Tax increases? 20 to 38 to 60 percent on unchanged homes for 2012. Why? One resort increased from $4 k to $13 k. Ouch! Turns out partially a clerical error in the courthouse. Actual increase is $7,700. Best Western Motel in Grand Marais to $96 k? Oops, back to $42 k (misclassification?). Time to show up for Truth in Taxation […]
Wolf problem is not numbers, but acclimation
The wolf debate really hits home when you lose a beloved dog to them. As painful as it is, you can’t blame a wolf for being a wolf. You can however, stop feeding deer and making wide trails in the woods, thereby encouraging the predators and prey in closer than they would normally be. The problem as I see it […]
Snowarama planners hoping for snow
Planners of the 9th Annual Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids are hoping, hoping, hoping for snow for the event on Saturday, February 4, 2012. And no one is wishing harder than 8-year-old Easter Seals Ambassador Zachary Pylychuk, who hopes to once again convince a member of the Grand Portage Trail Riders to take him for a short snowmobile ride. The […]
Clem the coddled and cuddly calf
Clem is a very lucky bull calf. He was born very prematurely on September 17, 2011 at Lakeville Dairy on Maple Hill, and his twin didn’t make it. Fortunately for Clem, Lyndsay Berglund, daughter of dairy owner David Berglund, had the training, the determination, and the heart to keep him alive. Inside her house. Clem, short for Clementine, is a […]
Norris C. Hystad,
Norris C. Hystad, a former attorney and judge in Cook County, Minn., died Dec. 24, 2011 at the home of his daughter in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 81 years old. Norris was born in Watford City, N.D. on April 26, 1930 and came to Minnesota with his parents in 1937, where he was raised on a farm in Otter […]
Loretta May Kloster, Wabishkiiginew,
Loretta May Kloster, Wabishkiiginew, age 60, passed peacefully on January 15, 2012 in her daughter’s home. Loretta was an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada to Harry and Ruth Kloster on May 31, 1951. Loretta grew up in Grand Marais, moved to Duluth […]
Choose life
We were walking through the pine woods and trails at camp when one of the boys called out, “Hey! Come look at this!” We turned aside as a group and walked over to where he was squatting on the ground reaching out with a stick to poke something on the ground a few inches from his sneakers. I took one […]
City council makes appointments, grant applications
Grand Marais city councilors began the year by making appointments to the city’s various boards and commissions and approving two requests for support of grant applications at their Jan. 11, 2012 meeting. Ilena Berg and Kerrie Fabius of Cook County Soil & Water began the proceedings by asking for a letter of endorsement from the city that will enable them […]
PUC reorganizes with new board member
The January 19, 2012 meeting of the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission began with the installation of new board member Adam Harju. He replaced Hal Greenwood, whose term had expired. The new board chair will be Karl Hansen, and vice-chair will be Tim Kennedy. SMMPA board representation With the expiration of Hal Greenwood’s term, the PUC was required to name […]