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Sue Brown Chapin has been teaching watercolor classes in Carlton County for more than 10 years. This week she brought her lessons to the shores of Lac La Belle at the Historic Scott House for a series...

The Wrenshall graduating class of 2019 was honored last Friday with a ceremony at the school. (There they all are, below.) Twenty-five students received their diplomas. Representatives from the class...

Anyone who has driven through our neck of the woods lately will know that the Wrenshall General Store has been continually improving and expanding its business. “We have a lot going on here” said own...

Wrenshall filmmaker - and a driving force behind the Free Range Film Festival - Mike Scholtz is making the rounds on the film festival circuit with his new documentary, "Riplist." On Wednesday, May...

There is a lovely smell in the air these days – manure. I used to turn up my nose at it when I first came to Wrenshall but I've come to enjoy the smell because it means the work of farming has m...

There is exciting news in both the fine and industrial arts this past week. Wrenshall High School senior Jared Kelley was awarded the opportunity to sign on with the Carpenter’s Training Institute i...

It's been a busy week for the Wrenshall school district. On Monday, Ellie Swanson's photojournalism class walked through Jay Cooke State Park with Glenn Swanson from the Oldenburg House as part of...

President Harry S. Truman called Eleanor Roosevelt the First Lady of the World because of her commitment to global human rights. She was outspoken on civil rights and was a pioneer in media...

While most of us are excited just to see brown outside instead of white, there is a lot of green poking up in our farm’s potting shed this week. My husband and I own and operate the Food Farm and we h...