On Thursday, Sept. 13 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service published Advance Notices announcing its plan to revise two parts of the agency’s locatable mineral regulations. The Forest Service seeks public comment on its work to improve outdated and inefficient regulations for locatable minerals and oil and gas resources on national forest lands. “This is one of many efforts […]
New tour at Soudan Underground Mine features geological wonders
See a mine the way the miners of yesteryear saw them. With help from a headlamp, hardhat, and tour guide, visitors too can walk the rails inside the mine at Lake Vermilion- Soudan Underground Mine State Park in northeastern Minnesota. “Our new tours provide an opportunity to walk the drift and to see how the rock formations and exploratory work […]
Summer 2018 sets new passenger volume record
The summer ended with record volumes at Thunder Bay Airport. As of August 31, the airport has recorded a new high of 588,076 passengers representing a 4.6 percent increase from last year. Strong volumes from northern communities have been a significant contributor to the 2018 records. Bearskin Airlines, North Star Air and Wasaya Airways are all showing strong volumes. A […]
Childhood Obesity is a Family Affair
The Cook County YMCA wants families in Cook County to understand how adopting healthy habits together can help reduce childhood obesity September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well chronicled, many families need support changing their families’ habits with the goal of overweight and obese children obtaining and maintaining a healthy weight. That’s […]
Cook County Schools supports breastfeeding
Healthy Northland, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, and Cook County Public Health and Human Services are pleased to announce Cook County Schools/ISD 166 has been awarded a grant to make breastfeeding easier for their employees. ISD 166 has added a lactation room, a designated space for women to pump and express milk privately during work. They are also working to implement a […]
BusinessNorth owners purchase Lake Superior Magazine
Two longtime, Duluthbased media organizations with a combined 66 years in existence are now under the same ownership, following the August 31 sale of Lake Superior Magazine and its associated books and merchandising operations to the publishers of BusinessNorth and Scenic Range News Forum. The glossy magazine has featured beautiful lake-related photography and articles since its first edition – then […]
Cook County nonprofits receive $22,736 in grants
The Cook County Community Fund recently announced eight grants totaling $22,736 to local nonprofits for community-based improvements and projects proposed during the fund’s most recent grant round. The organizations that received grants, their funding levels and projects are: . Care Partners of Cook County, $3,000 for the Dementia Capable Service project, which provides support and training or programs and assisting […]
Viking volleyball loses one, wins two
Volleyball action was fast and furious in the Pam Taylor gymnasium last Thursday, September 13, as the Vikings faced the tough South Ridge Panthers. The Vikings were down 6-0 in the first game and trailed by five or six points until getting to within three points at the three-quarter mark of the game. Down 17-14 off of back-to-back spikes by […]
Blueberry is my favorite color
I love the color blue. Not light blue or teal but a truly deep, dark cobalt blue. A blueberry blue. Recently I visited my parents in Schroeder at the height of blueberry season. I have never seen anything like it. Beautiful blue blueberries were just hanging off the bushes. We picked 32 quarts in less than two hours. We ran […]