Speaking with candidates for Cook County Sheriff
Two long-time employees of the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office are vying for the position of Cook County Sheriff. On the November ballot will be Deputy Pat Eliasen and interim Sheriff Leif Lunde. The Cook County News-Herald asked the candidates a few questions and the answers follow. To learn more about the candidates, tune in to an election forum on […]
Woman killed in single vehicle accident on Gunflint Trail
A 24-year-old woman from Argentina was killed in a single vehicle accident on the Gunflint Trail on October 3, 2014. Katherine Mariseth Pourraid was traveling southbound on the Gunflint Trail, about a quarter mile south of Lullaby Creek Road when her car went off the road and struck a tree. She was the sole occupant of the vehicle, a 1997 […]
Mayoral candidate has history of criminal sexual conduct
Lawrence V. Scully of Grand Marais filed as a candidate for mayor of Grand Marais on August 11, 2014. The Cook County News-Herald has learned that Scully was found guilty of criminal sexual conduct in Anoka, Minnesota in 1979. Scully, who was 33 years old at the time, was charged on March 8, 1979 with the molestation of a six-year-old […]
School board now has two District 3 candidates
As the election filing period closed for School District 166 school board, there were no candidates for District 3, the West Grand Marais/Cascade area. At the last school board meeting on September 18, Superintendent Beth Schwarz announced that Chris Goettl was running as a write-in candidate. At press time, Jeff Kern has also announced that he will be running for […]
Old enough to vote
I am diligent about voting. I am a firm believer in the adage, “If you don’t vote, don’t complain.” I have voted in every election since I was old enough to vote, even when it was inconvenient. For most of the years that I lived away from Minnesota with my soldier husband, I cast my vote by absentee ballot. From […]
Learn about candidates and vote your values
Ballots will be sent out from the County Auditor’s office on October 14. Voting is possible now with absentee ballots, so, Vote your Values and Value Your Vote! An excellent web site for factual information on state and national candidates is votesmart.org. This is a non-partisan web site with a board comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. They have been […]
Elect commissioners who will protect property rights
There is a need to help the poor escape from poverty on their own rather than being condemned to life-long bread lines. Private property rights are a means to build wealth. It is estimated there is $10 trillion in dead capital—that is property in the world that no one is allowed to own or invest in. The core reason for […]
World Organizations a threat to the USA
This letter is in response to the two letters sent by Jerry Hiniker regarding his view on the U.N. agendas. What does one say to a progressive liberal? Nothing. It wouldn’t do any good, he’s deaf. Any global organization and any agenda is a “direct threat” to any sovereign nation and its people and their liberties. This ain’t rocket building, […]
Lutsen fire fighters raise over $3,000
After the bills came in and were subtracted members of the Lutsen Fire Department raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,200 at their annual pancake breakfast held at the newly refurbished Lutsen community center and fire hall on Sunday, September 21. “We served more than 300 people this year,” said Lutsen Treasurer and volunteer firefighter John Groth. Last year the […]