2021-02-13 E-Edition

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A magical sunset and sea smoke collide to make a beautiful picture of the Grand Marais Harbor. Sea smoke occurs when very cold air moves over warm water. During this cold snap, every day there have been wispy angels dancing over a rapidly freezing harbor.

Park board discusses reservations, seasonal sites, and marketing

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On February 2, the Grand Marais Park Board held its first meeting of the year and the board welcomed Frances Jarchow as its’ newest member. Bob Nesheim was sworn in at the December meeting, so the park board has two new members. Rita Hinchman was voted park board chair and Stephen Aldrich vice chair. Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg […]

Svaleson wins District 1 Cook County Commissioner seat

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After the votes were tabulated on Tuesday, February 9, the special election for the Cook County District One Commissioner race was won by Robert (Bob) Svaleson. Svaleson received 212 votes to 166 votes cast for Paula Marie Powell. The District One Cook County commissioner seat opened up when Robert (Bobby) Deschampe resigned after winning the Grand Portage Tribal Council chair […]

Homyak signs up for Lutsen supervisor opening

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Expressing enthusiasm mixed with some uncertainty, Christopher (Chris) Homyak announced that he is throwing his hat in the ring for the three-year Lutsen supervisor township opening. The uncertainty comes because Chris is already a very busy young man. He said he felt some responsibility to sign up as a write-in candidate when the January 12 filing deadline passed and no […]

The greatest of these is love

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The ancient Romans are thought to be responsible for the name of our modern day of love: Valentine’s Day. It is anything but romantic in its origins, however, as it is said to have come about as reaction to the martyrdom of a priest and a physician–both named Valentine–on February 14th of different years in the 3rd century A.D. So […]

County residents lining up for COVID-19 shots

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As of Monday, February 8, 1740 Cook county residents, or 32.8 percent of the county, had received at least their first COVID-19 vaccination. That far outpaces the state’s average of 10 percent of the population, said Cook County Public Health Coordinator Grace Grinager to the county board on Tuesday, February 8. Of that number, 273 Cook County residents had completed […]

Proud to be an American and Republican

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First, I would like to applaud Rae for coming out to speak truth. Time Magazine has admitted there was election fraud! Just because no judge would look at the evidence does not mean it did not happen. But guess what? The Supreme Court now has several cases before them on February 19. Let’s see if they will finally do their […]

Singing the praises of Cook County

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This letter to the editor is a letter of praise to the people, business owners and most importantly health care workers in Cook County Minnesota. These past months will not soon be forgotten in our country and our county. Like the rest of the nation, Cook County learned and responded to the threat of COVID-19, with social distancing, mask wearing, […]

Take down your wall and listen

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I am moved to write a reflection related to a triangle of recent letters. I first want to share that I identify as a liberal. I have a nearly desperate sense that we ALL need to regain the ability to talk to one another. Also, that I regret that a “personal wall” went up for me after the 2016 election. […]