Sadly Rep. Nolan this will be the last note due to your leaving as Representative to District 8. After closely watching your last tenure one can only say with a great amount of gratitude “Thank You!” Watching you work tirelessly, noting your ability to bring monetary help to many, and most importantly noticing your deep sense of caring about the […]
Thanks for another successful Gunflint Trail Canoe Races
The 41st Gunflint Trail Canoe Races event on July 18 was a huge success. With a lot of help and contributions from many volunteers, along with visitors who came and bought raffle tickets, supper and bid on our auctions, we were able to donate more than $24,000 to the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department’s ongoing efforts to protect and serve […]
B-2-B touring route opens forests to people
My club members and I have heard we are being characterized in the local press and before local elected bodies as rowdy hooligans who ride loud aggressive machines and leave damage in our wake. I’m writing to say – that is not us. My name is Tony and I’m married with a young daughter. My wife and I own a […]
Jesus is a well-placed snowdrift
I didn’t grow up with recycling. It was a new “thing” as I was entering high school and recycling was as suspect in my little corner of the deep South as the entire idea of “ecology” (which was supposed to be an attempt by the political left to divert the nation to earth worship). We’ve come a long way. I’ve […]
Celebrate Recovery support group begins at Free Church in Grand Marais
A weekly support group recently launched at the Evangelical Free Church on Fifth Street. Celebrate Recovery (CR) is a worldwide program known for its success in providing a safe space for individuals facing emotional struggles, relational issues, addictions or any thoughts and behaviors prohibiting a joyful life. According to the official CR website, “Many anonymous programs provide help for a […]
AFS support family sought
Have you ever considered hosting a foreign student? Just can’t make the commitment? Well, here’s a way to connect with an exchange student without making the plunge into becoming a host family. Alyssa and Jonathan Hedstrom are going to host their second exchange student this coming year, and we are looking for a friendly someone to serve as a liaison—sort […]
Cook County DFL Calls on Congressman Rick Nolan to resign his congressional seat and drop his bid for lieutenant governor
Congressman Rick Nolan’s political career is in deep trouble. Cook County DFL leaders, as well as a slate of other DFL groups, called on Nolan to resign as Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson’s running mate. Swanson is seeking to become the state’s next governor and Nolan is seeking the lieutenant governor position. On Friday, July 20, the Cook County DFL […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJULY 25, 2008 Trucks loaded with asphalt lined up as Fifth Street finally got paved. Last week the base layer went down, and by the end of the week the final lift is expected to be on. Nearly a year in the doing, the project will be finished. Gypsy moth treatment started Monday morning, but a little later […]