The Archive
A hundred and twenty-three years of the Pilot-Independent. The recent editions are below — click any to read that week’s paper. The rest is on microfilm, or in boxes Earl has promised to organize.
No. 24 — June 16, 2026 · read this edition →
Council Names Stop-Sign Subcommittee, One Member ShortWalleye Turn Sullen at Midday; Evening Bite Still HonestOur View: Three Is a Sufficient NumberFourth of July Plans Take Shape; Parade Route Unchanged, There Being One StreetBear Returns to Daybreak Dumpster; Café Answers With a BungeeFirst Loon Chicks Sighted on Big Pelican; Resort Asked to Slow DownDoris Eleanor Knutson, 93Pike Move to 2–0; This Time the Fence Stays Out of ItSolberg Clears the Wolves; Library Contemplates a Tier It Does Not HaveHydrant Flushing Ends; Three Calls to Donna, Exactly as PredictedWhat to Do About All This RhubarbPost 162 Earns First Win; Lone Light Tower HoldsNo. 23 — June 9, 2026 · read this edition →
Council Tables Fourth Stop Sign for Third Straight MeetingWalleye Stories Continue to Outgrow the WalleyeOur View: Leave the Post BeFifty Years Ago This Week in the Pilot-IndependentLutefisk Supper Sets Modest Record; Methodists Decline to CommentPike Open Summer League With a Win and an ArgumentSummer Reading Begins; Bear Shelf Cleared Before Official StartLegion Nine Drops Opener; Pitcher Blames the Wind, Wind Unavailable for CommentNew Minnow Tank at Tim’s Greeted With Quiet Civic PridePike Send Off 38 Graduates; Valedictorian Thanks Mom, Also Bus DriverOn the Proper Way to Wave From a BoatOrville “Ole” Tollefson, 91Mud Lake Association Holds Annual Meeting; Two AttendThird Grade Releases Trout Into Big Pelican, Says Goodbye With DifficultyThe Tater-Top Hotdish, As It Was Meant to BeLoon Ridge Opens Season; Greens Fees Up, Geese LikewiseScience Fair Won by Volcano, As Has Been the Case Since 1981No. 22 — June 2, 2026
Council Hears From Man About Geese, At Length
Opener Yields Few Fish, Many Stories
Oakview Names Trout, Against Advice
No. 21 — May 26, 2026
Fishing Opener Draws Hundreds to the Chain
Pike Track Team Places at Regionals
Pavilion Roof Fund Reaches Year Fourteen
No. 20 — May 19, 2026
Ice Officially Out; Last Bet Settled at Tim’s
Spring Cleanup Removes Three Docks, One Mistakenly
Lutefisk Supper Date Set
No. 19 — May 12, 2026
Town Debates Stop Sign (Cont’d From 1957)
Loons Return to Big Pelican on Schedule
Hardware Store ‘Open Most Days’ Again
Older issues are available on the reading-room microfilm machine, which works if you jiggle it.