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Wendi Eliason (left) receives the Presidential Lifetime Achievement award signed by former President Barack Obama for more than 4,700 hours of volunteer work.

Community 4:00 am, Jul. 21, 2017

A different kind of volunteer

(From left) Two Harbors City Administrator Dan Walker presents Two Harbors Police Department officer Ken Anderson with a certificate of appreciation for stepping up and organizing the Law Enforcement Torch Run last month. (News-Chronicle photo by Adelle Whitefoot)

Community 4:00 am, Jul. 14, 2017

Officer's work appreciated

Volunteers from Access North and the Arrowhead Chapter of the Association of Minnesota Building Officials partnered to build a ramp at the home of Joel and Heather Stillwell so their son Dane has better access to the home's backyard and garage. Dane was born 16 weeks premature and has several disabilities limiting his mobility. (News-Chronicle photo by Jamey Malcomb)

Community 4:00 am, Jun. 16, 2017

Program makes homes more accessible

Local resident Fran Kaliher (left) receives an award from Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency volunteer coordinator Nancy Frischmann for more than 5,000 hours of volunteer work for KTWH-LP 99.5 FM and Friends of the Two Harbors Public Library. (Photo courtesy of Tom Koehler)

Community 4:00 am, Jun. 9, 2017

Local resident receives award for volunteer work

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Chalk.a.Lot needs volunteers

Silver Bay native Wade LeBlanc was named Minnesota Hockey's volunteer of the month for December for his 26 years as a coach and board member with the Silver Bay Blue Line Club. (Photo by Lisa Malcomb)

Community 4:00 am, Dec. 30, 2016

Silver Bay resident recognized by Minnesota Hockey

(From left) Joren Weideman, Natalie Falk, Jaelyn Lushine, Kaiden Weideman, Ann Ferrari, Toby McDonald and Marshal Bailey, part of Minnehaha Elementary School's kindergarten class, built a "Kinder-Garden" in front of the school for the students to learn about plants and grow some of their own food. (Photo courtesy of Ann Ferrari)

Community 4:00 am, Oct. 21, 2016

Minnehaha students build 'Kinder-Garden'

Community Partners Executive Director Taylor Holm (center) doles out assignments to groups for the Senior Yard Clean Up Day on Oct. 16. (Photo by Jan Swart)

Community 4:00 am, Oct. 21, 2016

Local clubs help those in need

For his Eagle Scout project, Gunnar Frahm constructed a pollinator garden in front of William Kelley Schools in Silver Bay. (Photo courtesy of Renee Frahm)

Community 4:00 am, Oct. 7, 2016

Silver Bay student becomes Eagle Scout

Grant Russell (left) and Peggy Potter steady a board while Jim White makes a cut with a circular saw for a Habitat for Humanity project in Silver Bay. (Photo courtesy Greg Hanson)

Community 4:00 am, Sep. 23, 2016

Brush with Kindness projects come to Silver Bay

From left, Karen Rautio and Dolly Wood were named Lake County's Outstand Senior Volunteer of the year. (Photo courtesy of Arna Rennan)

Community 4:00 am, Sep. 2, 2016

Two volunteers receive recognition

Wally and Ellen Johnson fill their pickup truck with clothes discarded by runners at the start of Grandma's Marathon each year. In recent years, their grandchildren have made the trip from St. Paul to help gather the clothes. (Photo courtesy of Grandma's Marathon)

Community 4:00 am, Jun. 10, 2016

Two Harbors couple wins Grandma's volunteer award

Community 4:00 am, Apr. 22, 2016

Cub Scouts clean up trail

Community 4:00 am, Apr. 22, 2016

Ulanowski becomes Eagle Scout

From left, club president Matthew Mecklin, Lyle Northey, Lake Superior School District Superintendent Bill Crandell, Chris Swanson and Two Harbors Administrator Dan Walker, as well as Walker's daughter Makena worked on fixing up the ticket booth. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Mecklin)

Community 12:04 am, Oct. 30, 2015

Rotary club completes service project

Delton Hodge (left) and Marty Durfee work to install a new door at the home of Two Harbors resident Elaine Kaufer. The pair were among 17 volunteers from Stanley LaBounty that worked to install new doors, clean gutters and make other repairs to Kaufer's home through Habitat for Humanity's A Brush With Kindness program. (News-Chronicle photo by Jamey Malcomb)

Community 11:52 am, Oct. 2, 2015

Stanley LaBounty employees repair Two Harbors home

Local youth help "beautify" a garden at a Salvation Army in Michigan. (Photo courtesy of Alexis Hanson)

Community 3:01 pm, Jul. 24, 2015

Local youth dug deep to raise up Detroit

Community 10:40 am, Jul. 3, 2015

Lake County Past: July 3

Many Grandma's Marathon volunteers from the Two Harbors area came out to Earthwood Inn, Bar and Grill in Two Harbors for a dinner in their honor. (News-Chronicle photo by Jim Erickson)

Community 10:34 am, Jul. 3, 2015

Two Harbors Grandma's Marathon volunteers treated

Community 1:10 pm, Jun. 12, 2015

Help whip the SHT into shape

Police Officer Greg Moe (back) poses with, left to right, Wesley Holbeck, Orrion Solberg, Brady Libal and Mitchell Svir.

Community 4:08 pm, Jun. 5, 2015

Kids clean up Two Harbors

Susan Anderson, Marlys Wisch, Barb Luikkonen, Cheryl Passe, Tara Golden, Stephanie Coffey, and Cristina Manahan accept the check on behalf of North Shore Horizons. Submitted photo.

Community 11:50 am, Jun. 5, 2015

North Shore Horizons gets grant

Community 2:36 pm, May 15, 2015

ReVisioning group plans cleanup

Audrey Carlson pins fabric to a quilt. Photo by LaReesa Sandretsky.

Community 1:41 pm, Apr. 17, 2015

Quilting for a cause: Knife River women donate blankets

Community 11:38 am, Mar. 20, 2015

Blood drive at THHS in April

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