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An exciting day for future kindergarten students as they spent the day in their next year’s kindergarten classroom! Ms. Smith, Mrs. Hood and Principal Myers reading the exciting story “Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten” led to students asking questions they may have about their upcoming exciting adventure into the world of kindergarten.
Lioness Club donates to I.S.D. 166 music department
Mr. Haas and the ISD 166 music department would like to thank the Lioness Club for the two grants given to the band and choir. The ISD 166 school district is expanding its instrument inventory to assist families with affordable instrument rentals. With the help of the LionessClub and donations from community members, Mr. Haas has been able to order […]
Whom shall I trust?
One beautiful autumn afternoon my husband, Bob, decided it was the perfect time to show me a treasure he had found way back in the woods while deer hunting. The area he hunted had been mostly logged over many years ago, but there were still grassy places identifiable as sections of old logging roads. Sometimes they stretched as much as […]
Harry Edward Fisher
Harry Edward Fisher, 82, of Duluth, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, in St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born in Duluth on May 3, 1937, to Carroll “Chub” and Gwendolyn “Billie” Fisher in Duluth. Harry graduated from Denfeld High School and the U of M with a forestry degree. He owned and operated North Shore Forest Products. Harry was […]
Mary Alice Hansen
Mary Alice Hansen, 95, Grand Marais, died May 8, 2019 at North Shore Living in Grand Marais. A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at 1 p. m. Wednesday, May 22 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Grand Marais. Mary Alice was born to Fred and Alma Grobe in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 1, […]
Nancy Jean Olson
Nancy Jean Olson, 78, of Lutsen, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Duluth. She was born February 4, 1941 to Donald and Lorraine (Haroldson) Larson in Winona, Minn. Nancy graduated from Hopkins High School and attended St. Olaf College. She retired from A. H. Bennett Company after 24 years. Nancy married Harlan C. Olson on November 15, […]
Historical Reflections
The state Division of Game and Fish informed fishermen prior to the Fishing Opener in spring 1961 that it was beginning steelhead (rainbow) tagging operations in Devil Track, Kadunce and Kimball rivers. This is what the signs will look like that will be posted at the streams to give directions for submitting information to the state on any tagged fish […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOMAY 16, 2009 Ground will be broken in June 2009 on a new visitors center and Grand Portage State Park headquarters in Grand Portage. T.L. Construction of Floodwood, Minn., the company that built the Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center, was the low bidder for the project at $3,945,535. The project is to be completed by Memorial Day […]
Cook County Higher Education launches new Legacy Fund with a “Million $ Match” challenge
The CCHE board of directors has pledged $500,000 to start this campaign. The goal is to generate a dollar for dollar match by May 15, 2020, culminating in total pledges of $1 million. Mary Louise Fellows, who headed the board’s Legacy Fund task force, emphasizes, “board members appreciate that legacy gifts allow CCHE to achieve its full potential to enrich […]