Bakk’s bid for DFL endorsement in governor’s race ends
On March 20, Senator Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) formally ended his bid to receive the 2010 DFL endorsement for governor. Bakk made his announcement at the St. Louis County DFL Convention.
Bakk said he hopes his campaign slogan of “jobs, jobs, jobs” will stay at the forefront of the gubernatorial race. Full Story
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This fox looks as agile as a cat on the edge of this birdbath. Sandy Updyke imagined the fox might be thinking, “If the deer can get a drink out of this thing, then so can I!” Updyke’s Hovland neighbors enjoy the photos she captures of area wildlife.
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County fiber optic saga continues
Thepursuit of delivering fiber optic to almost every Cook County home has met with a new twist, but new twists are becoming routine. “Every time the phone rings we get a new piece of information,” Cook County Information Systems Director Danna MacKenzie told the county board on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Full Story
Unorganized Territory
Paving the way to a balanced budget
Sometimes I get tired of the economic gloom and doom in local and national news. The dwindling school budgets because of declining enrollment, the downturn in revenue at local golf courses and lodging facilities, and the desperate economic status of our economic development authority are depressing. Full Story
SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
“Are you the one I’m waiting for?”
“Are you the one I’m waiting for?” A story from a set of immigrant grandparents goes like this: On the train from Ellis Island, New York, to Wisconsin a young man from rural Sweden met a young woman from the city of Stockholm. Full Story
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA Meetings
Mondays:
Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is potluck/speaker meetings. Potluck at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:30).
Tuesdays:
Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Full Story
WEST END CALENDAR
Tofte Town Meeting
Held the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Tofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/13tfn
Lutsen Township Monthly Meetings
Held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 3/22b-tfn Full Story
Snow Golf at Windigo
Windigo Lodge will be holding its 4th annual Snow Golf Tournament and Beach Party starting at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 27. In previous years this event has been held on the ice in front of Windigo Lodge—it may be a new course this year due to weather
conditions, but it will certainly still be fun for all. Full Story
Where are the fish biting?
John at Buck’s Hardware said March 23 that there has been some success with bringing in lake trout: On Trout Lake in 25 feet of water using wax worms or minnows and jig, and rainbows just under the ice; and on Clear Water Lake in 35 feet of water using jig and minnows. Full Story
Cook County 2010 fishing closures will protect spawning walleye
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will temporarily close several fishing areas in Cook County during the beginning of the 2010 fishing season to protect concentrations of spawning walleye. Closures on Minnesota-Ontario waters are made in cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and affect both sides of the border. Full Story
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