A GoFundMe account has been set up for all three businesses destroyed by fire on Monday, April 13, 2020: Picnic & Pine, The Crooked Spoon Café, and White Pine North. If you are able to donate, and feel called to do so, please support these small businesses and their families by donating today. Your donation will be split equally between […]
Truth in budgeting …
Minnesota House Representative Paul Marquart (DFL), who hales from Dilworth, Minnesota, home to the historic Star Lite Motel, noted for its red neon sign and 1950’s architectural style, has served District 04B in the northwest corner of the state for nearly a quarter of a century; some ten terms. The seasoned civil servant, who chairs the Minnesota House Taxes Committee, […]
Nothing is ordinary; nothing seems quite right
How often in recent weeks we’ve thought: nothing is ordinary; nothing seems quite right. A pandemic health crisis has concerned us, and a sense that “Everything seems deeply colored by tints of ‘nothing is usual’ even as everything tastes as if the colors and ingredients of life were “off” has consumed us. In these weeks, for many of us, everything […]
Edward August Viren II
Edward August Viren II passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the age of 90. After months of declining health, he died peacefully at Eagle Cliff Manor in Billings, Montana, on the one-year anniversary of his wife’s death. The oldest of three children, Ed was born on April 4, 1929, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Edward and Viola (Palmquist) Viren. […]
Robert Erwin Morris
Robert Erwin Morris, of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away peacefully April 9, 2020 at age 84, after enduring Lewy Body Dementia. Robert (Bob) was born March 20, 1936, the only child of Harold and Esther Morris of Grand Marais, Minnesotda, In 1942 the family moved to Duluth where Bob graduated from Duluth Central H.S. in 1954 and UMD in 1958 with […]
Guess on the bird
Several people emailed in the correct name of the bird Butch Schulte photographed that was pictured in the April 11 edition of the newspaper. Jeremy Ridlbauer, our local bird expert, came up with the name first. “This is a white-winged crossbill. Nice photo! Don’t get to see them like that very often,” said Jeremy. Gayle Mcquatters answered, “The bird is […]
Planning a trip to Canada? Think again
If you have a cabin in Canada and were planning to head north for some spring fishing, forget it. That’s the same for shopping, going to a movie, sightseeing, hunting, fishing, visiting family, friends, a girlfriend/ boyfriend or fiancée, all of that’s off limits as well. At least for awhile longer. The Governments of Canada and the United States (U.S.) […]
Historical Reflections
This photo was taken after the Symphonion Opera program on Monday evening at the high school social room. The “Bit of Opera” featured four arias. From left to right, the soloists were Ellen Eliasen (singing from Carmen), Lauretta Wilkinson (Samson & Delilah), Irene Thompson (The Wren from La Capinero), and Virginia Tofte (Madame Butterfly).
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOMARCH 13, 2010 Will Brandenburg, CCHS junior, won first place and $500 in an essay contest with his essay The Power of Music. The essay ends: “Music creates connections. It energizes people and makes us believe in the extraordinary. The world can be a beautiful place; you just need the right sound track.” 30 YEARS AGOAPRIL 16, 1990 […]