Led by students, some 140 young and old folks took to the streets of Grand Marais on a cold, windy Saturday, March 24 afternoon to march for common sense and gun legislation reform. “We were officially one of the 840 marches worldwide,” said one of the lead organizers, Denny FitzPatrick, of Arrowhead Indivisible. The peaceful marchers carried signs that read: […]
Interim principal tag taken off Mitch Dorr
The I.S.D. 166 school board took the interim PK-12 vice principal tag off of Mitch Dorr in a special board meeting held Thursday, March 22. Acting PK-12 principal Dr. William (Bill) DeWitt was also officially given the PK-12 principal title during the short board meeting. Longtime history teacher Mr. Dorr became the acting interim principal in early January, taking over […]
Local delegation lobbies for Cook County projects in St. Paul
With this being a bonding year and only so much state money available for projects, a group of local civic leaders spent three days in St. Paul recently lobbying the Minnesota legislature to pass three bills that, if green-lighted, will have a positive effect on the county. Attending the meetings were Charles Skinner, Chamber board chair and co-president of Lutsen […]
ThompsonGas acquires North Shore Oil and Propane
On Thursday, March 22 ThompsonGas, headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, announced the acquisition of North Shore Oil & Propane, a leading heating fuel provider in northern Minnesota. In its press release, ThompsonGas said it, “is proud to welcome North Shore Oil & Propane’s customers to the ThompsonGas family and is committed to serving the residential, commercial and industrial customers who have […]
You’ve got to be one of them!
The last time Easter Sunday fell on April 1st was in 1956, the same year 60 million Americans watched either spellbound or shocked as a hip-swiveling Elvis Presley made his electrifying debut on the country’s most popular television program, the Ed Sullivan Show. But this week’s column isn’t about the day that rock ‘n’ roll established itself as the preeminent […]
Editorial too long, needed counter-point
Shame on you, News-Herald. I thought this was a Cook County community newspaper and your allowance and placement of Mr. Gamble’s rambles raises serious doubt after last week’s paper allowance of almost an entire op-ed page. Hopefully this was a slip in judgment or an unfortunate need of space filler. It wouldn’t be so bad if it was humorous or […]
Society needs to change, not gun laws
I share Miss Davies’ concern regarding recent mass murders in our country (“Arming teachers isn’t the answer,” 3/3/18), but not her penchant for blaming the weapons employed, or individuals and organizations innocent of wrong-doing. As is so often the case, the AR-15 is referred to, incorrectly, as an “assault rifle.” It most certainly is not. It functions the same way […]
Stauber offers a lot of life experience as a congressional candidate
Last July when 8th Congressional District Republican Pete Stauber announced his candidacy, I was immediately impressed with him and knew nearly right away I’d be voting for him to represent me in Congress. Pete Stauber is public service. He has lived and worked in Duluth his entire life and has passionately dedicated himself to helping make northern Minnesota a safe […]
DFL holds county convention
The Cook County Community Center was a boisterous place on Saturday morning, March 24 when 87 Cook County DFL party members gathered to hold the county DFL Organizing Unit Convention. One of the highlights of the meeting was the election of officials and delegates. Bryan Hansel was elected Cook County chair. Pat Campanaro was selected as vice chair; Mary Sanders, […]
Leah Phifer receives endorsement from 8th District leaders
District 8 congressional candidate Leah Phifer has received the endorsements of Our Revolution-Duluth, Our Revolution Minnesota, and of former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Becky Lourey. “We are proud to announce that Leah Phifer earned our endorsement by reaching the 60 percent threshold on the second round of voting. Of all the DFL candidates vying for the open U.S. House […]