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Terry Traver
Scandia Reporter
The March 1 Scandia City Council work session included a lengthy slideshow presentation from City Engineer Ryan Goodman regarding road widths, pavement management and the capital improvement plan.broadstreet.zone(48036);
According to the League of Minnesota Cities, regarding road widths, the city has broad and substantial authority to manage street design, construction and maintenance within Scandia. The league also noted that the city has a duty to maintain streets so that they are safe for public use and travel.
Goodman followed with the topic of pavement management, explaining to the council the process of planning the maintenance and repair of a network of roadways, as well as enumerating the types of surface defects, deformations and cracks and how they are managed or repaired in order to optimize pavement conditions over the entire network of roads in the city.
According to Goodman, damage to roads is caused by either structural damage, such as loads

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Five Southwest and Century Junior High students and one former Forest Lake Area High School student sang in the American Choral Director Association of Minnesota’s honor choir Feb. 16, which was held at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. The association puts on a ninth and 10th grade honor choir concert for singers from around the state. Only 250 students are selected to sing in the choir and must submit online auditions in September to be considered for one of the coveted spots. Out of 2,000 submissions, Southwest Junior High ninth graders Ella Anderson, Bridget Olson, Angelina Rachie and Century Junior High ninth graders Morgan Langer and Heather McKoskey earned the right to be one of the 250 singers. Former FLAHS student Leala Lundmark was also selected to participate.
Students selected to be in the choir practiced their music with their respective choral directors until the day of the concert where they

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April Kay Corgard, age 63, of Forest Lake, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 19, 2017 after a long battle with dementia. April made her career with the U.S. Army after serving in Desert Storm. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother with a zest for life. April had a strong faith and enjoyed bible studies. Very patient and kind, she was always doing for others. She and her husband Allen loved cruises and had the opportunity to travel the world together. April was an active volunteer and avid golfer. She could also be found enjoying a good bull-riding event and watching WWE matches, all while remaining super classy.
Preceded in death by her parents, Dewey and Myra Sommerfeld. April is survived by her beloved husband of 34 years, Allen; son, Charles (Stephani) Dorsey; step-daughter, Lisa (Stephen) Pierce; grandchildren, Cordell, Cooper, Logan, Erin; brother, Walter; extended family and

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Forest Lake Elementary’s Future Problem Solvers took it to the competition at regionals in St. Cloud on Jan. 28, and two teams emerged to capture a state birth. Fifth graders Brennan Sauvageau, Duncan Roth, Leyton Patzer, Anthony Krinke and sixth graders Jasmyn Himraj, Anna Roelofs and Tierah Bolin will head to Apollo High School in St. Cloud on March 25 to test their skills at the state competition and cover the topic of identity theft.
To make it to state, students had to cover the topic of 3D Printing. Each competition involves a written and skit component that are judged and scored, but only the written component qualifies a team to advance. Given the topic, students must write a six-step packet solving a problem in a “future scene” that is given the day of competition.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Through these steps, students must pick a problem that is identified in the future scene and solve

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The Forest Lake FFA Chapter celebrated National FFA Week, Feb. 18 to 25. This year’s theme was “Transform Purpose to Action,” and it embraced more than 89 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future. Nearly 650,000 members nationally participated in National FFA Week activities at local, state and national levels. These members have a passion for agriculture and work hard to inform the community about it.
In 1947, the week of George Washington’s birthday was designated as National FFA Week, which runs from Saturday to Saturday and gives FFA members an opportunity to educate the public about agriculture. During the week, chapters conduct a variety of activities to help others in their school and community learn about FFA and agricultural education. Forest Lake celebrated National FFA Week with a chapter bowling event at Splitrocks. The chapter also put together a medallion hunt at the high school and

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