“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · June 30 Edition · 8 story item(s) in this section.
Independence Day
Twenty-six boats have registered for the inaugural lap of Big Pelican — a tradition the town invented in a church basement last December and has been arguing about, gently, ever since.
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Around Town
Al Lundquist, 58, set out Friday night to recreate a run he made in 1991. He made it about forty yards. The sidewalk outside the Northern Tap has the rest of the story.
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Northwoods
A black bear spent a productive forty minutes in the Northern Tap’s cooler Saturday night. The DNR has recommended the fix for three years. Misquah installed it Monday morning.
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City Council
A developer from the Cities wants to build the largest subdivision in town history on the old Hagen pasture. Monday’s meeting ran two hours and settled nothing — which several residents called the point.
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Business
Annika and Jonas Holt will open the Chain’s first taproom in the old Co-op creamery on Second Avenue. The tanks arrive next week, the license comes up July 7, and the flagship beer will be named for a lake — once they survive choosing which one.
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Business
Three days in, the carnitas sell out by 6:40 and the salsa has converted Eunice Dahlquist, who reports she asked for the recipe and was, with great warmth, refused.
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Around Town
The congregation chose the asphalt over the furnace for one more year. The Lutherans, two blocks away, note that their lot is fine.
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Around Town
A daughter to the Sorensens, a son to the Ouellettes, born two days apart at the county hospital — and a week the obituaries page, for once, had nothing to take back.
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