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Get your binoculars ready, the large freighters have returned after a winter hiatus and are busy sailing to and from Duluth or other ports on their long journeys. The shipping season started on March 25, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Soo Project Office, opened the Poe Lock at 12:01 a.m. marking the 2023 Great Lakes shipping […]
North Shore Waste purchases Nelson Machine Products
North Shore Waste is growing its business. The company announced on April 8 through Facebook that it purchased Nelson Machine Products in Tofte. “We will be expanding our Roll-off, resident, commercial trash services to Lutsen, Tofte, Schroeder, Finland and surrounding areas. “We are thankful for the many years of hard work Rich and Kathy (Nelson) dedicated to servicing this area. […]
Local photographer Travis Novitsky is featured on Northern Nights, Starry Skies on PBS North
“Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight.” Anonymous. A one-hour documentary exploring the dark skies of northeastern Minnesota and the Anishinaabe connection to those skies came out this March, but it can still be seen on YouTube and found on other sites. Co-produced by […]
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On Wednesday, May 3, the Grand Marais Planning Commission will meet at 5:15 p.m. at City Hall to consider several zoning requests. The largest of these is a proposal by P&R Development LLC and the Cook County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) to build a 51-unit multifamily residential apartment project on property zoned R-1 in Creechville on the approximately 12 […]
2023 Cook County Property Assessments
Most Cook County Property Owners have received their 2023 Property Tax Statements and 2023 Valuation Notices (for taxes in 2024). The 2023 Valuation Notice contains important information on the Assessor’s estimated market value & classification and will provide instructions on how a taxpayer can appeal, if they feel the information is incorrect. For the 2023 assessment, the overall valuation increase […]
Writer supports Senator Grant Hauschild
Senator Grant Hauschild, representing NE Minnesota District 3, has kept his promise of delivering for his constituents. He has been the chief author of 90 Senate bills designed to help our NE Minnesota families and communities, and he has co-authored 181 bills since the legislative session began on January 3rd, 2023: a truly incredible accomplishment! Sen. Hauschild was the chief […]
Living Low to the Ground
In her “Are you ready to look at new ways to build?” (3-18-2023), Arvis Thompson suggested that we rethink what we consider as essential in a home. She especially focused on water usage. This is a great thing to be thinking about not only to help our community’s housing concerns, but also in terms of energy use and our environment. […]
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Recently, I attended our local annual rural electric cooperative meeting. The purpose of the annual meeting is to gather together all of the member owners of the co-op to share important information about the status quo of our rural utility company. It is an open meeting with member owners encouraged to use the microphone and voice their concerns. What could […]
