News & Events

Memorial Blood Centers schedule June events

Memorial Blood Centers is teaming up with the Minnesota Twins to give blood donors a chance to win baseball tickets. All presenting donors from June 1–30 are automatically entered to win one of 16 pairs of tickets to a Minnesota Twins game. Visit MBC.ORG/TWINS for more information. Donors who give between June 28 and July […]

Pine City Wal-Mart Adds Grocery Pickup Service

The Pine City Walmart store began offering Online Grocery Pickup service earlier this week on Tuesday, May 28th. The pickup service is currently being offered from 8am – 8pm. Customers must choose a one hour slot for their pick-up service when they are completing the online order. Michelle B (eCommerce Assistant Manager) stopped by to […]

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon

Pine City began the process of becoming a Yellow Ribbon City soon after being recognized by Central Minnesota’s “Initiative Foundation” as the “Outstanding Community” in the region in 2009. A year later, the Pine City Area Yellow Ribbon Community began with the support of the City Council and has expanded to include all key areas […]

Pine Center for the Arts Hosts Summer Arts 2019

Eight years ago a group of of dedicated volunteers conceived the idea for the first summer session of arts programming for elementary age students. Class sizes were small to start with, but the enthusiasm for engaging young students in exploring their creativity was huge! Fast forward to the summer of 2019 and you’ll find that […]

ECRL Presents: MN in the Vietnam War

East Central Regional Library is pleased to welcome back Minnesota history reenactor Arn Kind for a presentation on one of the most fascinating yet controversial eras in the history of our nation and world. Kind, a teacher of 42 years, will don the uniform of a typical American soldier in presenting Minnesota in the Vietnam […]

ECRL Celebrates 60 Years!

The community is encouraged to join in the celebration of East Central Regional Library’s 60th anniversary, a diamond of an occasion this year with fun things to do for all ages. East Central Regional Library began in 1959 with just five branch libraries in three counties: Isanti, Mille Lacs and Pine. This was a milestone […]