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.
The Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRR) Board welcomed a new member, Sen.-elect Keri Heintzeman, following the special election in Minnesota Senate District 6 on April 29.
A recent letter to the editor, We Have No Cents, stated “...what should be obvious to everyone: The United States does not have any money. Zero, nothing, nada.” Really?
One of my neighbors occasionally hears vibration within and surrounding her home. Neighbors in Hovland reported to local media a hum sound which comes and goes.
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 and his successor exploiters of the New World.
Holy cow, it’s budget time again. Departments will be told what county goals are—wouldn’t we all like to know that as well?
Last week I attended a town hall in Grand Marais. The town hall was not in support of any particular candidate or political party, but instead was an opportunity for people to come together to speak their minds. About 100 people from the community attended. Most talked about how they and their families have been hurt by the Trump administration’s ongoing destruction of the nation’s social infrastructure. They talked about how the devastation of federal services is crippling everything from forest management and fire fighting, to food programs, to health care, to education and library support, to weather forecasting. Underlying the moving stories people told of their fear, anger, and loss was the sense that people in Washington simply don’t care about us.
