After about a year of negotiations, the Pine City school board voted to approve the contract for the district's principals at Monday's meeting. The contract sets the contracted days for the high school, junior high, and elementary school principals at 260 days with a daily rate of $484.50, for a flat salary of $125,970 in the 2025-2026 school year. The contracted days are up from 230 for the high school principal, 225 for the elementary school principal, and 210 for the junio

Braham made the State Tournament after winning the Section 5A Championship over Pine River-Backus! On the 1st day of the tournament they, as the 8th seed, took on the number team at state, Mountain Iron-Buhl. The start of this game was less than ideal, they struggled with turnovers and couldn't quite find their footing. But it was more than understandable, they were trying to take in the moment of being at State. Once they worked through the jitters they started to look li

Well the winter sports season has officially come to an end here at WCMP. We certainly had a lot of fun and memorable moments throughout the season. Thanks to Pine Insurance Agency we we able to do a Athlete of the Week to highlight some of the great local athletes in our area. But we wanted to do one more thing to recognize local athletes in our area. And that bring us our, Winter Sports Athlete of the Season Award!

This weekend's snowstorm brought less accumulation than was initially forecast, according to snowfall reports from the National Weather Service . Chisago City was on the high end of accumulation tallies, with separate locations reporting 6.4 and 6.2 inches, respectively. Isanti was one of multiple municipalities reporting over 4 inches of snow, with 4.9. Others include Foreston with 4.4 inches, Pine City with 4.3, and Milaca and Luck with 4. Other area snowfall totals include

Braham's Hometown Liquor Store will be closed until Monday, March 16 after a vehicle drove into the building on Saturday afternoon. According to a news release from the Braham Police Department, a personal injury accident was reported at the liquor store just after 1:30 p.m. Braham's police and fire departments responded to the scene and located a vehicle inside the building, with a male driver still stuck in the vehicle. The release states that emergency crews pulled the veh