Gordon Thorne of Finland, Minnesota is excited to be hosting the Fourth Annual Fingerstyle Masters Concert at Bluefin Bay in Tofte at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. All proceeds from the event go to benefit WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Fingerstyle guitar is the playing of an acoustic guitar without the use of a guitar pick. Thorne, who himself... READ MORE >
Proposed expenditures for fiscal year 2015 are slated to be $5,771,866 for School District 166 according to a report presented by Superintendent Beth Schwarz at the March 20, 2014 School Board meeting. The annual expenditures for the four years prior averaged $4,884,932. The 2015 figure however includes $380,000 for expense items that were not included in the prior years’ average.... READ MORE >
Sandy and Jack McHugh of Caribou Lake, north of Lutsen are the newest faces at Red Pine Realty in Grand Marais. Prior to moving to Cook County in December they had lived in the Twin Cities where they met and worked together for General Mills as project managers. Referring to beginning in the real estate field Sandy says, “There are... READ MORE >
The Lutsen annual town meeting took place the evening of Tuesday March 11, 2014. More than two dozen residents attended the meeting that followed the annual election. Andrew Beavers was elected as a new town supervisor by a narrow margin ahead of Colleen Brennan. Amity Goettl was elected as the new town clerk. A total of 55 ballots were cast... READ MORE >
At age 17 Jessica Berg-Collman is credited with raising more money in donations for breast cancer research than any other participant in the history of the Mush For a Cure. She is also the founder and organizer of the “Save a Boob Fishing Contest” held at six lakes in the Duluth/Cromwell area. Now in its second year, the fishing event... READ MORE >
The School District 166 school board recently addressed concerns raised by recent media coverage of other school districts that have taken away the lunch trays of students and thrown them away in front of their peers due to the student’s lunch accounts being behind on funds for payment of their hot lunch. Superintendent Beth Schwarz stated, “It’s not just Utah,... READ MORE >
The February 20, 2014 School District 166 School Board meeting took place as scheduled a few hours ahead of the latest impending snowstorm. A reminder was made that there will be school on Friday, April 11 if school is closed due to weather the next day on Friday, February 21. As expected, school was closed the following day. Open lunch... READ MORE >
The cast, director and support staff of the Cook County High School One Act Play did a brief presentation to open the February 6, 2014 ISD 166 school board meeting. They exhibited the play at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:00 p.m. that same evening. The group achieved a second place finish in the sub-section competition by performing... READ MORE >
The ISD 166 school board held a special meeting on the morning of Friday, January 31, 2014 to discuss what to do about making up for time missed due to the unusually high number of winter-related school closings for the district so far this year. Students have lost just over six instructional days already this school year. The board had... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture recently published a new Pollinator Report. The report addresses concerns over the decline in pollinating insects such as the honey bee which began in 2007. It was created in response to 2013 legislation requiring the department to work toward creating proposals, processes and criteria to enhance pollinator habitat as well as review certain pesticides thought... READ MORE >
