In his lengthy dissertation on the importance of public opinion to decision making in government, Garry Gamble is apparently attempting to convince us of the legitimacy of the tax survey distributed to many of our residents. In his article he states, “Ideally, the people who prepare surveys and carry them out have no mission other than the objective and systematic […]
Birch Grove Community School awarded Lloyd K. Johnson grant
Birch Grove Community School has had a great start to the 2017-2018 school year. “Everything has been running so smoothly, it’s as if we didn’t have a summer break. Students were already familiar with our school and classroom routines and expectations the first week of school – one of the benefits of having multi-grade classrooms”, said Director Diane Blanchette. “A […]
Vikings accompany kids for Walk to School Day
Instead of taking to the football field, on the morning of September 21, players on the Cook County Vikings football team left the turf to tackle the concrete. It was the first Walk to School Day of the 2017-18 school year, with three routes of “Walking School Buses” in Grand Marais heading to Cook County Schools and Great Expectations School. […]
Correction
In the county board story last week it was incorrectly stated that Cook County Commissioner Myron Bursheim voted with Commissioner Heidi Doo-Kirk and Jan Sivertson to set the 2018 preliminary levy at 19.9 percent. Voting with Sivertson and Doo-Kirk was Commissioner Ginny Storlie. Commissioners Bobby Deschampe and Bursheim voted against the proposal. Commissioners have until the end of December to […]
Do not stand by but stand against racism
“The women wept and I wept. I too cried for the lost people, their ancestors and mine. But I was also weeping with a curious joy. Despite the murders, rapes and suicides, we had survived. The middle passage and the auction block had not erased us. Not humiliations nor lynchings, individual cruelties nor collective oppression had been able to eradicate […]
Kenny Lovaas
Kenny Lovaas, 88, Grand Marais, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, September 25, 2017 at North Shore Health. Kenny was born February 1, 1929 to Daniel and Mabel (Strom) Lovaas in Bock, Minn., where he grew up and attended schools in Mora. He moved to Grand Marais in 1947 after graduating high school and attending Dunwoody Institute to […]
Dale Warren Saethre
Dale Warren Saethre was born September 9, 1930, in Grand Marais to Mable (Berglund) and Alfred Saethre. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He quit school at 17 to join the Air Force and flew in the Berlin Air Lift delivering coal. After the Air Force, he worked for Erie Mining as a surveyor. He and the […]
Workforce housing underway in Grand Marais
“Clearing of the land has begun at our Grand Marais workforce housing project,” said Cook County/Grand Marais EDA Director Mary Somnis. This past week woods adjacent and to the west of Homestead Cooperative in Grand Marais have been opened up to make room for four modular homes. The workforce housing is being constructed and sold through One Roof Community Housing […]