Opinion
We Owe Canada an Apology
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Grand Marais City zoning board needs to change its methods
I have had experience with both Cook County and the Grand Marais City zoning boards.
To Banish Forever
We live the results of our ancestors’ choices. That is so true when it comes to the history of white men’s Manifest Destiny expansion into lands populated by native American tribes. When Columbus landed on a Caribbean Island in 1492, some five – 15 million Indian folk preceded him andhis successor exploiters of the New World.
Please Act Now to Protect Your Right to Vote
The SAVE Act is actually a voter suppression bill which recently passed in the US House and is currently in committee in the Senate. The GOP backed SAVE Act would not even authorize federal funding for the new and significant challenges it presents to states to administer it, and it has no phase-in period. Pete Stauber, MN CD-08 Representative to the US House was one of the sponsors for this bill.
COUNTY NAMES PART DEUX
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the origin of Minnesota Counties’ names. All 87 were listed with their county seat towns and their general location in our state. There was only room in the paper for a few counties. You can find that column, Wondering 61 Wherefrom Our County Names on the internet via https://www.cookcountynews-herald. com/. We also wrote there were many things worth analyzing. Today we have room for that.
