Once again the weather wasn’t wonderful for the North House Folk School’s Wooden Boat Show. However, boaters are used to being wet and they braved the chilly weather to admire the beautiful boats on campus and to take in the many crafters demonstrating throughout the weekend. By all accounts, the 17th annual event was a great success. The rain forced […]
Correction:
In the June 21 article Hovland Kids’ Art Show, the credit for the accompanying photographs was incorrect. Karna Anderson submitted the photos. The News-Herald regrets the error.
The problem of evil
One of our day trips off the Mercy Ship last March was to an infant orphanage or crèche run by a government agency. The children were infants up to preschool toddlers. The infants are often malnourished and abused or profoundly neglected by their parents. At the crèche they are fed, kept clean and given medical attention, but the staff is […]
More honors for Thrivent Financial
For the third year in a row, the Eastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin Regional Financial Office (RFO) of Thrivent Financial has been awarded the 2013 Regional Financial Office of Excellence. The award, known as the Karsten Lundring RFO of Excellence award, is the organization’s highest honor for performance. Under the leadership of Managing Partner Tom Young, the RFO excelled in […]
WTIP hosts annual meeting of public radio stations
WTIP Community Radio hosted the Association of Minnesota Public & Educational Radio Stations (AMPERS) annual meeting in Grand Marais June 11 and 12. Approximately 25 radio professionals from AMPERS’ 15 independently licensed community-based public radio stations in Minnesota attended, said WTIP Station Manager Deb Benedict. AMPERS is the second largest public radio network in the state of Minnesota and one […]
MPCA gives Rainy River watershed presentation at Gunflint Lodge
A meeting of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was held at Gunflint Lodge on June 19, 2014. MPCA representatives traveled to the Arrowhead region to talk about the Rainy River Headwaters and to introduce the MPCA’s Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS). Joel Peterson and Nate Meilke of the MPCA introduced the project to community members. They gave a […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoJune 25, 2004 A California man who allegedly tried to smuggle more than $100,000 in cash into Canada at Grand Portage has been indicted by a federal grand jury. He was charged with conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash and smuggling bulk cash. Soil contaminated with diesel fuel and gasoline was found when Wisconsin Street in front of Fireweed […]