put out a call for applicants. The board publicized the opening and received 30 applications.
“I am happy with that number,” Rapheal said. “This number of applicants gives us a really good pool of people with a

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Jon Hovde, motivational speaker and author of “Left For Dead,” was the keynote speaker at the Forest Lake American Legion Vietnam Veterans Day event April 2. The wounded soldier veteran employed lighthearted humor to tell his serious war story.
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A contingent of South Vietnamese allied war veterans were honored for their contributon to the Vietnam war at the Forest Lake American Legion Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony.

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