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Vol. CXXIX — No. 34  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, August 25, 2026  •  Archive Edition
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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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Puzzle Page Misquah Mini CrosswordThe Fair Mini1234Across1. Purple, if you did it right (6)4. What settles arguments, once certified (6)Down1. Grosbeak descriptor, and the first bird on the first page (4)2. One on a string; many on a quilt border (4)3. A sign of things to come — like an ice machine choosing Friday (4)Chain Word SearchFive Days at the FairgroundsPORCUPINE · MIDWAY · ZIPPER · PUMPKIN · DERBY · QUILT · RODEO · TRACTOR · RIBBON · MINIDONUT · GRANDSTANDTEMINIDONUTQYSOEMUIKJGVKCWMJMSWEUZRQDDCJEPQPAISBDLIMUXCYAZGXDRDANOTPOINZZWGDDCUWVPROVLLWRUWHRACOAINRQFNTQZHNTGAEHYBCXXRVDNYTQEVGNYWUHYYPWKDPRADLCUDPMKBNMKYSHABBLNZISZLRRPUIDMCPXNQNIJTGEBULVLUTJHNEMQPLADWMRKVPOYGZMIFXPXNHPFDVWRLHTFEJFEETDKSSWRMAOVUPUIKKRXILJXZJZYMRSTFDHPWNOQMIMINOBBIRZVULFAny direction. PORCUPINE is in there and, unlike Thursday, is not going anywhere.Lake TriviaThis Week’s QuestionThe county fair’s open-class entry record stood for fifty years before it fell this month. What was the old number, what year was it set, and what is the new one?Answer401, set in 1976, broken this year at 412. From the Files notes the 1976 fair also reported that the Forest Club building had “added a badger,” a sentence that appears once in this newspaper’s entire archive and is never mentioned again.