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Terry Sylvester (front, from left), Judy Stene and Yvonne Crandall; (back, from left) Carol Kowalczyk, Judy Germundson, Kai Lindholm and Nick Zahurones huddle together and smile while preparing items for food shelf recipients March 4 at Living Waters Lutheran Church in Sauk Rapids. The church assists 35 to 45 families weekly.

Volunteers provide family, senior assistance

Local food shelves serve nutritional needs

This graphic from a 2023 Mayhew Lake Corridor access and safety study prepared by the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization shows the location of two proposed roundabouts near Sauk Rapid-Rice High School at the intersections of Water Tower Road and Osauka Road Northeast in Sauk Rapids. During a March 4 meeting, Chris Byrd, county engineer, asked commissioners to revisit the project at the March 25 committee meeting.

Successful school district referendum accelerates timeline

County will revisit Mayhew Lake Road project

Slow cookers filled with steaming hot chili await attendees prior to the March 1 start of the fifth annual Little Rock Lake Chilly Games near Benton Beach Campground in rural Rice. Many attendees reported ice depths approaching 30 inches; fire pits were set up to keep participants warm, and a fish house was converted to a shelter.

Ice-related fun brings lake community together

Little Rock Lake ‘Chilly Games’ celebrate fifth year

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Granite City Lumberjacks weekly slapshot

Friday, March 7 Granite City Lumberjacks 4, Alexandria 1 GCL 2 2 0-4 ALX 1 0 0-1 First period : 2. TJ Lepisto (Cole Sieben, Dominic Thomas) 18:43. 3. …

Sauk Rapids-Rice senior Garret Broman springs from the wall at the start of the 200-yard individual medley preliminaries at the Minnesota State High School League Class AA Boys Swimming and Diving State Meet March 7 in Minneapolis. Broman placed seventh in the 100 backstroke and 13th in the 100 butterfly in the March 8 finals.

Responding after adversity

First frustration, then satisfaction. That sums up the two-day experience at the Minnesota State High School League Class AA Boys Swimming and Diving State Meet March 7-8 for the Sauk …

Members of the Sartell/Sauk Rapids-Rice girls bowling team — Hailee Neumann (from left), Katie Bialke and Maggie Bialke — helped lead the Storm’n Sabres to the championship at the Minnesota Girls High School State Tournament March 1 at Concord Lanes in South St. Paul. The team defeated Farmington in the championship match for their second-consecutive title

Encore performance

The Sartell/Sauk Rapids-Rice girls bowling team was not quite ready to give up their crown, and it showed in their performance. The Storm’n Sabres rolled through the eight-team bracket at …

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