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A Look Back At The Times
10 YEARS AGO MARCH 14, 2012 The Turtle Lake Lions Club hosted foreign exchange student, Marieke van den Zee from Belgium at their March meeting. She shared information about her country and her family. Marieke said she experienced a hard time adjusting to small town Turtle Lake, after coming from a city that boasted a…
Read MoreTurtle Lake FFA News
The Turtle Lake FFA has had a busy year. Throughout the year they have attended many leadership conferences and other activities. Simon Soldner earned his state degree this past summer at the State FFA Convention. Some of the other events included World Dairy Expo, National FFA Convention, Sectional Leadership workshop, Half-Time conference and speaking contest.…
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10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 21, 2013 A Public Hearing was held Monday night prior to the regular Village Board meeting to discuss applying for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to help defray costs of the new well being drilled at the Hartzell Softball Field parking lot. The new well is being drilled and hopefully…
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10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 8, 2013 This year marked the 15th Mission Trip for VIM and the 2nd trip to do work in Mission, Texas. This group originally centered around a core group of people from the United Methodist Churches of Turtle Lake, Barron and Cumberland. Over the years this group has expanded to include…
Read MoreA Look Back At 2022
With the current five-year referendum about to expire at the end of the 2021-22 school year, discussions and projections have taken place in regards to the need of another 5-year referendum. Discussions began in October with a Community Survey regarding what district residents would like to see in the next five years as far as…
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10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 3, 2013 Minor injuries were sustained by four occupants of a Chevy Malibu after it collided with a manure spreader on Cty. K, three miles south of Turtle Lake last Monday, December 24, around noon. Dale Scheps, rural Almena, was pulling the manure spreader with his tractor south on Cty. K…
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10 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 29, 2012 The Turtle Lake Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 8th Annual Chamber Christmas this Saturday, December 1st, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Parkview United Methodist Church, located at the junction of Hwy. 8 and Hwy. 63 North. This community event offers warm dishes of chili…
Read MoreBoard Takes No Action On Stop Lights; Approves One New Position
The Turtle Lake village board elected to take no action regarding the installation of signal lights at the intersection of Hwy. 8/63 and Western Boulevard on the west side of the village due to projected traffic issues with the construction of the new Kwik Trip. The board also considered a request from the Public Works…
Read MoreSOS and Lions Club Begin Christmas Drive To Aid Local Families
The Turtle Lake Lions Club and the Turtle Lake SOS (Students Offering Support) organization have begun their annual Christmas Drive recently. The groups are seeking monetary donations, which are then used to purchase clothing, food and toys for these families; making Christmas a less stressful time. A huge advance “Thank You” to all the…
Read MoreGarden Club Changes Out Planters
The Turtle Lake Garden Club recently completed their annual change out of all the downtown planters, from summer to winter interest. The planters are packed with natural plant material such as birch tree sticks, dried hydrangea blooms, evergreen boughs, sumac seed heads and other interesting dried flowers. These displays will create interest and beauty throughout…
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