Register now to be eligible to vote in primary
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie recently reminded eligible Minnesota voters that the deadline to pre-register to vote for the state primary is July 24. “Election-day voter registration is an option in Minnesota, but pre-registering is a very good idea, because it saves you time when you go vote on August 14,” Secretary Ritchie said. State law requires Minnesotans to […]
Boat launch plans for Grand Marais harbor progressing
Plans to create a paved boat launch and parking lot in the southwest corner of the Grand Marais harbor are progressing after several years of discussion between the Grand Marais Recreation Area and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). At the July 3 Grand Marais Park Board meeting, Parks Manager Dave Tersteeg said the DNR wants to transfer its […]
County board adopts guidelines for public comment period
Cook County Commissioner Sue Hakes wants members of the public to feel welcome at county board meetings, and she wants to hear what they have to say. On Tuesday, July 10 the board adopted guidelines for the public comment period, held near the beginning of the meeting, after some discussion of what those guidelines would be. At a previous meeting […]
School board appoints negotiators for school/community center proposal
The School District 166 School Board had two topics on its agenda for the special meeting on Tuesday, July 10. The first was to look at preliminary drawings and to talk to Architect Dan Miller about what a community center and aquatics facility connected to the west end of the Grand Marais campus would look like. The second was to […]
Input from reader-members
Anyone who read Unorganized Territory last week probably figured out that I am a fan of WTIP Community Radio. From my days at Arrowhead Electric when WTIP was just getting off the ground to my time as editor at the Cook County Star and then the News- Herald, I’ve always pitched the importance of this local community asset. At Arrowhead, […]
Father Baraga’s Catholicism is important
It is great that many Christian denominations embrace Father Frederic Baraga’s legacy as the primary Christian missionary for the North Shore, and it would have been more informative to mention his Catholicism and dedication to the faith in the story. I assume that Zoar Lutheran Church has been in touch with local Catholic officials about these services at the Cross, […]
Arrowhead does not need seven directors
I’m amused when someone says they believe the Arrowhead Electric Cooperative has a volunteer board of directors and then watch their reaction when told just how well the board is compensated. This June, one director ran out his twelve-year maximum term limit. Over his tenure, the board’s per diem increased from $75 to $350 for the monthly Board of Directors […]