The beaver dam causing the Cramer Road to flood has been blown up. The dam had been clogging up the culvert under the road on an ongoing basis. “I’m hoping that will discourage them,” Schroeder Supervisor Roger “Bill” McKeever said at the October 8, 2013 meeting of the Schroeder Township Board. The culvert is very rusty, McKeever said, and has... READ MORE >
The county board voted October 28, 2013 to spend $12,450 of the Cook County Community YMCA construction contingency funds for a heavy-duty moisture seal for the new gym floor, but some of them were not very happy about it. County Auditor-Treasurer Braidy Powers told the board that in a meeting with the architects and ORB, the county’s owners’ rep, he... READ MORE >
Special education needs at ISD 166 are growing. As of the October 3, 2013 school board meeting, 72 students – 16 percent of the student population – were receiving special ed services. According to Superintendent Beth Schwarz, about 11 percent of students in Minnesota schools receive special ed services. The school went from two to three special ed rooms this... READ MORE >
On October 22, 2013, the county board unanimously approved a contract with Jay Kieft, the candidate selected to be the new county administrator. The salary approved by the county is $8,200.91/month, or $99,492 a year. The draft brought before the board a week ago proposed a salary of $99,000 and was not on a county pay scale. This contract, however,... READ MORE >
Grand Portage Education Director Haley Brickner presented the Grand Portage Local Indian Education Committee’s (LIEC) annual report to the ISD 166 school board on October 2, 2013 at the Grand Portage Community Center. She lauded the successes of the year but also challenged the school board to do more to level the playing field for Native American students. “We saw... READ MORE >
Minnesota supports artists with more money than any other state. Two representatives of the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)—Board Chair Erling Ellison and Assistant Director Samuel Black—were at the Grand Marais Art Colony in September 2013 to help artists find out how to access some of that support. The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is one of 11 tax-funded regional nonprofit... READ MORE >
Four years ago, students at South High School in Minneapolis began to notice rapid shifts in the demographic makeup of the school. With the help of adult consultant Kate Towle, they began meeting weekly to talk about racial and cultural issues that affected all of them. From this, they developed a cultural awareness program and started writing curriculum and speaking... READ MORE >
The county board spent part of the afternoon of October 15, 2013 discussing ways to keep costs down in 2014 in order to avoid a levy increase and use of the fund balance. They went over some possible cuts in departments they had not discussed at a previous budget work session. Budgeting for the Public Health & Human Services Department... READ MORE >
The county board has asked Jay Kieft to come on board as the county’s first county administrator and is in the process of negotiating a contract with him. At the October 15, 2013 county board meeting, Auditor- Treasurer Braidy Powers handed out a proposed contract that had been drawn up by the county’s consultant, David Unmacht. The proposed contract did... READ MORE >
Commissioner Garry Gamble was ousted from the “Cartway Committee” at the county board meeting on October 15, 2013. On October 8, Commissioner Gamble and Commissioner Heidi Doo-Kirk had offered to work with property owner John Scheef on options for dealing with a landlocked 80-acre parcel he owns on the hillside above Grand Marais north of Highway 7, east of Brandon... READ MORE >
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