November 2024

From the Outside

Safety in the StandHunting from a stand is a fundamental part of Upper Midwestern deer hunting and has been for so long that one would be hard pressed to identify its origin.

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Donations needed to move Veterans Memorial ahead

Work towards creating the Lake County Veterans Memorial is slow but steady according to Keith Larson.Hoping to have broken ground already this fall, Larson, a veteran and member of the nonprofit Lake County Veterans Memorial Association (LCVMA) says that more donations are needed to pay for starting work on the memorial.Memorial inscriptions are not only a way to make a donation, but Larson says carving the names of veterans into the memorial granite is really the focus of the project to keep their memories and sacrifices alive.Inscription space can be purchased in two different sizes, with the larger space able to have up to four names inscribed.Over three years on since the LCVMA started the project, the design has been modified slightly so that modest stages can be accomplished more readily.

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Don’t Treat Soil Like Dirt

Introducing Jenna Kaiser, a newly hired forester with Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District.How did you become interested in conservation?My interest in conservation stems from where I grew up in southern Minnesota, outside the small town of West Concord.

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