Love Your Library! Did you know that February is National Library Lovers’ Month? Communities around the country are preparing to celebrate libraries and all they have to offer. Throughout February, we will have treats and warm beverages available at the library and we will be doing several prize drawings during the month.
Service-Connected Disability Ratings Coming off a threeweek stint describing the CVSO, I might have left out the task of managing expectations. Hearing “I know a Veteran that is 100% for this disability” or “my neighbor did not go to war or overseas but is getting more disability compensation than me” is probably a weekly occurrence.
Molly is a 4 year-old Bichon-Shih Tzu mix who lives with Todd and Christine Redmann. While Molly is well-known at several of the local establishments around town, she doesn’t imbibe! We would LOVE to have your pet featured in our pages for Pet of the Week.
Escape Bound is a memoir about starting over, and finding meaning in life when you’re forced to question everything you thought you knew about yourself. After twenty-three years Rounds thought she knew what her life was all about, but when circumstances changed, everything she thought she knew had to be rearranged.
This last year has been quite a ride, from an idea for a new newspaper in Lake County, to tying so many details together to pull it off. Each week flashing by with deadlines zooming close and another paper put to bed for the week. What a privilege and what a steep learning curve for me, where writing for newspapers has been my job for over a decade, but doing what it takes to put a newspaper together was brand new. I feel privileged to be bringing local stories to my neighbors in Lake County, it is a job that I believe can make our north shore communities stronger. I could not do it without the generous mentoring from the editors in International Falls and Grand Marais, and all of the staff and many community contributors.
“When Two Harbors lost its weekly paper I felt like the North Shore lost a good friend. Through newspapers we keep up with what is going on in our respective communities. We bond over issues. Laugh and cry together in good times and sad times. So, when there was a chance that a paper could be brought back into the community, I was happy to help in anyway that I could. Thanks to the small but hardworking staff at the Lake County Press, Two Harbors and Lake County has a newspaper that it can be proud of. Congratulations on your one-year anniversary! -Brian Larsen, Cook County News-Herald. “The addition of the Lake County Press is a part of the move to ensure that the important role of local journalism not only survives, but thrives in rural Minnesota,” said Laurel Beager, editor of the Rainy Lake Gazette, established in International Falls by CherryRoad Media in 2021 following the shuttering of the previous newspaper there. “We salute the Press, its staff and CherryRoad Media leadership for enriching its community.”
The North Shore Storm PeeWee B1 hockey team took home another Championship trophy for the second weekend in a row. This time the Storm traveled to Brooklyn Park to play in the North Metro Pirates MLK PeeWee B Tournament.
This year’s John Beargrease 39th Sled Dog Marathon will kick off from Duluth on Sunday, January 29 with mushers from around the country and Canada. Hailing from all points of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Alaska, there are familiar and new faces. Here are the bonnie folk representing Lake County in these iconic races: Full Marathon Mushers (ends Grand Portage): Jennifer Freking, Finland Colleen Wallin, Two Harbors Ero Wallin, Two Harbors Beargrease 120 Mushers (mid-distance, ends at Trestle Inn, Finland): Nick Turman, Two Harbors Beargrease 40 Musher (ends Two Harbors): Elena Freking, Finland Elena Freking has already caught the attention of people watching the lead-up to the Beargrease. At 12 years old she is already an experienced musher with many Cub Run’s under her belt since the age of four. In the past year Freking has competed in the Klondike Derby in Excelsior, Minn., and the Wolf Track Classic in Ely.