Mother Nature provided mild temperatures for Crosslake Winterfest activities last Friday and Saturday in Crosslake. Outdoor activities included human bowling, Winter Olympics, Bocce Ball, ice racing, radar runs and more.

The temperature may have read a frosty 15 below zero Friday, Jan. 29, but that didn't stop Nisswa Elementary School students and staff from spending a day at the beach.

Lakes area cities are definitely feeling the pinch of a bad economy, and the pinch likely will continue through 2010. Officials also are worried about 2011.

Backus First Responders (BFR) take their duty of helping the public seriously. And that duty extends farther than providing medical attention, according to BFR president Jason Smith. It also means consoling family members in an accident, giving directions, even plowing someone's driveway out.

The Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew was defeated by Moorhead 39-26 and Detroit Lakes 33-16 and edged by Crosby-Ironton 34-33 on the fifth tie-breaker criteria at the Detroit Lakes tournament on Saturday, Jan. 30.

The Pequot Lakes Revolution dance team saw its season come to an end Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Section 4AA meet in Alexandria.