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Thousands Attend 9th Annual Crosslake WinterFest to Enjoy Great Soups and Family Fun

Thousands of area residents and visitors enjoyed warm sunshine and mild temperatures to celebrate Crosslake’s 9th Annual WinterFest.

The two-day event featured several outdoor events including snowmobile radar runs, horse drawn carriage rides, a vendor fair, bocce tournament, Italian Olympics along with great deals at area merchants and the fifth annual SoupFest.

Winners in the annual SoupFest were Chad Minor at Manhattan’s in the Culinary Division and Kristi and Joe Kraemer at Lakes Area Gallery in the Amateur Division.

Minor (Thai Chicken Coconut Soup) and Kraemer (Marsala Mushroom Soup) each won the ‘golden ladle’, a traveling trophy.

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Mid-MN 150 Rescheduled

The 24th annual Mid-MN 150 Sled Dog race scheduled for Feb. 11 was postponed to Saturday, March 3 due to a lack of snow.

Mushers are requested to preregister if they plan to attend so officials will know how many participants to expect.

The 8-Dog Race will start in Remer, rest in Outing and finish back to Remer. The 6 dog race starts in Outing and finishes in Remer.

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CSAH 3 Reconstruction Slated for 2014

Over 50 residents and the Crosslake City council filled the council chambers Monday night as Steve Strochein and Mark Melby from Crow Wing County laid out the plans for the projected reconstruction of County Road 3 in northwest Crosslake.

Strochein and Melby used a map to show the existing and projected alignments. The road runs north from Crosslake to Hwy. 1 in Fifty Lakes. The road will be reconstructed to a 50 mph standard as mandated by the state, and some of the dangerous curves will be realigned, though most of the road will follow its existing course.

Strochein said by phone Friday that public input would be gathered by using a “trickle down effect” via public meetings in each City and meetings with affected landowners.

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Pequot Lakes 5th Grade Girls Take First at Pillager Tourney

Pequot Lakes 5th Grade Girls Basketball team took 1st place at the Pillager basketball tournament on January 28th. The girls played great and won all 3 games.

Pequot Lakes 4th Grade Girls Take First at C-I Tourney

The traveling Pequot Lakes 4th Grade Girls Basketball team took 1st place in the Crosby-Ironton tourney at the end of January.

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