Filing deadline for city, hospital school board closed
The filing deadline for citizens who wish to run for the Grand Marais City Council, the North Shore Health hospital board or the School District 166 school board was 5 p.m. on August 16. The ballot is now set for the November 8, 2016 General Election. In the city of Grand Marais, two council seats will be on the ballot, […]
Public speaks out on possible road tax
Many Cook County roads are in need of repair, no doubt. But no road was talked about as much as the crumbling Pike Lake Road at the county board’s special meeting to discuss implementing a retail sales tax that would benefit the county highway department. The meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 15 saw about 30 people listening and […]
Birch Grove Community School agrees to pay higher lease rate
It took about 40 minutes of sometimes heated exchanges between representatives of the Birch Grove Community School (BGCS) board, members of the public and two of the three Tofte supervisors before Birch Grove PTA member Sarena Nelson said the school would pay $10.50 per square foot to lease space in the Birch Grove Community Center, the school’s home since it […]
It takes a lot to keep rolling
Another Fisherman’s Picnic has gone by and the YMCA North Shore Rollers had another successful Minnesota State Tournament. We had a tremendous turnout again with an Elite women’s tournament at the end of the day. We could not have done any of this without the help of the following businesses and people. So a huge thank you to Northstar Cabling, […]
Speaking for the students
I am the Lorax,I speak for the trees. It isn’t just the trees that need to be spoken for. I speak for the students. As a 32-year veteran English teacher, I know what it means to face cuts in spending, “and it ain’t fun.” When I moved here in 1976, Cook County had a burgeoning population (a whopping 80 graduates […]
Is that a thing?
It is interesting how words and phrases work their way into everyday language. For instance, the phrase “Winner, winner, chicken dinner!” For some reason, during Fisherman’s Picnic I kept hearing the phrase. I volunteered in the bingo tent and when someone in my section won, I gave them a high five and they declared, “Winner, winner, chicken dinner.” I didn’t […]
County board joins Grand Portage in opposition to listing moose as an endangered species
Following the lead of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior, Cook County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday, August 16 asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to list the moose as an endangered or threatened species. The resolution was unanimous. Commissioners Frank Moe and Garry Gamble worked on the resolution, which notes that the Grand Portage Nation “has […]
