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
Historical Reflections
Change comes to the resort
Fourteen miles up the Caribou Trail is
Tait Lake. The roads around the lake,
Cap’s Trail and Billie’s Trail, were named
for my aunt and uncle Mathilde “Billie”
Petersen and Martin “Cap” Petersen.
They once owned the land upon which
today’s Tait Lake residents have built
their homes. Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago •
March 27, 2000
• Cook County Head Football Coach Lyle Anderson accepted the Minnesota Football Coaches Association “Coach of the Year” award March 17. Full Story
TASTE OF HOME
My first Crush was not a pop
I was eight years old the summer of my first crush, and it was a big one. He was an older man. Nineteen years old. He worked at the Pure gas station at the bottom of the Cramer Road on Highway 61. Full Story
COACH'S CORNER
Why team sports are more important than ever
I have interests in many things, but two of my passions are working with young people and athletics. In particular, I love team sports because they combine these passions. Full Story
TAILS from the TRAIL
Rotten Ice
Thelakes are melting very fast up here. Gunflint has already separated from the shore with three feet of open water on the north side in front of the old Moosehorn Bed and Breakfast. The Cross River is showing signs of open water, and Seagull Creek is flowing as well. Full Story
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