I would just like to give a big thumbs up and a thank you to the West End Garden Club for all the work they do to beautify our community. I see their members working around the area cleaning up rest areas, planting, pruning and generally making our area a nicer place to live. I am fairly new to the […]

Good news doesn’t always make headlines and positive changes don’t always get featured on the news. But rest assured – good things are happening in Northern Minnesota. For six years, Enbridge endured lengthy environmental reviews, tribal studies, and other necessary permitting and study processes. For six years, elected leaders, business owners and members of our towns, just like you, showed […]

In our current time, there are few good books that speak to the fundamental problems in America. There recently has been published a great book that looks at the systematic racism in the United States. It is entitled Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House, NY 2020). Since early in the 17th century, with the beginning […]

I live at the Grand Marais Apartments at 315 First Avenue East. As a single woman, I moved into an upstairs two-bedroom unit over 11 years ago. Because I have only my Social Security income, I receive assistance from the Federal government for a reduction in my rent, and I know that I’m very fortunate to have such a nice […]