MONROE - Despite a tradition of Swiss-centric cheesemakers and descendants proclaiming Monroe as their own, a small group of people are keeping their allegiance to lefse and lutefisk. Sons of Norway President Maren Nelson has been a part of the Monroe chapter since it was founded two decades ago by Marion Boynton. The lodge, titled "Ostestaden," which means "cheese city" or "cheese place," has been a point of Norwegian pride for its roughly 80 members.