Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at theTofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, […]
Future of Minnesota Power focus of April 11 public forum
On February 6, 2012, Minnesota Power (MP) filed a study with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that explores future energy needs along with the potential impact of bringing three of Minnesota Power’s coal-fired plants into compliance with pending EPA regulations. The study, called a Baseload Diversification Study, was ordered by the Minnesota PUC and required Minnesota Power to examine […]
BBB offers “ethics booster” April 12
Join Lisa Jemtrud of the Better Business Bureau, St. Paul, for an “ethics booster” workshop for business from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 at Cook County Higher Education’s North Shore Campus. Jemtrud is a 12-year veteran of the BBB with experience in alternative dispute resolution, white collar crime investigations, media relations and educational program development. She currently leads the […]
Track team opens indoors at UMD
It’s been a pretty crazy spring. As usual, we start practice in mid-March, with a tune-up indoor meet three weeks later, before gearing up for the regular outdoor season in late April. Last year we ran the school halls and gym for the first month, waiting for the snow and ice to melt, then went to a fun meet at […]
Cole named to dean’s list at Lake Superior College
Brandon Cole made the dean’s list at Lake Superior College by finishing his first semester with a 4.0 GPA. He is in his second semester of media studies and production. Brandon has worked on several independent projects doing voice overs and videography. Brandon was a member of the Class of 2007 and earned his GED in 2008. He is the […]
Katrina Axtell tours with Northwestern band
Katrina Axtell, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, is a member of the school’s symphonic band this semester, and toured in Mitchell and Sioux Falls, S.D., March 30 to April 1, performing full or partial concerts in six venues. The band’s touring concert included Angels in the Architecture by Frank Ticheli, which was inspired by the halo-shaped […]
Spring Service Projects takes Vallen Cook around the globe
Vallen Cook is among the approximately 200 students from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, who traveled across the U.S. and around the world for the college’s annual Spring Service Projects (SSP) March 3-12. Cook is a junior and is a Christian education and youth ministry major at Northwestern College. He participated in shortterm mission work with Voice of Calvary […]
Jackson Nickolay in Cradle Will Rock
Jackson Nickolay of Hovland performed in a run of The Cradle Will Rock, a Broadway musical on stage at Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, in February. The 1930s comedy by Marc Blitzstein, includes historical themes that strike a modern chord: corporate greed, a financial crisis and union busting. The Cradle Will Rock was the only Broadway musical to be directed […]
Sean MacDonell takes 6th in Minnesota Geography Bee
From the stage of the Arrowhead Center for the Arts to the stage of Richie Auditorium at St. Cloud State, Cook County Middle School eighth-grader Sean MacDonell represented Cook County well in the National Geographic Geography Bee. At the Minnesota Geography Bee on March 30, 2012, Sean competed against the top 100 Geography Bee winners from around the state. Back […]