Blue Star Moms Prepare Holiday Care Packages

The local chapter of Blue Star Moms will be collecting items for Holiday Care packages. These items will be mailed to the men and women currently deployed on active military duty.  The group is seeking donations from interested community members from the items request list below or cash donations to help pay for shipping cost would also be […]

Art Center Plans October Events

The Pine Center for the Arts has a busy month this October with a wide variety of programming available for the community.  Here is just a quick preview of a few of the events that are being planned. Friday, October 12th: Opening Night Reception from 4:00 – 6:00 PM With “Close to Simple,” Don Farrell […]

Minnesota Governor’s Deer Opener Arrives in Hinckley, November 1

Celebrate Minnesota’s Deer Hunting Tradition To honor and promote Minnesota’s deer hunting tradition, the 16th Annual Minnesota Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener “Welcome to Deer Camp Celebration” will be held on Thursday, November 1st at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota. The event promotes ethical hunting practices and shares the economic and environmental benefits of hunting. Together, […]

Pine Area Lions Annual Octoberfest Dinner

The Pine Area Lions have a lot of exciting events on their calendar for the remainder of 2018 and with the addition of 20 new members at their October 1st meeting, excitement is running high for the group that they’ll have a few successful fundraisers before the year is out. One of these events is […]

New Horizon Thrift Store Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary

When              October 2-6 Where             New Horizon Thrift Store, 215 Main St. South, Pine City, MN The New Horizon Thrift Store will celebrate five years of serving the community all week October 2 – 6. Everything in the store will be 50% off. There will be daily drawings for two $25 gift certificates. Need not be present to […]

Finding Minnesota’s scary and bizarre

Libraries welcome paranormal researcher Chad Lewis during ECRL Reads Hear about over 100 bizarre and “hidden” newspaper stories from Minnesota in a presentation by paranormal researcher, author and lecturer Chad Lewis at the library during the 2nd Annual ECRL Reads. Lewis will provide a time portal back to the early days of the state when […]

Initiative Foundation Hosts Growing Home Luncheon

To celebrate regional successes, the Initiative Foundation is hosting a series of three October luncheons (11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) with a Growing Home theme: Oct. 2 at the Braham Event Center Oct. 11 at the Gorecki Center at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph Oct. 25 at the Cragun’s Legacy Pavilion near Brainerd At […]

Library launches 2nd annual ECRL Reads

Featuring The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb The 2nd Annual ECRL Reads, featuring the suspenseful mystery The Fate of Mercy Alban by Minnesota Book Award winner Wendy Webb, is fast approaching and so are the related programs and events at all East Central Regional Library locations. In The Fate of Mercy Alban, Grace Alban has spent 20 […]