Locals check out Lake Superior Fisheries Management Plan
About 25 people came out for the April 19 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) open house to preview the latest version of the Fisheries Management Plan for the Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior. The process began with a public conference in December 2014, and was followed by a series of seven advisory group meetings. Nearly 30 citizens worked with […]
Courthouse walls adorned with “rock” art
Peter Juhl does something that looks impossible and makes it possible. He takes rocks of all shapes and sizes and balances them on top of each other in what looks like totally incongruous ways. He says he uses balance points and friction to make things that, when they are finished, look like they are straight out of science fiction. And […]
Commissioners to meet with Lake County Sex Trafficking Task Force
How troubling is sex trafficking in the Northland? Important enough and troubling enough that Duluth’s new mayor Emily Larson’s first proclamation as mayor was to recognize January as Duluth Trafficking Awareness Month. As Larson told the Duluth News Tribune, “I feel it’s important for us as a community to name this issue— sexual exploitation, human trafficking, sex trafficking. These are […]
We can save lives
Kari Hunt of Marshall, Texas was going through a tough time. She was separating from her husband of 10 years. And she had three children under the age of 10 to take care of. On a winter day a few years back, Kari agreed to meet her then-husband in a Texas hotel in the neighborhood where they once lived. She […]
Nippers needed for hiking this spring
Hikers, canoeists, fishermen… anybody in the woods! Do not go into the woods this spring without a nipper, brush cutter or Sven saw! If you do, you will not get far! That wet December snow storm that wove all the brush/ trees together across the paths has melted, but after four months in a “bent over” position nothing is springing […]
Who are our elected officials?
There has been a great deal of media coverage of the presidential election of late—do the debates make you want to contact someone in Washington, D.C.? Our local governmental bodies have also been tackling tough issues in recent weeks. Would you like to let your elected official know how you feel? We’re including contact information for everyone from the courthouse […]
Emails in Wonderland
I have a feeling I will be writing a lot of apology notes next week. I don’t know for sure—I’m still waiting for the hundreds of emails that are locked in the Boreal Access email system to start downloading. But I’m sure amongst the many emails that are junk there will be some that were time-critical that should have been […]
Poplar River nearing removal from MPCA impaired water source list
Cleaning up the Poplar River has been the work of about 10 years at Lutsen Mountains and good results continue to appear. Karen Evens from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was happy to report during the most recent Poplar River Management Board meeting on Thursday, April 14 that things are moving forward in the delisting process for Poplar River. […]
Weekly Weather
Fun weather fact According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as of April 22, Lake Superior is at the same water level (601.94 ft.) as it was last year at this time while the other Great Lakes (Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario) are 9 to 16 inches higher than normal for this time of year.