The Mille Lacs County Times

To the Editor: I want to thank Amee, Leah and the rest of the girls at the Radiance Spa in Milaca for making my mother feel beautiful again. My mom lost her identical twin to cancer and stopped taking care of herself due to depression. The women at Radiance helped me pull a fast one [...]

To the Editor: I am writing this letter to inform the people of Mille Lacs County of how their sheriff’s department treats its local businesses. With decency and in good conscience they watch over us. We had a deputy stop by the other night to inform us that our shop gate was open and he [...]

Area businesses contribute much to our community To the Editor: We have reached the end of another high school marching band season. We can all be proud of our young musicians; they represented our community so well — performing at a very high level this season. So much goes into the preparation of our bands, [...]

Summer series got off to a rousing start To the Editor: As a member of the Milaca Fine Arts Council I would like to thank the people who came out in support of our first summer concert in the park on June 16. They were treated to a wonderful performance by the Wild Goose Chase [...]

Alumni Band carries on a great tradition To the Editor: Milaca has a long history of supporting a marching band. Mr. Salo, previous band director, decided to pull together a group of past marching band members to march in the Milaca Centennial Parade. We dusted off our instruments, scrambled to find music and our high [...]

March with the Alumni Band To The Editor, Come relive your past or make your dreams of marching in a band come true. The Milaca Alumni Band would like to welcome everyone to march with us at the Milaca Parade June 23. No one is too old or too young. Children are welcome to march [...]

Why do people steal flowers from cemeteries? To the Editor: This is to the person or persons who had the audacity to steal flower arrangements and accessories off of the graves at the cemeteries. These were placed there in honor of our loved ones who have passed. How can you enjoy looking at them knowing [...]

Pay attention! At intersections, pedestrians have the right-of-way To the Editor: I have a question for your readers, our police officers, sheriff’s department and school bus drivers. It is this: Have you not read the laws pertaining to pedestrians and cross walk/intersections? I walk almost every day in our fair city and have to, more [...]

A new People’s (Minnesota Vikings Stadium) plan is in the works. Question: will the people help pay for a stadium they say they oppose financing with tax dollars? During a recent visit to the Capitol, legislative leaders were reluctant to talk about spending any state money for a stadium with a retractable roof. They said [...]

To the Editor: Before implementing a new program, then coming back next fall and pleading poverty the Milaca School Board should research this expanded kindergarten project and decide if it’s really worthwhile. So far we have these “facts:” an elementary principal “feels” it would be good for the kids; 19 third-graders who have gone through [...]