When summer finally graces northern Minnesota and the heat is on, your first instinct to keep your home cool and your family comfortable may be to turn up the air conditioner.

Sarah Hayden, with Creative Energy Services, said there are more environmentally friendly and cost saving alternatives.

Area residents faced yet another heavy snowfall Thursday, April 11, amounting to roughly 5 inches.

Residents hoping to see an end to snow days could be disappointed all the way into next week. Meteorologists predict several more cloudy, windy days, with a chance of snow this week.

Temperatures are predicted to fluctuate with highs reaching into the high 40s and lows at 27.

However, a 20 percent chance of partly sunny weather with a chance of light rain is predicted for Monday.

Charlie Bucket: Don Owen

Grandpa Joe: Jacob Harper

Willy Wonka/Candy Man: Ryan Sweeney

Phineous Trout: Kaitlyn Keefe

Augustus Gloop: Steven Bowen

Mrs. Gloop: Carlee Staples

Violet Beauregarde: Shannon Osier

Veruca Salt: Isabel Lawrence

Mike Teavee: Shane Fleming

Mrs. Teavee: Samantha Raph

Mrs. Salt: Julia Brogle

Mr. Bucket: Troy Fetter

Mrs. Bucket: Amanda Fleming

Grandma Georgina: Caitlyn Aleckson

Grandpa George: Nathan Shetka

Grandma Josephine: Rebecca Weber

Jamie: Darlene Hanson

The Backus American Legion will honor two members of the Legion Auxiliary — Charlotte Thaler and Helen Reeve — for their 60 years of service with the Auxiliary at the Monday, April 22, business meeting.

Reeve was a charter member, a distinction Thaler missed by just a few months.

“We moved up here and my mother had joined, so I just joined. And I enjoyed it. We did a lot of different work with different people. It was just a way of helping the community,” Thaler said.

Both of these distinguished members were raised in families with military ties.