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Forest Lake patrol officer Tom Cockburn (pictured here with Police Chief Rick Peterson, left, and Capt. Greg Weiss, right) was honored by the Forest Lake Fire Department with the presentation of an award of distinguished service during the Forest Lake City Council’s Feb. 21 work session for a rescue he made in a house fire last year. On Dec. 19, 2016, just after 8 p.m., Forest Lake emergency personnel received an emergency call of a fire in a home on the 21000 block of Everton Avenue North, on the south side of Clear Lake – the home of Forest Lake Councilman Ed Eigner. According to a police report and the Fire Department, Cockburn was on patrol near Menards and arrived before firefighters did. Knowing from the call that a person may have been trapped in the residence, Cockburn entered the home and saw that it was filled with heavy

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Running Aces premieres new local menu; New features include Minnesota-based food and drinks

 
Trout Air Tavern at Running Aces Casino & Racetrack recently launched a new, Minnesota-inspired menu featuring a selection of local food and beverages, Asian dishes, traditional casino food, and healthy options.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Trout Air Tavern, known for its pond to plate trout, provides a dining experience that Minnesotans have enjoyed for decades. The restaurant continues to grow with the addition of more Minnesota inspired entrées, drinks and local food purveyors. With the revamped menu, guest can enjoy Minnesota favorites including tater tot hot dish, a meat hand pie “pastie,” steak frites, Italian sausage bake, or Trout Air trout, while discovering new Minnesota beers from Big Wood Brewery, Grain Belt, Summit Brewing Company, or Tin Whiskers Brewing Company.
Exclusive to Trout Air Tavern, guests can opt to use local spirits in their cocktail as part of Running Aces’ new “Make It Local for a Dollar” campaign. Diners will have the option to upgrade a

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Hardwood Creek Library March Events

FEATURED EVENTS
Family history day
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 11
Bring in a photo, document, or other memorabilia that you would like to copy using a high resolution digital scanner or light box made just for 3D objects. Then have a family “portrait” taken (how many generations can you get together?) and leave with all of your digital images on a free flash drive.
AdulTEEN: Life Skills 101
10 to 11:30 a.m. March 25
Work with a human resources professional to polish your job application and interview skills. Register online, at the library, or call 651-275-7300.
STEM Saturday: Art & Science
1:30 to 3 p.m. March 25
This class, designed for students ages 5 to 11, will explore the intersection of creative arts, engineering, and science. Kids will use creative problem-solving, collaboration, and various arts and engineering techniques to create marble race tracks, catapults, kinetic sculptures, and illuminated art pieces, among other projects. Register online, at the

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Dale Howard Reed

Dale Reed, age 88 of Finlayson, Minnesota, passed away on February 27, 2017.
He was born on March 14, 1928 and grew up in Wyoming, MN. After graduating from Forest Lake High School, he enlisted in the Marines. He was a WWII vet and was fortunate not to have seen combat during his active duty. After returning home, he met the love of his life, his wife of 65 years, Marian. He knew on the first date “she was the one.” They married and lived in St Paul, MN, as well as in both Wausau and Barron, WI. In 1963, they settled into their home in Maplewood, MN, to finish raising their four children, Douglas, Barbara, Scott and Kurt. After the children were grown, they bought and retired to a hobby farm in Finlayson, MN. Dale enjoyed golf, hunting, gardening, and watching the wildlife on the farm. He fed all types

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