Citizen of the Year: Frankie Jarchow
The 2018 Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Frankie Jarchow, a Grand Marais resident for the past 28 years. Jarchow is extremely active in our community and received rave reviews in the multiple nomination letters read aloud to the crowd. Since putting down roots, Frankie has worked to give back to Grand Marais. She serves on several local […]
Boreal makes a final push to move emails to a more massive server
The message can’t be more transparent, “We require Boreal e-mail customers to have your account migrated to a new server. You will no longer receive an email to your Boreal account after September 1 if you fail to contact us. Call today to learn more.” While the message may seem stern, that’s not the point of it. Boreal is moving […]
Park board reviews Gunflint Hills golf course options
Plans are to keep the Gunflint Hills golf course open now and into the foreseeable future, but Grand Marais Recreation Park manager Dave Tersteeg admitted, “Since Mike Kunshier’s unexpected retirement on July 12, keeping the course open has been a struggle.” Tersteeg was addressing the Grand Marais park board on Tuesday, August 7 at their monthly meeting. In the wake […]
Still time to sign up to run for city offices
So far there has been little interest in people signing up to run for one of the three open city councilor positions or the mayor’s job. On Wednesday, August 8, only current city councilor Jonathan Steckelberg and current mayor Jay Arrowsmith-DeCoux had paid their $2 filing fee and filled out their forms for the upcoming November 6 election. Candidates have […]
It’s A Mystery
Counties across the country, that have a significant chunk of government-owned property within their jurisdictions, received sizable checks in the last few weeks. What for and why still remains somewhat of a mystery, however. John Ongaro, director of Government Relations for St. Louis County, said their county questions whether the money is real or not? In the state of Minnesota, […]
Funding for the B2B touring route coming from tax on off-highway vehicles
In his letter on the Border-to- Border Touring Route, Ron Wizykoski acknowledges people who oppose the B2B have not been truthful, and questions how many tax dollars are being thrown toward the B2B. It’s good that he’s worried about the opponents not being truthful, but he need not worry about his tax dollars – because none are going into this […]
Paying attention to government spending is important
I frequently see editorial responses to Mr. Gamble’s column that are not always favorable. It seems that some in Cook County are not concerned with the exponential increase in taxes that have been imposed. They are offended that someone has the audacity to talk about it. If any of the writers were to disagree with him based on facts, then […]