Just how much of Taylor Lane the county will maintain came back to the county board for discussion on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, several weeks after commissioners thought it had been resolved. The road veers off the Lindskog Road (CR 58) just north of Highway 61. On June 19, after discussion with numerous residents who access their homes via Taylor […]
Bee sting reaction triggers emergency response
A call to Cook County Law Enforcement reporting a woman experiencing an allergic reaction after being stung by bees sent emergency medical responders from Hovland and Colvill into action. Bonnie Weber, of Hugo, MN, was visiting relatives on Camp 20 Road in Hovland when she was apparently stung and began having difficulty breathing. A family member went to nearby neighbor […]
Supreme Court allows cell tower near Ely to proceed
On August 21, the Minnesota Supreme Court denied the request of the Friends of the Boundary Waters that the higher court review the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling allowing AT&T to construct a 450-foot cell phone tower adjacent to the Fernberg Road in Ely, about two miles from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness boundary. The high court’s decision means […]
No criminal suspicions in tragic death of Duluth teen
A troubled 14-year-old male from Duluth was found unconscious and not breathing in his family’s van near the Grand Portage Powwow Grounds at 7:32 p.m. on Sunday, August 12. Grand Portage Ambulance transported the boy to Cook County North Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Cook County Law Enforcement documents state that the youth apparently hung himself with a […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoAug. 23, 2002 A fire that began at noon Tuesday at Minnesota Power’s 225-megawatt electrical generating plant at Taconite Harbor in Schroeder caused quite a stir. Firefighters came from Silver Bay, Finland, Schroeder, Tofte, Lutsen and Grand Marais to battle the 5 p.m. blaze. The cause of the fire is believed to be coal gas which spontaneously ignited […]
Lutsen commits $10,000 to match Legacy funds for mountain bike system
The town of Lutsen held the continuation of its annual town meeting on Tuesday, August 21, finalizing its 2013 levy with one addition—a pledge for a $10,000 donation to the Superior Cycling Association if the organization is successful in obtaining a $900,000 grant from the Minnesota Legacy Trails Grant. The township annual meeting is run by its citizens and at […]
Mosquito trapping continues, 19 species identified
As part of a larger investigation into what is killing moose in Minnesota, researchers have been trapping mosquitoes in northern Minnesota this summer to see if they are carrying diseases that could be helping to cause the high mortality rate in moose and may potentially be carrying diseases that could affect people. “To date we have trapped over 3,500 ‘skeets’ […]
North Shore Market now Tofte General Store
The first thing people driving through Tofte will notice is that the name of the North Shore Market has been changed to the Tofte General Store. The storefront has also been repainted and quite a few changes have taken place inside. It’s been a couple of months since Joe “Big Joe” and Jill Sanders purchased the North Shore Market from […]
Operation Zucchini
If the Northland gets one more blast of heat, my zucchinis just might bear fruit. What? Excited about a zucchini harvest? Yes. I am. This is not your common zucchini patch. This is my zucchini container garden. Much of my garden has failed in this summer of garden infestations and blights. With so many crop failures—carrot seedlings mowed down by […]