County board accepts new sign ordinances
On July 19 the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 to accept the sign ordinance changes as proposed by the sign ordinance committee and recommended by the planning commission. Voting for the changes and adopting Cook County Sign Ordinance No. 53 were commissioners Garry Gamble, Ginny Storlie, Jan Sivertson and Heidi Doo- Kirk. Commissioner Frank Moe wasn’t in attendance […]
No lease for Birch Grove Community School
Neither side blinked. Tofte Supervisor Paul James and Birch Grove Community School (BGCS) Director Caroline Wood both stood their ground during a tense dispute over the cost of lease space for the school. The disagreement over the town board’s recent decision to raise the school’s lease from $8.50 to $10.50 per square foot came to a head at the July […]
Filing period for city, school and hospital board opens soon
It is almost election filing time again. Citizens interested in running for office in the City of Grand Marais, for School District 166 or the North Shore Health board of directors will be able to file as candidates from August 2 to August 16. The North Shore Hospital Board will be seeking candidates in District 2 and 4, currently held […]
Former Fenstad Motel site gets okay for improvements
The Grand Marais City Council considered a request for a conditional use permit (CUP) from Keith Bergeron to operate a four-unit residential and lodging facility at the former Fenstad Motel on 5th Avenue in Grand Marais. Bergeron, who was at the Wednesday, July 13 meeting, plans to live in one unit and rent the other three as apartments or short-term […]
A biblical cure for our nation
Here is a cure for our nation’s problems: 2 Chronicles 7:14 states: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Irene ThompsonGrand Marais
A world gone mad
We turn on the news every day to find out what is new. But nothing seems new. It is the same picture over and over again, though with different actors. International, national, state and local atrocities, assassinations, terrorists attacks are running rampant. We are getting so used to the world’s madness that it bothers us no longer. We at times […]
More information should have been provided at Public Listening Session
The Superior National Forest scheduled a “Public Listening Session” for 5-7:30 p.m. on July 13 at the DECC in Duluth, Minnesota. The purpose of this public meeting was to receive information and comments about hardrock mineral leases between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as lessor and Twin Metals as lessee in the Kawishiwi Ranger District. These leases, numbers 1352 […]
What can you do to say NO MORE?
A few years ago, I saw a video that really stuck with me. Video of different individuals responding to a question asked off camera. “What do you do on a daily basis to keep yourself safe?” Men who were asked this question looked confused, even bewildered, by the question and might stammer something about locking their doors at night. Women, […]
Retro recipes
I received a fun news release this week detailing the new events and activities at the Minnesota State Fair. There is always something new at the Great Minnesota Get- Together and it was fun to read what was in store for this end-of-summer celebration. However, one “new” opportunity made me chuckle. No, it wasn’t the latest food-on-a-stick offering, although I’m […]