Boys’ team beats Carlton/Wrenshall

BRIAN LARSEN On Tuesday, April 30, the Vikings boys' baseball team traveled to Carlton to face the Carlton/Wrenshall Raptors baseball team. After a scoreless first inning, the Vikings put up two runs in the second.

Sweet, cute, and mischievous

Sweet, cute, and mischievous, these fox kits are ready for action as long as their mama is nearby and feeding them. The male fox will bring his mate food the first few weeks after the babies are born, but after that, the mama will feed her kits on her own.

Public school spending per pupil increased dramatically in 2022

The U.S. Census Bureau announced last week that spending on public school students rose 8.9 percent from $14,358 in 2021 to $15,633 in 2022, the most significant year-to-year increase in more than 20 years for public school spending per pupil.

Overcoming Stigma in Mental Health

In partnership with Wilderness Health and Adaptive Telehealth, North Shore Health (NSH) recently announced their new telehealth provider relationship with Chandra White, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Chandra has graciously made her services available to our patients with mental health needs via the Emergency Department TeleMental Health program.

ISD 166 school board talks referendum strategy

BRIAN LARSEN Following the 24 minute long ISD 166 school board meeting held Thursday, April 25, the board opened a work session with Todd Rapp of Rapp Strategies, Inc. to discuss holding a referendum this fall to ask voters to pay for improvements to the school building and grounds.

Robert Brazell

Barbara Jean (Hart) Hatanpaa Barbara Jean (Hart) Hatanpaa, 83, passed from this life on March 6th, 2023, at The Waterview Shores in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Robert Donovan Brazell, aka Bobby Don died on April 17, 2024.

Roger A. McDonald

The community is invited to the memorial service for Roger A. MacDonald, M.D. on Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Roger was a family physician from 1948 to 1980s including 22 years in Cook County. When he retired from clinical practice, he moved to White Bear Lake and became associate director of Rural Physicians Associate Program, (RPAP) until the 1990’s. He returned to Grand Marais after retiring from teaching and embarked on a new career of writing. He chronicled three memoirs called the “Country Doc” stories which became published works.

Kaare Olav Faber

Kaare Olav Faber (87) passed away peacefully on March 23, 2024 after a 9 month illness that confined him to St. Therese care facility in New Hope, MN. Kaare was a long time resident of Minnetonka, MN. He was born on January 13, 1937 in Oslo, Norway. His passion for learning led him to attend university at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in 1957. Upon graduation he moved to Minneapolis where he began his career as a Mechanical Engineer. He rose over the years to the position of Partner and director of Mechanical Engineering at Setter, Leach & Lindstrom, later, Leo A. Daly.

Vernon Errol Eide

Vernon E. Eide, of Republic, MO, went home to be with his Lord, surrounded by his loving family and precious dog Bailey, on January 31, 2024. Vernon was 85 years old. He was born on January 17, 1939, to John and Evelyn (Johnson) Eide in Schroeder, Minnesota and was one of seven children in the home.