Brainerd High School senior to serve as First Princess; Pequot Lakes junior dons Miss Congeniality title Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant contestants were Mary Moore (left), Miss Congeniality Sonja Palmer, Miss Nisswa Samantha Jackson, First Princess Carsyn Krassas, Nicole Mix and Brittany Joyce. Little Miss Nisswa winners were Charlotte Halvorson (left), Olivia Waagmeester and Lucy Smith.Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal (April 2021)
Samantha Jackson, a senior at Pequot Lakes High School, was crowned Miss Nisswa 2021 on Saturday, April 10, at the annual scholarship pageant held in the Nisswa Elementary School gym. When I was waiting, I was really nervous and I was honestly shaking.
Six Little Miss Nisswa second-graders also will participate in pageant on April 10 at Nisswa Elementary School Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 3:00 am, Apr. 5, 2021 ×
The 2021 Miss Nisswa contestants are (top row) Carsyn Krassas, Sonja Palmer, Samantha Jackson, (bottom row) Nicole Nix, Mary Moore, and Brittany Joyce.Submitted photos.
Six girls will compete for the titles of Miss Nisswa, Miss Nisswa First Princess and Miss Nisswa Congeniality, and six second-graders will have the opportunity to be selected as one of three Little Miss Nisswa girls. The 49th annual Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant and 30th annual Little Miss Nisswa program will start at 6:30 p. m. Saturday, April 10, at Nisswa Elementary School.
Six Little Miss Nisswa second-graders also will participate in pageant on April 10 at Nisswa Elementary School Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 3:00 am, Apr. 5, 2021 ×
The 2021 Miss Nisswa contestants are (top row) Carsyn Krassas, Sonja Palmer, Samantha Jackson, (bottom row) Nicole Nix, Mary Moore, and Brittany Joyce.Submitted photos.
Six girls will compete for the titles of Miss Nisswa, Miss Nisswa First Princess and Miss Nisswa Congeniality, and six second-graders will have the opportunity to be selected as one of three Little Miss Nisswa girls. The 49th annual Miss Nisswa Scholarship Pageant and 30th annual Little Miss Nisswa program will start at 6:30 p. m. Saturday, April 10, at Nisswa Elementary School.
A look back in history from past issues of the Lake Country Echo. Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 10:00 am, Feb. 19, 2021 ×
Holly Sergent is crowned Miss Nisswa during an unseasonably warm Nisswa Winter Jubilee.
Carl E. Wallin of Pequot Lakes had the catch of the week, spearing a 16-pound, 8-ounce northern pike on Cullen Lake.
30 years ago, Feb. 21, 1991
The Nisswa Winter Jubilee top prize for snow sculptures went to a giant lobster sculpted by Joe Ganley, and Larry Parker repeated as champion of the wood-splitting contest.
20 years ago, Feb. 22, 2001
The Revolution Dance Team heads to state for the second consecutive year, winning the Section 3A title in both Jazz and High Kick.
2020 Highlights: COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath is year s top story in northern Brainerd lakes area
Take a month-by-month look at some of the more important stories that appeared on the pages of the Echo Journal in 2020 Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
14 Lakes Craft Brewing Co. s float was all ready for the Crosslake St. Patrick s Day parade, which was canceled. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal
Traditionally, the Echo Journal doesn’t pick a top story of the year, but rather publishes a list of highlights from each month.
However, it’s next to impossible not to say that the COVID-19 pandemic and its many effects on all of our lives was the top story of 2020 - and not just locally, but across the world.