The Pine City Council clarified that the city's source water did not contribute to the action level for copper being exceeded at Wednesday's meeting. A letter from the Minnesota Department of Health dated Dec. 3 states: "We believe your source water did not contribute to the prior action level exceedance." "It does say that our source water, which is our towers, our main lines, all of that, did not exceed the copper or the lead," said Pine City utility billing specialist Lisa

Pine City Council member Gina Pettie submitted a letter of resignation from her council seat on Wednesday. "We received a notification today that council member Pettie is resigning from her position on the city council of Pine City, effective today," said Mayor Kent Bombard at Wednesday's meeting. Because the letter was received after the meeting's agenda was already posted, a resolution was not prepared for the council to officially acknowledge Pettie's resignation and recog

Pine City hosted Spectrum on Tuesday night. Pine City came into the final week of the regular season in position to lock themselves into a home playoff game. They first needed a win over another section opponent in Spectrum. There was also alittle bit of revenge that the Dragons were seeking, after the Sting beat them last year.

The Lady Bombers hosted Moose Lake-Willow River on Monday night. The Bombers started the final week of the regular season at home. They were able to celebrate the seniors, all five of them. But as the game started, it was all Braham all the time. Their offense was unstoppable and the defense gave no ground to gain. They also had a plethora of takeaways and held the Rebels to 9 first half points. The Bombers continued their dominance the entire half and at the break they l