An exciting phase of construction on Lutsen Mountain’s new $7 million gondola began on Monday, September 14 with the helicopter installation of 11 steel towers. Observers watched from afar as the Sikorsky 61 helicopter zipped back and forth, landing in the lower ski hill parking area and then hovering over the rugged mountainside. Doppelmayr, a premier ski lift company, is […]
City council sets maximum levy increase at 12 percent
Grand Marais city residents can expect to see an increase in their tax levies of up to 12 percent next year following city council’s decision to pass a preliminary levy of $924,767.76 at their Sept. 9 meeting. The unanimous 3-0 vote – Mayor Jay Arrowsmith DeCoux and Councilor Anton Moody were absent – means the proposed levy cannot increase, but […]
Canadian men swim, hike across border to enter U.S. illegally
Acting on an anonymous tip, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were able to apprehend a Canadian felon and the two people who helped him enter the United States illegally on Saturday, August 15, 2015. On several occasions in August, an anonymous caller contacted the U.S. Port of Entry in Grand Portage informing officers of a plot by Walter […]
Gather for peace
Dear community members: Every year, September 21 is a day dedicated to PEACE. This comes from a suggestion through a resolution from the United Nations in 2001 right before the World Trade Towers were hit. Ironic. But we, as citizens of this troubled world, are called to think about, hope for, demonstrate, and gather together to promote the ideal of […]
DFL committee chair violated rules of democracy
When Paul Fish, the DFL District 3A committee chair, made the unilateral decision to cancel the party’s endorsement convention for the seat left vacant by David Dill, he violated the rules of our party and our democracy. The people of 3A deserve a fair contest, not seated members of the House dictating who will be anointed the nomination. The current […]
ISD 166 levy is a stopgap measure
Once again we are being asked to approve a property tax increase in order to sustain ISD 166 for the near future. This is a repeat of the situation that occurred in 2010. Einstein observed that insanity was doing the same thing twice and expecting different results. Passage of the current proposal again will be a stopgap measure. Student enrollment […]
Rural broadband funding should be centralized
We’re fed up with dial-up. The Internet’s more than a quarter century old, and half of rural America still isn’t wired for highspeed broadband. Yet there is still no clear congressionally approved plan, no strategy and no single federal office responsible for connecting millions of underserved people and businesses. It’s time for an upgrade–and it’s time for Congress to provide […]
Serious and trivial in Unorganized Territory
My husband Chuck and I were at an event recently, and as it frequently does, the question “What’s happening at the paper?” came up. Usually my answer is “what isn’t happening?” Our small Cook County News-Herald staff is constantly on the run. We spend a lot of time covering meetings. There is a meeting of one of the myriad governmental […]
