Lutsen considers expansion and donations
At a busy meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, the Lutsen town board discussed the township’s boundaries, the renovation of the town hall and donations to the West End school, community center and the local ski team. Supervisor Andrew Beavers said he has continued to explore the possibility of expanding Lutsen’s boundaries. He said County Auditor Braidy Powers said it […]
ISD 166 industrial arts expansion bids higher than hoped
At the Thursday, March 19 School District 166 school board meeting, board members heard the results of the bid opening for the long-awaited expansion of the industrial arts area. The school’s architect Ryan Erspamer of Architectural Resources Inc. (ARI) said, “Unfortunately bids did not come in where we were hoping.” Erspamer said part of the problem— and the reason that […]
Hospital board meets renovation project manager
John Geissler of DSGW Architects gave an update on the $22.5 million hospital/care center renovation and addition at the North Shore Hospital Board meeting on Thursday, March 19, 2015. “We’re crossing our Ts and dotting the Is” said Geissler, adding that seven people at DSGW have been working around the clock to finish the plans. All of the drawings should […]
Birch Grove Community School seeks answers on township funding
The Birch Grove Community School (BGCS) board of directors met on Tuesday, March 17, inviting Lutsen, Tofte and Schroeder officials to join them in discussion about the funding request made by the school at township annual meetings on March 10, 2015. Schroeder Supervisor Tina McKeever and Tofte Supervisor Paul James were at the meeting to hear what the township had […]
Appreciates the “water guys”
This has been a strange winter! Well, aren’t they all? Yes, but this winter has caused so much trouble with water systems – that basic life substance. Many of us who rely on wells and septics have seen one or the other, or both, freeze this year. Then we have to call in the experts to fix us, and wait […]
Tax assistance continues
We need the community’s help. There are only three weeks left to do tax returns free. And there are 142 taxpayers, who filed with us last year, both their federal and state tax returns and their property tax and rent refunds, who we have not seen by the AARP Tax Aide volunteers in Grand Marais this year. We will be […]
Driver skidded on loose gravel
I would like to respond to Highway Department employee Scott Benolken’s letter in the March 7 News-Herald, concerning the young lady who was killed when she skidded into a tree on the Lullaby Creek hill on October 3. On October 2, one day prior to this tragic accident, I was driving into Grand Marais from Poplar Lake and on that […]
More on sweet surprises
What better way for children to learn about love, respect, and the safety of family than in church? It is not just about parents taking their little ones to God’s house to hear his word, it is also an extension of the family, those who gather there, the pastor, the congregation, all those parents and grandparents who greet us and […]
Forest Service must follow the law in land exchange
Regarding School Trust Lands in the Boundary Waters—this trust was established to produce revenue for Minnesota public schools. However, since the BWCAW founding, the School Trust Lands within the Boundary Waters have not been earning money for the Trust, as specified in Minnesota law. According to Minnesota law, if management decisions were found to be producing less than adequate income […]