Sustainable development part of U.N. Agenda 21



I just finished reading the CCLEP article in the April 26 News- Herald pertaining to sustainable development. Here it is, Agenda 21, the United Nations plan for the destruction of your rights by creating crisis, shortage, and a police state. Sustainable Development has three components: global land use, global education, and global population control. The international focus for Sustainable Development […]

Heavy snow causes power outages throughout the county



The heavy snows that fell on Thursday, April 24 led to power outages throughout the county on Friday, April 25. There were outages along County Road 7 in Grand Marais, at Mid-Gunflint Trail and on the east end of the county. John Twiest, Arrowhead Cooperative operations manager, said the majority of the outages were on the east end of the […]

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Squirrel puts PUC into the dark



Waste Water plant superintendent Tom Nelson used the light mounted on his cap so he could read his report to the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission board on April 30. Unlike Nelson, the board sat in a dark room, which was only dimly illuminated by natural light through the windows. No, this wasn’t an initiative to save electricity for the […]

Correction:



In the April 26, 2014 article Odds, ends and affordable housing on EDA agenda, it was incorrectly reported that Jay Arrowsmith DeCoux was part of the group seeking to start the Oddz & Endz store. Arrowsmith DeCoux is working to establish a business incubator project in the same building as the Oddz & Endz store.

Do you want cream with your coffee?



Most times when ordering coffee you’ll be asked, “Do you want cream with your coffee?” My answer sometimes surprises me, “No thanks. Well, yes, please.” Then I laugh and say something like, “I think it depends on the day.” That same phrase came out in another conversation recently, but without the laughter. A gentleman traveling through Hovland stopped in at […]

William Nels Storlie



William Nels Storlie was born in Lakeville Minnesota on Feb. 23, 1939. He passed away in Punta Gorda, Florida on April 17, 2014, surrounded by love and in the arms of his wife. Bill spent many years on the North Shore and had a second home in Cook County for over 20 years. Bill was preceded in death by his […]

S. Kenneth Kjarum



S. Kenneth Kjarum, 90, died peacefully on April 21, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. A lifelong resident of Minnesota, he was born in a log cabin back in the woods on June 18, 1923, in Hovland, Minnesota. Ken was preceded in death by parents, Selmer and Idella Kjarum, sister June, beloved brother Roy and son Rodney. He is survived by […]

Theodore “Ted” William Zimmerman,



Theodore “Ted” William Zimmerman, 97, Two Harbors, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Ecumen Scenic Shores in Two Harbors. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE: Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 31, 2014 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais, followed by burial in Chippewa City Cemetery. To sign the online guestbook please visit www.cavallinfuneralhome.com.

Birch Grove joins Move It!



The Birch Grove Community Center invites everyone to join the “Birch Grove Moves It” Team for Move It! in May. Anyone interested can sign up on the sawtoothmountainclinic.org website by clicking the “MOVE IT” icon on the right. If you don’t have access to the Internet, you can call Patty at (218) 370-2560 and she will register you and get […]