“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · July 21 Edition · 5 story item(s) in this section.
The Hagen Pasture
The biggest hearing in a generation ran two and a half hours, required more chairs than the city owns, and ended as promised — with the board taking the eighteen lots home to think about. A decision is expected in late August.
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Business
Thirty-nine years after the Co-op closed, something is warm in the old creamery — and a covered sign out front bears a name the Holts confirm exists and decline to reveal.
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Around Town
Her first public appearance since coming home: ten minutes, one shelving correction — the one Megan left unfixed on purpose — and a verdict of “very satisfactory.”
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County Fair
Two dollars, all categories, ribbons as merited — and a plea from the fair board: enter the pickles. “They’re wrong roughly half the time, and the only way to find out which half is the two dollars.”
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County 9
What was improvisation in June is procedure in July: “Paint around wildlife when practicable” is now in the county binder, and the bend has a bulge again.
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