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Why was courthouse lawn destroyed?
Commissioners, why did you allow the destruction of our beautiful courthouse lawn? You might have had reasons for your position but you’d have to prove that to me and the upset community.
I suggest you redeem yourselves before election time and restore the courthouse lawn.
Irene Thompson
Grand Marais
Full Story
Insightful and special article on Mr. T’s retirement
I do not always check the byline of an article before I read it and today was no different. I savored every word of the article on Bill Tormondsen’s last concert and when I got to the final line, I thought “Someone really special and insightful wrote this,” and I looked at the byline. Full Story
Restore the courthouse lawn
All right, let’s talk about the Memorial Day service at the Cook County courthouse.
It would appear that someone wanted to add, for effect, a facsimile of a bomb crater on the premises to honor our fallen. Or, maybe someone started to dig up a sewer line and quit mid-project when the money ran out. Full Story
Questions Colvill Fire Department decision
On Saturday, May 22 the Colvill Fire Department held its annual pancake breakfast. What a shock to enter the building and have to face Susan Thompson at the cashier table. When Judge Sandvik ordered Mr. Thompson to abstain from the fire department it never entered our minds that she would remain as the spousal support. Full Story
Religion or hypnotism?
I am responding to Garry Gamble’s May 29 letter. Full Story
EDA should finish its own business first
Thecity council is up to their eyelids in the poor decisions that surround the EDA and their business park they built for small businesses like kettlebells. Full Story
Is 4-day school week plan a lemon?
Is the four-day school week what is best for the majority of students in ISD 166 and the community as a whole? In my opinion what is best involves much more than discussions about academics or budget. These are the two main talking points of a 4-day week. Full Story
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