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Vol. CXXIX — No. 36  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, September 8, 2026  •  September 8 Edition
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The Voice of the Chain of Lakes

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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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Current Edition

The Klatch & Living

Coffee, kitchens, milestones, small commerce and the conversations that become local history.

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Older residents talking over coffee at the Daybreak before sunrise
The early table at the Daybreak works through another set of minutes before sunrise. — Pilot-Independent photo

The Klatch · From Eunice

The Table Read the Minutes Out Loud Again and This Time There Was Something in Them

Eunice on the week the town got busy again: children on the sidewalk, a clerk who told on herself, and the first cold morning that made anybody say anything.

MISQUAH — Wednesday morning there were children on the sidewalk at ten past eight for the first time since June and I will tell you that four grown people at this table went to the window. Not to look at anybody in particular. Just to look.

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Mud Lake Brewing Co.

Second Avenue. Open Thursday through Sunday. The creamery is still the creamery to Earl.

Daybreak Café

The coffee is hot. The table has opinions.

Loon Ridge Resort & Golf

September is the quiet part on purpose.

Local advertising
Now sufficiently ordinary to complain about

Mud Lake Brewing Co.

Creamery-built • Birch Street

Open Friday and Saturday. Ladder ownership unresolved.

The old creamery