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Vol. CXXIX — No. 24  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, June 16, 2026  •  One Dollar (Two if you take the crossword)
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The Voice of the Chain of Lakes

The Misquah Pilot-Independent

“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.



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Oakview · Prairie View · Lakeside

Schools

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Schools Desk

Above Average Watch

Recognition for students, bus drivers, lunch ladies, and anyone who returned a library book mostly dry.

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First State Bank of Misquah

Where they still know your name, and your father’s

Boat loans • Cabin loans • Christmas Club

Corner of Main & First
Lakeside High — A Honor Roll, Fourth Quarter

Grade 12

Ben Aune, Greta Halvorsen, Cody Lindholm, Maddie Ouellette, Tyler Aas, Dana Vik, Erik Solberg, Hannah Brevik.

Grade 11

Carter Hagen, Lily Knutson, Owen Dahlquist, Sofia Fontaine, Jack Norquist, Ava Tollefson, Mason Aas.

Grade 10

Ella Bunde, Logan Skoglund, Maya Lindholm, Noah Ouellette, Piper Sorensen, Wyatt Vik.

Grade 9

Brooke Aune, Caleb Hagen, Ruby Knutson, Henry Dahlquist, Sadie Solberg, Levi Brevik, Nora Aas.
School Notes
Last day at Oakview was Wednesday; the building will be “aired out,” Principal Norquist said, “whether it wants to be or not.”
Prairie View band placed in its division at the regional festival, a result the director credited to “the eighth graders finally learning the bridge.”
Fall sports registration opens July 1 — football, volleyball, and cross country. The hockey co-op with Pinedale continues, “amicably, mostly.”
School board meets June 18. On the agenda: the bus-garage roof, the lunch contract, and the perennial matter of the gym clock, now fixed.