Pine City is in the preliminary stages of exploring moving municipal liquor store operations to a multi-use development proposed by a developer. In an interview on Friday, mayor Kent Bombard explained that the city is still early in the timeline, invoking the metaphor of “looking at the car and kicking the tires at this point of time.” “At this point, we’ve signed a letter of engagement with a developer to look into expanding our liquor store to a new location,” Bombard said.

Cambridge-Isanti traveled to North Branch on Thursday. Both teams came into the game with their records not quite where they wanted them to be. But nothing like a conference rivalry to get back on track. The Bluejackets struck first and managed to get out to nearly a early double digit lead. But the Vikings were quick to go on a run of their own and even captured the lead. Suddenly the momentum had shifted hands and the Vikings were hoping to use that to potentially build

Pine City hosted Mora on Wednesday night. There was alot on the line in this game for both sides, a win overall yes, but a chance for a section and conference win along with pride. A win for either team vastly improves their standing in the section as we approach playoffs. In the early stages of the 1st half, it was a bit of a feeling out process for both sides. But once both teams settled in, there was non stop action. Defenses played a big part in this game, and even th

Pine City has found elevated levels of copper in drinking water in some homes and buildings, according to a notice issued on Monday. The notices states the municipal water system exceeded the action level for copper during the compliance period from July through December of 2025. The action level for copper is 1,300 micrograms per liter; Pine City's water system exceeded that level with a 90th percentile of 1,510 micrograms per liter. The notice also states that more than 10