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Grand Portage Housing upgrades and weatherizes with new insulation-blower
Thanks to a grant from the Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, some Grand Portage residents are a bit warmer this winter. In November, with the help from the foundation, the Grand Portage Housing Authority (GPHA) was able to purchase a Krendl 475 insulation-blowing machine. The machine cost $5,795.67 and the foundation grant was $5,000, said GPHA Director Gale Carlson. The housing […]
Dealing with ice on Schroeder township roads
After a UPS truck went into the ditch on Skou Road, the Schroeder town board discussed at its December 13 meeting ongoing concerns over when the county would be called to salt/sand townships roads and who was authorized to make those calls. The truck got into trouble on November 18 after a snowfall melted and refroze. The township has hired […]
A cold day for 2011 snowmobile safety training
Twenty-nine youths ages 12 to 15 participated in the 2011 Department of Natural Resources Snowmobile Safety Training. The training included work in the classroom and a very cold day at the old airfield on Devil Track Lake. Students were required to pass both a written exam and field test covering a variety of topics that included winter survival, snowmobile regulations, […]
Happy Trails
At press time, local ski and snowmobile groups provided the following snow report:Bearskin Dec. 25 report: We’ve had some snow over the past few days, but not the 4-6 inches that was forecast. Summer Home, Campground and the Lit Loop continue to be great skiing. They are all groomed and tracked; skiers are reporting good to excellent conditions. All the other trails are packed, so exploratory skiing on those trails has been […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Tuesday, Dec. 13 11:56 a.m., Grand Marais: A black leather checkbook with hair tie holding the check […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News- Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Arsen Yuryevich Balun, 24, […]
Debt is not the way to economic recovery
To paraphrase Jerry Hiniker, (December 24, 2011) “Debt is not an impediment, but is a way to economic recovery.” If debt leads to economic growth, why are we in such hard times now? The national debt has certainly been increasing. Most of us are in debt and trying hard to get out of debt. Does it really help us if […]
1 percent should benefit kids, not millionaires
Elected officials who promoted the 1 percent tax and its seven projects asked us to vote “yes” for the kids. As we watch the amount of 1 percent tax dollars to be awarded to the EDA for their highend golf course which most of us cannot afford to use grow from $800,000 to $1.2 million to $1.8 million to $3.1 […]
Hospital levy to remain the same in 2012
Coming up with a hospital budget is a very tricky task. On the agenda of the North Shore Hospital board’s December 15, 2011 meeting was approval of a budget and levy amount for 2012. The meeting included a truth-in-taxation hearing, but no members of the public attended. Hospital Administrator Kimber Wraalstad described to the board how the staff went through […]