February 2024
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
School Board Meeting The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a Regular School Board Meeting Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at 5:00 pm, in the Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN.
I.S.D. 166 chooses an architectural firm
After interviewing two architectural firms, the school board chose DSGW to work on plans to improve the school and school grounds. The school board was impressed with DSWG's work and attention to adding indigenous design elements into their designs.
Council discusses Tax Abatements
At the January 31 meeting, Council agreed to hire McGough Entity / McGough Construction Co. LLC, who will work with the architectural firm of LHB, Inc., to handle the teardown/ rebuild and redesign of the Grand Marais City Hall and Municipal Liquor Store.
Historical Reflections
10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 8, 2014 v The quest to figure out what is killing Minnesota’s moose continues. The moose population has fallen from an estimated 8,640 in 2006 to an estimated 2,700 in 2012.
Weekly Weather
Weekly Weather Date High Low Precipitation From Josiah Avery, East County Road 14 January 30 38.5 29.5 0 0.00 January 31 42.3 29.8 0 0.00 February 1 38.8 22.6 0 0.00 February 2 33.3 13.5 0 0.00 February 3 36.0 12.4 Rain Trace February 4 42.8 17.1 0 0.00 February 5 42.3 28.9 0 0.00 The rain that fell on 2/3 fell as freezing fog. Fun fact: In 2013, the largest snowball fight in the world occurred in Seattle, Washington, where 5,834 fighters participated! From Joseph & Mary Routh, Hovland January 30 39 29 0 0.00 January 31 39 29 0 0.00 February 1 37 17 0 0.00 February 2 34 16 0 0.00 February 3 33 13 0 0.00 February 4 39 18 0 0.00 February 5 41 28 0 0.00 From James Block, Seagull Lake January 23 26 13 Snow T/0.20 January 24 31 26 Snow T/T January 25 32 28 Snow T/T January 26 34 28 Snow T/T January 27 31 25 Snow T/T January 28 33 23 Snow T/T January 29 32 24 Snow T/T January 30 31 27 Snow 0.01/T January 31 43 27 Snow 0.00 February 1 37 18 Snow 0.00 February 2 40 11 Snow 0.00 February 3 42 7 Snow 0.00 February 4 47 14 Snow 0.00 February 5 51 30 Snow 0.00 Cook County Readers, if you are interested in providing weather data to the newspaper each week, please call Brian Larsen at (218) 387-9100, or email ccnh@boreal.org .
Bikepacking Minnesota’s Border-to-Border Touring Route
Local photographer Bryan Hansel will present on his ten-day gravel-grinding adventure The Grand Marais Public Library will host a presentation from Bryan Hansel on his bikepacking tour, on Wednesday, February 21, from 7:008:00 p.m.. Hansel will take the audience on a visual journey along his October 2023 bikepacking adventure across the proposed Minnesota Border-to-Border Touring Route— the Off-Road Vehicle Route rejected by Cook County.
Love through Music
Four Musicians from the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra to play at the library The Grand Marais Public Library is excited to host four musicians from the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra for an evening of music, entitled “Love through Music,” on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2024 from 6:007:30 p.m. The DSSO is sending four fantastic musicians to play a variety of classical music composed as early as the Baroque to as late as the Modern era, with composers ranging from Handel to Piazzolla.
Work together to accomplish common goals
The quality of employees will be directly proportional to the quality of life you maintain for them. -- Charles E.
What is a “Just Culture”?
During times of conflict it is natural for people to take sides, justify their position and blame the other side. When applied to a group or organization this is called “blame culture”. This is the situation in which we find ourselves regarding the current NSH issues. This culture of blame may be natural, but it is not healthy, and it is not helpful. I believe all parties involved, NSH Board, Administration, employees, the physicians, and the community members who have spoken out, all honestly want the best possible medical care for the county, its residents, and visitors. A culture of blame is not the way to achieve this. Fortunately, there is an alternative.