Northern worlds woven together
Full of woodsmoke, high spirits, and scalding cauldrons of chili, North House Folk School celebrated the return of winter over the weekend at Winterer’s Gathering. In contrast to the bustle of summer tourism, the three-day festival beckons an eclectic and devoted bunch, not afraid to relish the life ways of the North through winter camping, polar expedition accounts, and diehard […]
Rita Plourde recognized as a “Community Star”
Rita Plourde, recently retired chief executive officer of Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, was nominated for “Community Star” recognition. Her story was selected to appear in the 2019 edition that will be available on the https:// www.PowerofRural.org website, the official hub for NRHD and the Power of Rural movement, beginning November 21, 2019. On the third Thursday of November every year, the […]
Pavelich awaits judge’s decision
Following a closed court hearing on Monday, November 25, former New York Ranger and Miracle on Ice hockey star Mark Pavelich’s fate rests in Judge Michael Cuzzo’s hands. Pavelich, 61, Lutsen, was arrested on August 15, 2019, for beating a friend, James Miller, with a metal pole after the two came off the lake from fishing. Pavelich had accused Miller […]
Senator Tina Smith discusses rural health care in Grand Marais
U.S. Senator Christine (Tina) Smith was in Grand Marais on Monday afternoon, November 25, to learn what works and what does not work for Cook County’s rural health care system. Earlier in the day, Smith stopped in Two Harbors to meet with public officials, local educators, employers, and business leaders to discuss economic development in the region. A top priority, […]
Youth in foster care need permanent homes
Many Minnesotans might be surprised to learn that most children who are adopted in Minnesota today are not coming from China, Colombia, Malawi, or India. They are children right in our own backyard. Today, 905 of 10,000 children in foster care in Minnesota have an immediate need for a permanent and loving family. Almost 60 percent of children in foster […]
People with mental illness are real people too!
There is a secret, one that nobody is prepared to talk about; one so shocking it may bring down society, as we know it. Am I talking about a scandal or some sort of political corruption? Am I talking about some secret society that rules over us, or perhaps I m talking about the fact that we are all aliens […]
Fiscal Disparities
Thought I’d take a minute or two to expand on County Assessor Robert Thompson’s informative article addressing the convoluted topic of Fiscal Disparities (November 23 issue). Thompson states, “The purpose of the program is to aid Taconite Tax Relief cities with a small commercial/industrial tax base by giving them a share of property taxes from other communities with more property […]
Christmas parade tonight!
The annual Oh Ole Night Christmas parade will start at 5:30 p.m. (Friday, Nov. 29) on Wisconsin Street with two loops around town and end with a rousing finish at Harbor Park for a tree lighting ceremony and some singing. There will be fireworks over the harbor after the tree lighting. DJ Beavstar will emcee the event with cookies from […]
