UPDATE: The missing woman was found safely. The Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a missing 44-year-old woman. According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Jessica Gago is missing from Minnesota, but was last seen in Webster, Wisconsin, on Dec. 8. Gago is described as five-foot-five and weighing 130 pounds. She has sandy hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black winter coat. Anyone with information about h

The Pine City Heritage Players have announced their upcoming 2025-2026 season, celebrating 20 years since the revival of the community theater group. The season will kick off with a Songs of the Stage musical revue, featuring duets and ensemble performances of Broadway favorites, on Saturday, Feb. 21, hosted at the Pine City Pizza Pub. Auditions for the "Let's Duet" revue are scheduled for Dec. 21. On March 21, the Heritage Players will host a one-night-only event, titled, "E

Municipalities across east-central Minnesota recorded inches of snow following a winter storm on Tuesday. According to snowfall reports over the past 24 hours from the National Weather Service, Hinckley, Bock, and Willow River each registered 7 inches of snow accumulation. Chisago City recorded 5.8 inches of snow, with Rush City seeing 5.5 inches, and Cambridge reporting 5.1 inches. Other area snowfall totals include: Mora: 5 inches Pine City: 4.9 inches Grantsburg, WI: 4.6

Pine City girls hosted Aitkin on Saturday. The girls basketball team had a busy end to their week, on Friday they played in the cities against St Croix Prep, then had to turn around and play again Saturday afternoon. Some fatigue was sure to play a factor in this midday game, especially this early in the season. But Pine City did not let that hold them back, despite the slow start. Vivian Lahti got them on the board first with a three.

East Central hosted Braham on Friday night. These two teams split their regular season series last year, but Braham had the final say in the playoffs. East Central has a the conference title the last few years and look to defend it, but Braham has aspirations of a title themselves. Both teams knew they needed to get off to a hot start. Early on both teams had some rust to knock off, there were some early mishaps on both sides. While it took some time, the scoring came a