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🌱 How safe is Pequot Lakes ice as winter activity ramps up?
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- How safe is Pequot Lakes ice as winter activity ramps up?
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- Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 46 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Wednesday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 37, low: 21.
- Thursday: Strong winds, with a high of 30 and low of -13 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Conservation Officer Reports: Consistent cold weather continues to help ice conditions on area lakes (brainerddispatch.com) — Pequot Lakes conservation officer Chelsey Collette reports checking ice anglers, muzzleloader hunters, snowmobilers, and trappers as cold weather improves but still leaves highly variable ice conditions. Across the central Minnesota districts, officers are seeing more people on lakes and trails, along with a mix of license, registration, and game-tagging violations. Locals are urged to use caution on early ice and double-check snowmobile and angling paperwork. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 2025 Business After Hours Holiday Extravaganza
The Crossing Arts Alliance , 23521 Nokomis Avenue , Nisswa
4:00 pm - County Board Meeting
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar , 326 Laurel St. , Brainerd
5:00 pm - Preschool Story Hour
Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library , 101 1st Street SE , Crosby
10:30 am - BLADE Steering Committee
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar Brainerd, MN 56401
12:00 pm - Trivia Night — BIG AXE BREWING Co.
Big Axe Brewing Company , 25435 Main St , Nisswa
6:30 pm - Sheriff's Sale - 1224 11th St SE, Brainerd
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar , 304 Laurel St , Brainerd
10:00 am - Sheriff's Sale - 13128 Pine Hurst Rd, Brainerd
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar , 304 Laurel Street , Brainerd
10:00 am - Sheriff's Sale - 13119 Norway Dr, Baxter
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar , 304 Laurel Street , Brainerd
10:00 am - Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders: Awareness, Networking & Mentoring in the Brainerd Lakes Area- Crosby
Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library , George H Crosby Park , 101 1st St SE , Crosby
10:15 am - Library Meetup in Crosby — epilepsyadvocates.org
Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library , George H Crosby Park , 101 1st St SE , Crosby
10:15 am - Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment
Crow Wing County, MN Calendar , 326 Laurel St , Brainerd
3:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hi, I’m Dennis.
I’m wishing everybody a merry Christmas this year on the 24th at 3 PM. I will be ushering at Timberwood Church in NIsswa Minnesota. I wish you would… (Nextdoor County Road 16)
- Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (01972) - 24400 Smiley Rd in Nisswa. Apply here.
- Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PINE RIVER, MN S16458 in Pine River. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pequot Lakes here.
🗞 Nearby News
Nisswa
- National Loon Center holiday donation drive underway (pineandlakes.com)
- Middle Fork of the Crow River Watershed District recognized as district of year (wctrib.com)
Pine River
- Senior Meals: Dec. 15-19, 2025, menus listed for Pine River and Crosslake nutrition sites (pineandlakes.com)
Brainerd
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