IRRRB grants $350,000 to Lutsen housing project
Just hours before the special meeting held by the Cook County commissioners to discuss the Lutsen housing project with the public, it was learned that the Iron Range Resources Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) had granted $350,000 to the Cook County/Grand Marais EDA for the planned 16-unit development. The project consists of infrastructure and site work for new workforce housing development in […]
Kristin DeArruda Wharton awarded Bush Fellowship
Kristin DeArruda Wharton got some good news this week. Splendid news. On March 21 the Bush Fellowship announced its 2017 Bush Fellows and Kristin DeArruda Wharton was one of 24 leaders chosen for their record of achievement “and their extraordinary potential to make significant contributions in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native Nations that share the same geography.” […]
Beck not going anywhere
During the March 21 Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) meeting that preceded the regular county board meeting, PHHS Director Joshua Beck told Cook County commissioners he wanted to end any rumors about his leaving to take a job elsewhere. Beck admitted that he had been offered a job in Arizona, where he and his family had moved from, but […]
School board discusses policies, construction bids
I.S.D. 166 school board met for a four-hour marathon school board meeting on March 16 and discussed a wide array of topics. The most notable was the request to study a change in class scheduling next year. Block scheduling High school English teacher Michael McHugh came before the board during public comments and stressed his support for block scheduling. As […]
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic welcomes Dr. David Rust
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic in Grand Marais is pleased to welcome Dr. David Rust, a physician with St. Luke’s Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, to the community. Dr. Rust will provide office consultations to the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic one Friday each month. Dr. Rust received his medical degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at […]
Transparency
It was National Sunshine Week last week, even though the skies were overcast and it was snowing March 16 on National Freedom of Information Day, the day we traditionally – at least for the last 51 years – have celebrated the birthday of President James Madison. It is no coincidence that the diminutive – five foot four and never weighing […]
Is the state holding some missing money that belongs to you?
Tax returns are upon us, and many Minnesotans are tucking away their extra cash for a rainy day. Yet thousands – and I mean that literally – of Minnesotans don’t realize that they have unclaimed money being held by the state. I know this sounds like some sort of scam, but it’s not. This is a local elected official, a […]
Fear of Muslim immigrants is unjustified
With all the attention to immigration dominating the news, I think St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 might be a time to reflect on the history of immigration in the United States. Anti-immigrant sentiment was high in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. “No Irish Need Apply” was common on help wanted signs and in newspaper ads. Immigration quotas […]
No more fuzzy bunnies
It seems that Mr. Jerry Hiniker is suffering from what appears to be as the press calls it TDS [or Trump Derangement Syndrome]. It’s happening nationwide. Look up the definition; it fits Jerry’s hyperbolic expressions to a tee. I hope he seeks medical help soon. His blood pressure must be sky high. With the liberal left going out of their […]