Over the past few months, I have researched, spoken with, and interviewed numerous entrepreneurs from Lake County. All of them are passionate about solving a problem or building a better solution. The conversations lasted hours and didn’t feel like an interview.
This time of year, it might feel like winter is stretching on and on with no end in sight. Fortunately, creative projects are an excellent way to add some color, pizzazz, and joy to these snowy days and get you through to spring!
Excerpts from the front pages of the Lake County News Chronicle from 1922, 1947, and 1972. Submitted by the Lake County Historical Society.
With the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, the church around the world enters into the season where we walk with the Lord Jesus Christ to His death on the cross. To Christians, Christ’s death and subsequent resurrection from the dead 3 days later form the core of our belief and our hope of eternal life. It is through His sufferings and substitutionary death that He fully paid the price for our sins and deliberate rebellion against God, the Father and His just commandments. The proof of this is His bodily resurrection from the dead.
In today’s world of make-believe it’s no wonder that shysters and charlatans abound and goofy ideas take root. The world of make-believe is made more believable when fueled by social media platforms with mean-spirited and angry rhetoric or utopian self-help tips.. Believable for some, that is.
Last week we discussed “spin,” and the potential to use facts to mislead, either intentionally or not. But what about fake news? Fake news is not simply “spinning” a story. Fake news is declaring something that is true that isn’t, or vice versa. In its first edition, Forrest Johnson, Editor of the Lake County Press, reminds us that there is still truth out there, and that it’s our intention to “find and report it.”
Mid-February, Rob met with Olivia, a 6-year-old female snowy owl, in Northern Minnesota. Rob: Thank you for chatting with me.
Excerpts from the front pages of the Lake County News Chronicle from 1922, 1947, and 1972. Submitted by the Lake County Historical Society.
Well, if there hasn’t been enough news happening around Lake County lately, now Lourenco Goncalves says he’ll close down the towns of Silver Bay and Babbitt just to keep things interesting. “No production, no shipments, no royalty payments,” he said to investors this week.
Recent developments surrounding the “Festival of Sail” event proposed for Two Harbors have been in local and regional news, and it would be easy to get sucked up into the drama, panic, or spend our time with Facebook commentary. However, none of those paths will do us much good. Having talked to several City Councilors and other leaders in the city, here is my perspective, starting with the basics.