This afternoon I took a walk along the Knife River. It was a very beautiful day. When I got to the parking lot, I met these two nice gentlemen who were heading out to collect insects for biological sampling of waters in Lake Superior South Watershed for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Decades are like snowflakes. They’re white and pointy, and all a little different.
Rocky Wall Productions has announced that the Robby Vee and His Rock & Roll Caravan FREE Silver Bay Music In The Park Concert has been moved indoors to the William Kelley High School Auditorium due to the forecast for rain on Friday, September 16th.
What would make Lake County a great place to grow up and grow old? Fill out our survey at https:// bit.ly/Age-FriendlyLC to help us guide a community action plan to accomplish just that. In October 2021, Lake County joined a global network of Age Friendly Communities. The network encourages our community to focus on and strengthen the features and services that help to make communities livable for residents of all ages, from the cradle through retirement.
Construction on the Highway 61 Stewart River bridge will end for the season on Sept. 12, and traffic will switch from the current historic bridge to the newly constructed bridge. Traffic will remain head-to-head on the new bridge through completion of the project in fall 2023. Work in 2023 will include rehabilitation of the historic bridge.
The Perfect Cookie INGREDIENTS: The busy summer days have yet again come to an end as we ease into fall, and now it’s time to accept the cooler days and earlier sunsets. Something about fall urges me into the kitchen that I’ve left abandoned all summer.
Insects! Who’s had enough of insects? I am happy to see the cooler weather if for no other reason than to get rid of some of the insects flying around. However, I will miss the dragon flies, (did you see the crazy hatch out?!) This past weekend we started harvesting the garden, taking the hummingbird feeders down.
Let us know what is going on! Friday, September 16 “Born to Late,” performing at KTWH radio station. 5:006:00 pm.
In a meeting of the Lake County board on Monday commissioners heard information from Bruce Kimmel, financial advisor, to learn more about potential opportunities for funding mechanisms to create more housing in the county. Kimmel represents Ehlers, a financial consultant firm and has worked with Lake County as a consultant over the years on other projects. According to Matt Huddleston, county administrator, the purpose of the meeting was to help the board understand the possibilities for financing housing projects, stating, “education makes for better decisions and helps us prioritize better.” Over recent months the county board has held discussions about the dearth of affordable housing in the county, especially for workforce housing and senior housing. They have stated that finding solutions to insufficient housing is a priority for the county. In this session Kimmel outlined in detail the complexities of options such as TIF (Tax Increment Funding), and tax abatement. He also reviewed “options along a spectrum from helpful but without an active investment, to true private-public partnerships,”, giving the board a chance to look at opportunities along a range of involvement. Kimmel stated that currently most communities that are contending with insufficient housing are not likely to see improvement without taking action because private developers would not be able to build new housing and make money. “The market has a failure, and we need to do what we can and correct that failure,” stated Kimmel.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 100 YEARS AGO: v The opening gun of the fall campaign in Lake County was fired by the Labor Candidates who held a rousing meeting at Toimi Sunday afternoon where fully a hundred and fifty farmers and their wives turned out to hear the speakers who arranged a meeting there Sunday afternoon. Louis Westlund gave the farmers an interesting talk on the progress of the Lake county cooperative creamery, efforts are being made to have Dr.