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Goodbye Christmas! Full Story
Biomass feasibility study underway
A large grant-funded study on the feasibility of creating heat and energy from Cook County biomass is now underway. On December 9, 2010 a local steering committee met with the project’s hired hands and the public to discuss the direction of the study. Full Story
Property owners question hospital levy increase
Two things were apparent at the hospital board’s Truth in Taxation hearing held on Thursday, December 23. The public in attendance wanted the board to know that it didn’t appreciate the levy imposed by the hospital board, and the board wanted the public to know that it wasn’t entirely their fault. Full Story
…And world peace
Rhonda Silence starnews@boreal.org
I am a very lucky person. I received nearly everything that I had asked for in my letter to Santa Claus. Yes, you heard me, my letter to Santa Claus. Full Story
A little Christmas gift
The morning of Christmas Eve, while preparing for the joyous opportunity to worship that evening, thoughts of what fun little gifts to get for a couple of friends kept popping up. Looking out my office window, and seeing God’s pine trees covered with snow, this bit of poetry came, a gift from God to me, and for me to share with them. 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 meeting. 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. 4-17tfn Full Story
Young M2 players kick off the hockey season
The Cook County M2s played in Two Harbors December 11 - 12. This year we have a very young team, but that did nothing to deter them from some excellent hockey!
Game one was against Two Harbors Maroon. This was the toughest battle of the whole weekend. Our M2s came out timid to a strong Two Harbors team but finally started to Full Story
A politically incorrect Christmas?
As I write this column, the noise in the background is of my three sons actively trying to kill each other…. well, not exactly. Each of the boys received Nerf dart guns from Santa. Who would have thought that Santa and the NRA would ever form a pact? I wish they had formed that partnership when I was five years old! Full Story
Open on the Trail
The Gunflint Trail businesses are all reopening for the winter season and the vacationers are beginning to show up. All of the usual winter activities are in full swing right now with the exception of lake trout fishing, which does not open for a little while yet. Full Story
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