At the regular meeting of the Silver Bay city council on October 3 the council made several decisions and held discussion on upcoming issues. Changes to the Boathouse Bay development project were discussed with a decision made to reject current bids and rebid the project due to changes made with the intent of lowering the projected costs.
The city of Two Harbors has launched its new access to viewing live streams of city meetings this week. According to Jose Leon, public access coordinator for the city, the system with a new server will allow anyone with an internet connection to watch city meetings while they are happening.
Heritage Lands The small farm lay along an out-of-the-way gravel road in an undulating terrain of oak woods, pastures, marshes, meandering streams, and rows of corn. When we drove up to the old farmhouse seeking permission to hunt, we were greeted by an elderly couple who no-doubt remembered the time when horse-driven transportation was transitioning to automobiles in the years before the Great War.
arrived! The Minnesota Gopher football team suffered its first loss of the season, losing to Purdue 20-10 on Homecoming day in Minneapolis. Playing without star running back Mohammed Ibrahim due to injury, the team had to alter their game attack, and the Boilermakers game planned for a different look from the Gophs and prevailed.
God sidled over to Tony Xzcerlippy of Tony’s Underwater Limousine Service to ask if he and Foggy wanted a fresh pot of coffee as the thousands of Lake County residents and a few stray Duluthians started to break camp. Nobody made a pot of coffee as good as God. “I’m not much of a cook but I can sure rustle up a pot of cowboy coffee,” he once told Albert Einstein. Einstein wasn’t much of a cook either it had turned out, but he was a magician at making wine in his basement. Whenever they had a visit, God would brew up the morning coffee over a fire in the backyard of Einstein’s Princeton, New Jersey home and Einstein would supply the wine for their long evening chats. The sun was just lighting the tops of the trees outside the garage in Bruno that had become the command center for the Great March for Community Newspapers. The owner, a man named Otto Anvil, was a welcoming sort, always willing to lend a hand and get weary travelers on the right foot. He had acted as local ambassador when the great crowd began to settle in those many months ago, and he made it clear that everyone was welcome. Otto did have to make a few amends to the throng for the few grumps that inevitably grumbled about people sleeping in hallways or not taking their boots off when they came in out of the cold.
After 20 years of planning and collaborative effort, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) is excited to launch its new Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education with the first cohort of future teachers taking their first classes in January. FDLTCC is the first two-year educational institute in Minnesota to earn approval to offer a baccalaureate degree. For more information on the Elementary Education program, visit https://fdltcc.edu/degrees-certificates/ degree-programs/elementary-education/. The new B.S. Degree will lead to a Minnesota Teacher Kindergarten to 6th Grade license. According to Dr. Kim Spoor, Dean of Education, “We are so excited to offer this unique program at FDLTCC, as currently, only 1% of licensed teachers in Minnesota are American Indian, and our program will help fill this gap.” Spoor adds that it is important for people to know that this program will serve both Native and Non-native student educators who are interested in knowing how to best serve all K-6 students in various classroom settings. Besides being the first ever four-year degree program offered at FDLTCC, “…no other teacher education program in Minnesota offers a program that meets state requirements while also intertwining our Indigenous ways of knowing and cultural values” shared Spoor. A feast recognizing those that have worked toward getting the 4-year degree program to FDLTCC will take place in the commons of the Cloquet campus on October 28th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Activities will include an opening pipe ceremony, the drum, and followed by a feast.
Cowboy Cookies I found this recipe many years ago in the American Profile insert of the Lake County News Chronicle. I have seen similar recipes with different names.
On Thursday, July 14, ground was broken for the Knife River Heritage & Cultural Center (KRHCC) commercial fishing exhibit which will include CRUSADER. Once the sod was stripped from the site along with about a foot of sandy loam, KRHCC historian Todd Lindahl was on the scene to see what secrets laid beneath the sod. The site was once the home of Pascal (Pete) Rosso who was transferred by Duluth and Northeastern Railroad from his job as Postmaster in Drummond north of Knife River, to Knife River. in May of 1900. He would serve as depot agent in Knife River for 36 years until his death in July of 1936. For agent Rosso the amount of railroad activity to and from Knife River in the early 1900s came at great personal loss to him. On January 30, 1907, his eightyear-old son was standing on the depot loading platform with a group of loggers while a D&NE log train was passing. One of the loggers had a large pack on his back and suddenly turned, knocking the boy onto the track. The boy lost his arm but lived.
Omarzu This afternoon I met David and Linda Wenzel out on the Knife River HikingTrail. A wonderful place to be on such a beautiful fall day.
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Grand Marais) worked the small-game and waterfowl opener, checked ATV riders and responded to wildlife-related complaints. Grouse hunters who ventured out of their vehicle and left the road found plenty of birds. Enforcement action was taken for hunting without a license, allowing a minor to illegally hunt and driving after revocation. CO Mary Manning (Hovland) received a few more reports of bears raiding BWCA campsites for food. Visitors should use secure storage bags/barrels and properly hang food to avoid a trip cut short. After many hunters reported daily limits taken each day of opening weekend, grouse hunting took a dramatic downturn in success. Complaints were received from homeowners of grouse hunters throwing beer cans out of trucks, driving onto clearly posted property and shooting birds directly in front of houses. One hunter was surprised to learn that the gate he shot his bird in front of blocked someone’s home. He said: “I didn’t know anyone lived here. I have been hunting this road for 30 years!” Hunters should note that many people have been buying property and building small homes in the North Woods. Oftentimes, these homes are most often not visible from roads – even well under the 500 feet distance for legal hunting on unposted land. CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) continued training with COC Jesse Drown. A wide variety of enforcement activities were worked with ATV traffic being some of the highest ever observed in the area over the weekend. Enforcement action addressed included transporting loaded firearms in motor vehicles, unregistered ATVs and OHMs, no helmet on youth ATV passengers, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and cans and glass in the BWCAW. CO Matt Miller (Silver Bay) checked small-game and waterfowl hunters in Lake County. Pink salmon are starting to run and a few anglers are find fish willing to bite. ATV trails and roads are quite wet and muddy. Keep in mind the damage your machine does to