Life lessons learned on skis– Cindy Nelson comes home
Cindy Nelson looked right at home as she walked to the podium to address the audience gathered to hear her speak. After all, she was back in Lutsen, on top of the ski hill her parents once owned and operated. She was back in front of a lot of friends and family and she looked comfortable and still fit enough […]
Schroeder Township discusses SAHS
Steve Schug and Deonn Cicak appeared before the Schroeder Township board on August 14 with an update on the Schroeder Area Historical Society (SAHS), which operates the Cross River Heritage Center (CRHC). On a positive note, Cross River Heritage Center was recently repainted at a cost of about $15,000 and Erik Simula was hired as the new director. He will […]
Council discusses potential changes to city traffic and parking ordinances
Following up on a meeting that took place last month, Grand Marais city council met with two representatives of the Chamber of Commerce parking committee, Jim Boyd and Jeanne Spry on Wednesday, August 28 to discuss proposed changes to Chapter 70, the city’s traffic and parking ordinance. When it first met, the parking committee was trying to come up with […]
Love your lungs
Grand Marais students in BorealCorps’ Story Scouts club, grades 4-9, won a competition to portray posters about their health messages that show the dangers posed by e-cigarettes and vaping to more than 2,000 of the leading researchers on tobacco and health, Aug. 27-29 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The goal is to show visitors to the BorealCorps’ project booth how […]
After a long wait, land transaction completed between county and state
On August 28, 2019, cake was served at the Cook County courthouse to celebrate the final closing of the Cook County/Forest Service land exchange. The county acquired approximately 1,620 acres of federally owned land, which was scattered across the county. In exchange for the federal lands and an equalization payment, the county deeded the federal government 1,910.76 acres of county […]
The Budget Process
Well, it’s that time of year again — budget season! Budgeting has been characterized as one of the most delicate “balancing acts” that local officials engage in during the year. Establishing and maintaining strong and transparent budget processes and practices should be a matter of concern for all county residents. Unfortunately, it’s become too easy for local leadership to become […]
Have you lost your boat?
Anyone missing a boat? A stern named “Ames” was rescued from a Lake Superior beach. I have it. I hope no one was aboard when it became independent of the boat hull. The owner may be curious. So am I. Write a note to the News-Herald if you know who might have owned the “Ames,” no longer a boat. Geri […]
Universal Health Care for all can be a reality
Too often I hear local stories about people needing to raise funds from their friends and family to pay the thousands of dollars needed for a medical procedure. It is an outrage that industry executives make a fortune, while ordinary people are forced to crowdfund through GoFundMe to survive. No family should be forced to choose between lifesaving surgery or […]
Where there is a will, there surely is a way
Editorialist Gamble’s August 31 column asserts that county officials and employees lack “will” because they have raised the levy. In doing so, he relies (again) on an increasingly popular, but I hope still repugnant, illogical ad hominem strategy of ascribing moral deficiency to those he differs with politically in order to elicit support for his position and to claim, without […]