It is so distressing to read the papers and listen to the news. My heart breaks at the stories of starving people around the world…of storms that render entire communities homeless…of riots and fighting…of the plight of children in our world… of the names and faces of our own young men and women who have died in wars not of […]
New Arrivals
Maya Kaye Tavernier, daughter of Rick and Mindy Tavernier of Hastings, Minnesota, was born on May 5, 2012 at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. She was joyously welcomed to the Tavernier family by grandparents Kaye and Marc as well as uncles Mitch and Brad. Maya was born on her Grandpa Tav’s birthday. Maternal grandparents, Kathy and Terry Goodwin, and Larry […]
Russell Smith Bagge,
Russell Smith Bagge, 98, Two Harbors, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at home. He was born October 6, 1913 to Eden and Hilda (Smith) Bagge in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. He moved to New Brighton, Minnesota at the age of 3 where he attended school. Russell worked for George Benz and Sons, Lull Engineering and Pine Bend School System. He retired […]
Wallace R. Leinberger,
Wallace R. Leinberger, 98, Grand Marais, died Sunday, August 26, 2012 in the Cook County North Shore Hospital. He was born March 3, 1914 to Frank and Mary Viola (Menzie) Leinberger in Tustin, California. As a child he moved to Elizabeth, Colorado, where he grew up and graduated from high school. After operating a grain elevator in Elizabeth and working […]
J. Donald Sjoding,
J. Donald Sjoding, 98, formerly of Mankato, MN, Lutsen and Grand Marais died Sunday, August 26, 2012 in Golden Oaks Assisted Living in Hermantown, MN. Don was born in Newman Grove, NE on March 25, 1914 to Axel and Esther (Ostermann) Sjoding. He grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada and returned to Minnesota to complete his education. He settled in Mankato, […]
County board labors over departmental budget requests
With departmental budget requests potentially requiring an increase of over 16 percent in the county levy, the county board met on August 28, 2012 to discuss ways to cut costs in 2013. The budget requests could result in total expenditures of $17,563,257 and a levy of $6,949,001. One way to decrease the levy would be to take out bonds. Auditor-Treasurer […]
Letter from U.S. congressman challenges BWCAW PILT funding
A letter from Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona) to Cook County Commissioner Sue Hakes galvanized the county board into action at their August 28, 2012 meeting. Grijalva challenged ongoing federal payments to Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) land that does not generate property tax and asked for information on use of that funding. […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoAug. 30, 2002 A 100-acre purchase announced this week by The Nature Conservancy of Minnesota means that all the land along the scenic and historic Pigeon River, which serves as a 90-mile stretch of the U.S.- Canada border before spilling into Lake Superior, will be protected for future generations. The land purchase, which will become the Conservancy’s Pigeon […]
Mystery Trips and Canopy Tour
August was a month of travel for the Cook County Senior Center. On Monday, August 23, the Senior Center took another “Mystery Trip.” Seniors traveled north, up the Caribou Trail in Lutsen and then on to the back roads including The Grade. The Mystery Tour participants stopped and enjoyed the view from the public landing at Two Island Campground. They […]