While we often hear of infrastructure projects being studied, worked on, and – if we’re lucky – completed, we rarely acknowledge the work that goes into these massive projects. Here in northern Minnesota the Line 3 replacement pipeline project is a prime example. While the list of those I must recognize is longer than this word count will allow, I […]
Lindquist’s letter resonates
Thank you, Gordon, for your letter to the editor. I agree with you. My Pillow guy sends his pillows to Trump to sleep on. Then Trump sends them to all of the Republican Congressman to sleep on and that way they don’t dare say anything against him. So now it has become the Trump party. God help us if he […]
Limit abatements to two years
I thought an abatement was a tool for encouraging development—designed to provide relief while a project gets up and is productive. Are these (West End) developers telling us they need 15 to 20 years to get productive? In 15 years, it’s time to remodel, refurbish what has worn out. Is that what we are funding with these abatements? Are these […]
Thank you, Arrowhead Cooperative for your fine service
I just attended Arrowhead Electric’s “Customer Appreciation” event on the Gunflint Trail. While picking out some nice swag, I remembered that I had been meaning to write a note of thanks of my own. To all the fine folks at the co-op, I would like to sincerely thank you all for your efforts at providing reliable electricity and fast internet […]
Photos
As part of Fire Prevention Week, the Birch Grove Community school got a visit from the Tofte fire fighters and EMS on October 7. During the day, kids got to spray water with the help of a firefighter, inspect the fire truck and learn about the gear on the truck. They also received a lesson on first responders’ duties and […]
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Recent rain and warm temperatures have brought mushrooms out in droves. Above, here is a family of Shaggy Mane mushrooms which are edible. These mushrooms are also called lawyers’ wigs because they look like the wigs lawyers once wore in courtrooms in the 1600s.
Catalyst for Change two strong organizations – one executive director
Visit Cook County launched as an independent 501(c)(6) in the spring of 2010. The convergence of three tourism associations and strategic partnerships with Grand Portage and Lutsen Mountains resulted in an award-winning Destination Marketing Organization. Building upon that momentum, the Cook County Chamber of Commerce was established three years later to support the internal needs of the business community that […]
Anna Bjork
Anna (Dunne) Bjork, formerly of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at the age of 89, one month shy of her 90th birthday, at the North Shore Living Care Center in Grand Marais, Minnesota. In her grandparent’s home in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Anna was born November 22, 1931, to James and Anna Dunne and grew up […]
Historical Reflections
Jack Blackwell (Billy’s dad) Jack Blackwell was a Sargent in the US Airforce from 1943-1945 (WWII). During one mission, his plane was hit as he flew over Germany, but they were able to pilot the damaged plane back to base. One person was wounded in that mission. After the war, Jack Blackwell worked on Highway 61 construction and Taconite Harbor […]