While the ISD166 referendum requests on the November ballot appear to be split into two separate issues, both items are actually property tax levies. The six-year $800/student levy request, if passed, will be in addition to the $724/student in non-voter approved levies now assessed on county property tax statements. $1524/student of levy income will be available to complement about $10,000/student […]
A primer on the Open Meeting Law
At the county board’s meeting on Tuesday, October 18, board chair Heidi Doo- Kirk reminded her fellow commissioners to schedule their county business appointments and meetings through the county administrator to avoid conflict of having too many commissioners showing up at the same event, which could result in an open meeting violation. Back in the day, said Doo- Kirk, her […]
Correction:
In last week’s story about the Cook County/Grand Marais EDA housing, it said the EDA was looking at land for new housing behind the Grand Marais Apartments. It should have said behind the Sawtooth Apartments. The News-Herald regrets the error.
Good summer for bicycle program
Workers on Wheels, the Congo/UCC’s bike loan program, has recently concluded this year’s summer season. Since it started six years ago, the bike loan project has grown from about five bikes to almost 60 loaned this year as the community continues to donate its unused bikes to the program. In addition, a satellite loan location, managed by Jerry Lilja, has […]
Gun seizure at Pigeon River border station
On September 27, a 66-year-old Texas man was referred for a vehicle examination at the Pigeon River Port of Entry. He declared no weapons or firearms when asked at the primary inspection lane. Despite his declaration, officers found a loaded 9-mm pistol and magazine in a bag behind the driver’s seat. He was arrested for smuggling and the case was […]
God’s beauty found in regrowth of burned wilderness
Hope, what is it? Is it a feeling, an outlook, a decision to be positive and optimistic? Is it a gift from God? You know me; I’m going to say, yes, because I believe that is so. Can I find it in the Bible? Of course, I can; at church, we have been working on some themes for November, and […]
Patricia Ann Hvidston
Patricia Ann Hvidston, 72, of Hovland, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at her home on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Patricia Ann Hvidston was born in Grand Forks, N.D., the daughter of Colburn Hvidston Jr. and Marguerite (Lyons) Hvidston. She was raised in Grand Forks and attended St. Michael’s Grade School and St. James High School. She went on […]
Larry G. Ryden
Larry G. Ryden, 74, of Florida and Canada, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, October 18, 2016, from a rare form of cancer at his daughter’s home in Grand Portage, MN. Larry graduated from Grand Marais High School (now Cook County) in 1960. He joined the Navy three months after graduating. During his time he sailed to the North Pole and the South […]
Shirley Ann Sylvester
Shirley Ann Sylvester, the daughter of Edward and Veronica Olson, age 65, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 13, 2016, at her home in Grand Portage. Shirley was born June 8, 1951, in Cloquet. She was the oldest of five siblings. On July 20, 1968, she married the love of her life, Leonard Sylvester. With her husband, they raised two daughters, Gail […]