Schroeder Township holds annual meeting
Pete Borson was nominated as moderator for the annual Schroeder Township meeting, a position he gets nominated to every year. Once again Pete did a great job leading the 40 or so people who attended the meeting through a litany of town business at the March 14 meeting. West End Cook County Commissioner Ginny Storlie and Cook County/Grand Marais EDA […]
Future of infrastructure considered at Lutsen annual meeting
After coming in from the chill night air of March, roughly two dozen Lutsen residents settled into the town hall and elected Louis Abelon to moderate and lead them through the March 14 Lutsen annual town meeting. After voting to waive the reading of previous meeting’s minutes and receipts, all gathered made a decision concerning donation requests made to Lutsen. […]
CCHE Director Paula Sundet to retire
Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) is starting its 21st year with some big transitions. Executive Director Dr. Paula Sundet Wolf, who has worked with CCHE for the past 20 years, has announced her intention to retire. She states, “As a founder, it is time for me to step aside for new leadership. CCHE is seeking a significant increase in state […]
Tofte hoping to “Give Peace a Chance”
Tofte’s annual town meeting was a well-attended, rather docile affair, compared to some of the contentious meetings of the past. The consensus for the evening seemed to build upon a renewed spirit of cooperation. Reflected in that were the parting comments by outgoing Town Board Supervisor Jeanne Larson, who remarked that if she was to grade the Tofte community, she […]
East End residents hear from District 1 candidates
Hovland Town Hall was the epicenter of East End politics on Monday, March 13, as more than 70 residents turned out to hear from the four candidates running for the one and one-half year that will remain on the District 1 Cook County commissioner seat vacated by Frank Moe, who left for health reasons. The forum was held on a […]
Logging at Britton Peak – is this really necessary?
Skiing through the forest on the numerous Sugarbush trails, mountain biking the area paths, hiking along the Superior Trail, or climbing Tofte overlook on Carlton Peak during the fall to view the brilliant maple colors, this is a unique recreation area and tourist destination. Over 100 acres of beautiful forest near the Sawbill Trail on the Superior side of Britton […]
Evidence mounting to support climate change
On February 22 at the city council meeting in Grand Marais seven young women came forward to petition our city government. They call themselves the Nordic Nature Group. They had prepared, they were informed, advised, serious, and well studied, so it would have been fun enough to see them go to work even if they had only been appealing to, […]
Facts are facts, opinions don’t count as facts
In the March 4 edition of the News- Herald Lloyd Geillinger says that the writer who responded to his letter from the previous week did not have all the facts. The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, not to his own facts.” Facts are facts, not “alternative facts,” not my opinion, not Lloyd’s, […]
Accountability
To whom are elected officials accountable?Have you ever observed the proceedings of a commissioner meeting and asked yourself that question? We’ll attempt to answer that question, but before we get started, this heads up…I am going to ask–albeit posthumously– Thomas Paine to collaborate on this week’s column. For those who are unfamiliar with Mr. Paine, he was an 18th-century English American writer and pamphleteer whose […]