Members of the city’s planning commission will review a preliminary plat for a 21-acre planned unit development at their regularly scheduled meeting Jan. 4. Known as “Uptown Grand Marais,” the proposal is being made by David Parsons for his property at 1800 W. Highway 61. Parsons is being joined in the enterprise by Tom Hansen of Epoch Companies and JPJ […]
A home at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
Although he has been at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic since August 2011, Dr. Milan Schmidt is still considered the “new doc” by some. But this long-time visitor to the Arrowhead region has found a home at Sawtooth—and in the community. Dr. Schmidt attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina – Charleston, graduating in 1976. He completed his undergraduate […]
Longtime Superior National Forest supervisor retires
As 2011 comes to a close, so does the U.S. Forest Service career of Jim Sanders, 58, supervisor of the Superior National Forest. Sanders announced his retirement in November, effective at the end of the year. Sanders had a 36-year career with the Forest Service, working in Idaho, Washington state, Washington D.C., and Montana before coming to the Superior National […]
One very lucky Colvill deer
There is one very lucky deer traveling in the Colvill area. The buck may be short an antler, but it is free, thanks to two local men who came to its aid. Matthew Brown of Colvill was taking a leisurely after-holiday stroll around his property at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27 when he heard a commotion near a […]
Faith to find the way
Thus says the Lord… “Oh turn back… reform your ways and your deeds.” But they will say, “It is hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.” Jeremiah 18.11-12 NAS95 The people of Judah had sworn to be God’s people; champions of the poor, […]
Bootie project exceeds expectations
Karen Lohn, a local educator, psychologist and author, recently asked the community to join her in the challenge of knitting 100 baby booties by December 28. The woman who wrote Peace Fibres: Living Peace in Tumultuous Times, created a little chaos in her home over the holidays, all for a great cause called “Knitting for Nutrition.” On December 26, Lohn […]
School lowers levy for 2012
On December 20, 2011, the ISD 166 school board voted on a 2012 operating levy of $947,256.34, 3.94 percent lower than its 2011 levy of $986,128.71. The amount is part of a five-year operating levy approved by Cook County voters in 2010. The district’s 2012 levy would be over $300,000 higher if not for the taconite credit in place because […]
Sawtooth Elementary receives noise reduction panels from grant
The Sawtooth Mountain Elementary gym is quieter and brighter now that it is ringed with large, bright blue noise reduction panels. The panels sit high above the reach of little hands but not so high that voices can’t reach them. Sixteen Smurf-blue rectangles were bought with a grant in the amount of $8,500 from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation. They […]
Intriguing Cook County statistics in 2010 census data
The dawn of a new year is a fun time to think about where we’ve been and compare it to where we are now. The U.S. Census Bureau has published its official 2010 census results, and Cook County has retained its status as a quiet, out-of-theway enclave. It grew between 2000 and 2010, but only by eight people. As of […]