The Crosslake City Council held a public meeting Jan. 18 where it interviewed three candidates for city attorney.

Brad Person of Breen and Person, Robert Scott of Flaherty and Hood, and Lonny Thomas of Thomas Law all made presentations and answered council meeting questions.

Common questions included familiarity with shoreline laws, how the firm will communicate with the city and availability to attend meetings.

Below-zero temperatures and far below-zero wind chills met the lakes area Saturday, Jan. 19, with the Pine River dam temperature hitting 21 degrees below zero and the Brainerd Airport measuring 22 below zero Tuesday, Jan. 22. The wind chill reached 35 degrees below zero Monday morning, Jan. 21, at the Pine River Regional Airport.

Kevin Kraujalis, meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Duluth, said this is the coldest weather the area has seen in four years.

The new Crosslake City Council met Friday, Jan. 18, to talk about each member’s goals for the next year.

Planning and zoning issues were widely discussed. Mayor Darrell Schneider said he hopes to do something about the planning and zoning enforcement issues, saying there are 100 or so incidents that are at odds with city ordinances.

Council member Steve Roe pointed out that the city falls under many overlapping jurisdictions (state, county, Department of Natural Resources and city), which makes enforcing the rules tricky.

For one night only, a Pequot Lakes High School cast and crew of students will perform their one-act play for the public.

The performance will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.

Fourteen students have come together to perform “Any Suspicious Activity” by Roger Nieboer, a one-act play that’s roughly 28 minutes long. Their public performance will serve as extra practice for the competition that will follow.