
Nature Nurtures
Jadell Cavallin This evening as I looked upIwasinaweofthemasses of nighthawks and dragonflies swooping about. These two in tandem tell me the end of summer is near.

Jadell Cavallin This evening as I looked upIwasinaweofthemasses of nighthawks and dragonflies swooping about. These two in tandem tell me the end of summer is near.

Forrest Johnson Oh, Larry, do you truly understand the implications of your decision? Laurenco Goncalves, King and CEO of Cliffs Natural Resources and el jefe, the boss, of Northshore Mining, has made yet another decision to stymie a few towns and counties in his bid to outlast the Mesabi Trust and its hold on the ore at the Mitchell Mine near Babbitt. Larry made the decision recently to idle the mine and plant and railroad and docks until at least next April.
Katya Gordon The other day I was complaining to my daughter, Cedar, about my aging body and its unwillingness to get into shape. “I mean, I’m not doing a thing,” I griped.

Forrest Johnson Another summer is careening to an end. I use the word careening simply because I can’t believe how fast the past few months have zoomed by.
Sherry Phillips Excerpts from the July-August Brimson-Toimi newsletter. While some of these thoughts are past reflections of early summer, Phillip’s poetic approach to her intro is well worth re-running here.
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Katya Gordon My request for the week is to ask you to read the article in this paper about the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic piece of legislation that will be edging us towards deficit reduction and climate mitigation for decades to come. This bill’s creation has been anything but smooth and has probably caused both our Senators, Klobuchar and Smith, to lose hair and sleep.
With six citizens present at the regular Fall Lake Township meeting, transfer station attendant Kathy Braun asked the board of supervisors about having a lock put on the transfer site gate. “I’ve seen a truck going in after the gate was closed to drop off brush at the brush pile,” said Braun.
Katya Gordon At the time of this writing, results of Tuesday’s election are not known. This election, more than many general elections, will significantly impact Two Harbors.

Katya Gordon Last week I made just enough mention of the clipper ships to fire my adrenaline and pique my curiosity. So this week’s column is pure indulgence into the world of waves, wind, adventure, danger, shipwreck, heroism, andtragedy.Whenever I turn on our diesel engine on Lake Superior, there is a moment in which I whisper a silent, automatic, ….not a prayer exactly.