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The son of a Forest Lake snowmobile legend died Jan. 6 after an accident suffered while preparing for a snowmobile race.
According to media and organizer reports, Hunter Houle, 18, of Forest Lake, was involved in a crash on Pine Lake, near Gonvick. He was reportedly unconscious when found by others nearby, and he was taken by air to be hospitalized in the Twin Cities but could not be revived. Houle was on Pine Lake for a series of races that took place that weekend, organized by United States X-Country Snowmobile Racing. On the Facebook page for the USXC, the organization dedicated the weekend’s events to Houle.broadstreet.zone(48036);
More circumstances surrounding the crash are not yet known and will be reported when they become available.
Houle is the son of Steve and Charlene Houle. In the 1980s and 1990s, Steve Houle was a highly successful snowmobile racer, winning several championships in multiple racing organizations.

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Newspaper editorial boards across Minnesota must feel at times as if they are speaking to a brick wall when it comes to making recommendations to state lawmakers.
And there is good reason for such feelings.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Repeated recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature during and in the closing days of the 2016 session mostly fell on deaf ears. Repeated calls for a special session in the final six months of 2016 to take care of unfinished regular session business also fell on deaf ears.
It is almost incomprehensible that lawmakers would go home without completing action on key subjects that included bonding, taxes and transportation. But yet they did after 11th-hour negotiations exploded in their faces, leaving no wiggle room for resolution. With those failures on the books, lawmakers were still unable to resolve their differences and meet in special session to take care of unfinished business.
Even with the added pressure of a mutual desire

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Paul Rignell
Columbus Reporter
Columbus City Council members have approved increases of 1.2 percent for the city’s general budget and levy in 2017, but their decisions did not come without debate at a meeting Dec. 14.
Though he voted with the full council for a higher levy, Councilman Jeff Duraine did not support the proposed total budget.broadstreet.zone(48036);
For starters, he pointed to another vote from earlier that evening when council members agreed to renew a contract for the city’s park maintenance and mowing work with a private lawn care company based in Lindstrom. The Columbus budget includes $12,900 for that service in 2017, and Duraine said the city likely could save some money in future years by directing its regular public works staff to take on those duties.
Duraine said he was also not in favor of budgeting more than $360,000 toward road paving and blacktop maintenance for the second consecutive year. A majority of

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Forest Lake Toastmasters Club is the recipient of the President’s Distinguished Club Award, an honor indicating the club provides a higher quality club experience. To achieve the award, the club accomplished goals that ensure it offers a supportive environment and enhances the enjoyment of members.
“We have a great group that meets weekly to improve communication and leadership skills,” club president Charlie Kundinger said in a press release. “I’ve observed real growth in our members. They become more confident and have improved their personal and professional lives by participating in this club. New members are welcome. Stop by to observe a meeting and learn more about Toastmasters.”
The club meets on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. at Forest Lake City Center, 1408 Lake Street South, second floor. For more information, visit forestlakemn.toastmastersclubs.org.

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Jessica Keck, Forest Lake, was named to the fall 2016 President’s List at Bob Jones University.

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Barbara A. Friedhoff, age 69, of Forest Lake, passed away suddenly on January 3, 2017, with her family by her side.
Barbara was a proud business owner of White Diamond Tours.
Preceded in death by parents, Werner and Ann Johnson.
She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Bart; daughters, Kimberly (Kevin) Mark, Kari Brenes; granddaughter, Mariya Brenes; great-granddaughter, Mya Burton; siblings, Jeanne (Brian) Streeter, Dale Johnson, Russell Johnson; and many friends.
A gathering to celebrate Barbara’s life will be held 2-6 p.m., Saturday, January 14, 2017 at American Legion #225, 355 West Broadway Ave., Forest Lake. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.

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Submitted photoStudents in Kirsten Ramsden’s second-grade class recently crossed a bridge signifying no more English in the classroom. The students will now speak strictly Spanish for the rest of the year.
Recently, students in Kirsten Ramsden’s Forest View Elementary second-grade class participated in a special ceremony to signify progress in language learning.
The students, some of the first in the district to have been offered a foreign language curriculum beginning in kindergarten, were part of a bridging ceremony on Dec. 15. The children crossed over from a classroom that was a mix of English and Spanish speaking and will now speak only Spanish (with exceptions when necessary).broadstreet.zone(48036);
“My students have gradually been working up to this point since September by earning points when they speak Spanish,” Ramsden said. “The bridging ceremony was an exciting moment for all of the students to truly push themselves in using their Spanish and also to surprise themselves

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE:broadstreet.zone(48036);
November 29, 2004
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $175,992.00
MORTGAGOR(S): Rose A Nambozo, an unmarried woman
MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fremont Investment & Loan, its successors and/or assigns
DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: broadstreet.zone(50962);
Recorded: December 20, 2004 Washington County Recorder
Document Number: 3487529
LOAN MODIFICATION:
Dated: September 01, 2010
Recorded: December 20, 2010
Document Number: 3822830
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE:
And assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Fremont Home Loan Trust 2005-A, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-A
Dated: March 22, 2012
Recorded: April 17, 2012 Washington County Recorder
Document Number: 3884157
Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 1001944-5000123766-9
Lender or Broker: Fremont Investment & Loan
Residential Mortgage Servicer:
Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
Mortgage Originator:
Not Applicable
COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Washington
Property Address: 11005 A Oak Grove Cr, Woodbury, MN 55129
Tax Parcel ID Number:
23.028.21.44.0184
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Unit

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: broadstreet.zone(48036);
July 08, 2005
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $251,000.00
MORTGAGOR(S): Jamie Lynn McClellan (Unmarried)
MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A., its successors and/or assigns
DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: broadstreet.zone(50962);
Recorded: August 19, 2005 Washington County Recorder
Document Number: 3533829
LOAN MODIFICATION:
Dated: May 21, 2012
Recorded: July 05, 2012
Document Number: 3895508
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE:
And assigned to: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Dated: March 09, 2013
Recorded: March 20, 2013 Washington County Recorder
Document Number: 3937137
Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number:
100021278842244456
Lender or Broker: U.S. Bank N.A.
Residential Mortgage Servicer: U.S. Bank National Association
Mortgage Originator: Not Applicable
COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Washington
Property Address: 6358 151st Street Ct N, Hugo, MN 55038-8494
Tax Parcel ID Number:
16.031.21.33.0045
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 11, Block 1, Sweet Grass Meadows 2nd Addition, according to the recorded plat thereo, and situate in Washington

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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:broadstreet.zone(48036);
DATE OF MORTGAGE:
September 9, 2003
MORTGAGOR: Mark E. Pitlik, an unmarried man.
MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc..
DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded December 5, 2003 Washington County Recorder, Document No. 3407609.broadstreet.zone(50962);
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: CitiMortgage, Inc.. Dated May 19, 2016 Recorded May 25, 2016, as Document No. 4068369.
TRANSACTION AGENT:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTION AGENTS MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:
1000619-0325200028-5
LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:
Summit Mortgage Corporation
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 430 Hickory Lane North, Oakdale, MN 55128
TAX PARCEL I.D. #:
32.029.21.42.0017
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 1, Country Villas of Oak Run Shores Second Addition, Common Interest Community No. 94, Washington County, Minnesota.
COUNTY IN

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