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Vol. CXXIX — No. 37  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, September 15, 2026  •  Archive Edition
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Vol. CXXIX — No. 37 · Edition

Community Calendar

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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This Week

Tue., Sep. 15. This newspaper. Volleyball home vs. Sandstone, 5:30 and 7.

Wed., Sep. 16. School picture day. Facilities walk-through for September 25. Confirmation class begins, Methodist, 6:30 p.m.

Thu., Sep. 17. LEGION & MEN’S LEAGUE BANQUET, Northern Tap, 6:30 p.m.; meat raffle at eight. Ladies’ Aid, First Lutheran, 1 p.m.

Fri., Sep. 18. ABSENTEE VOTING OPENS, city hall. Football at Sandstone, 7 p.m.; bus leaves at three.

Sat., Sep. 19. Cross country HOME meet, pavilion course, 10 a.m. Four chute volunteers needed. Martinez truck in the alley.

Sun., Sep. 20. Worship: First Lutheran 9 (“On Patience,” Part Thirteen), Methodist 8 and 10:30. Fall story time resumes at the library, 10:30 a.m.

Coming Up

Mon.–Thu., Sep. 21–24. Homecoming dress days. The list goes home Friday.

Tue., Sep. 22. Volleyball at Hinckley, 5:30/7.

Fri., Sep. 25. HOMECOMING and the FIRST DORIS KNUTSON SPELLDOWN. Parade 4 p.m.; coronation 5:15, gym; Spelldown 6:30, gym; kickoff 7 vs. Pine City. Football parking north, Spelldown parking south.

Sat., Sep. 26. Harvest moon, rising full about twenty minutes after sunset. Cross country at Braham, 10 a.m.

Tue., Sep. 29. Volleyball home vs. Cambridge, 5:30/7.

Tue., Oct. 6. City council — the Hagen recommendation, at sixteen lots. 7 p.m.

Thu., Oct. 8. Candidate forum, Legion hall, 7 p.m.

Second week of October. Docks out at Loon Ridge; the resort closes the third week. The stop sign is scheduled for installation this month.

Thu., Oct. 15–16. Parent-teacher conferences. Sign-up sheets the first week of October.

Sat., Oct. 3. Fall story time continues; the library is also taking names for the winter reading program, which Mrs. Aune has been asked about eleven times since August and about which she has said only that it will happen.

Third week of October. Loon Ridge closes for the season. Renée Fontaine notes the docks come out the week before and that she has never once had help she did not have to ask for twice.