Moving on
What can we do? Many of you are relieved at this winter’s untimely delay, but I’m not. I love winter.
January 2024
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Lehto & Wright coming to the ACA
The North Shore Music Association welcomes Lehto & Wright to the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais on February 10 at 7:00 p.m. Lehto & Wright is a MN-based folk-rock and progressive rock band who first performed in 1999.
Superior National Forest’s Employee Awarded with new Memorial Award for excellence in coordinating partners for shared land management and conservation work
In 2023, the Superior had over 1,000 volunteers, contributing over 6,000 hours of project work. Outstanding partnership coordination by Superior’s recreation and wilderness staff was celebrated by honoring Jon Benson, receipt of the Inaugural Michael Manlove Memorial Award by the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee The Superior National Forest’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) at over 1 million acres contains 2,000 wilderness campsites,1,200 miles of canoe routes, and 12 hiking trails.
Ski teams rock!
The Cook County Alpine ski boys' and girls' ski teams had three races over the Martin Luther King weekend: Two at Giants Ridge on Saturday and one on Monday at Mont Du Lac. The two meets at Giants Ridge are called the MLK Invite.
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the punishment exceeds $150 and/or ten days in jail and/or includes one year of supervised adult probation. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.
Six Northeast Minnesota projects receive CERTs Seed Grants for community-based clean energy efforts
Minnesota's Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) is awarding seed grants to 45 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects—including six within the northeast region of Minnesota. The projects range from educational outreach on clean energy incentives, energy efficiency for manufactured homes, and skill-building for clean energy careers.
Wildlife Matters
Chasing the Treeline: Canada and Greenland From the Brooks Range in Alaska, the treeline goes straight across into Yukon. The leading edge of spruce follows the contours of northern Northwest Territories.
BEYOND REASON
How to be funny? A self-indulgent view of comedy is one thing, but a comedic, self-indulgent view of a self-indulgent view of comedy is, while perhaps meta, a whole other thing. Today, I will attempt to give you, the reader who perhaps deserves better and asked for neither, both.
North Shore Foolishness
Last week’s column had a blank space for the response of the North Shore Health (“NSH”) Board and executives. I had inquired about defamation lawsuits against NSH critics being discussed. They did not respond by my press deadline.