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This past Saturday the North Star Draft Horse Association hosted a sleigh ride in order to help out the Cook Area Food Shelf. Considering the roads were bad from the all-day snowstorm and …
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2/7/25
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“What world needs now, is” sisu, Finnish sisu! “Sisu, The Finnish Art of Courage,” authored by Joanna Nylund, offers the Finnish word as a verb, not a noun, but as something …
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2/7/25
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Perhaps many of you remember the case of an appointed clerk/treasurer just down the road in the city of Tower. The appointed clerk/treasurer had the support of the city council (even though the …
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2/6/25
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The effect of driving out the immigrants, “illegal” or not: it opens up the jobs delivering food or washing cars. Who is going to have to take those jobs now? The working poor …
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2/6/25
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I just talked to a friend out west who works for the federal government as a law enforcement officer in the Forest Service. He has received a letter from the Trump administration stating that his …
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2/6/25
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Iran is facing “the most precarious moment in its modern history,” according to David Ignatius of The Washington Post. “Israel’s attacks have left Iran nearly naked …
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2/6/25
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I’d like to add a little bit to the Timberjay’s great coverage of President Trump’s fascist regime. This is the sixtieth anniversary of my 1965 service in Vietnam. It’s not …
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2/6/25
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Faced with the possibility that I could be replaced soon by AI, I began an investigation into how well AI actually works. The first thing I noticed was the number of AI programs available. It seems …
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Catie Clark
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2/6/25
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Here’s a balm that you can rub onto your mind to stop it from jumping from worry to anger to fear. It’s an easy, old practice that some people do for years at a time. Even though …
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Jean Gendreau
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2/6/25
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Correct us if we’re in error here, but by our reading of the U.S. Constitution, it is the U.S. Congress that holds the purse strings of the government. The Congress allocates funds and it is up …
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2/6/25
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Opponents of the sale of approximately 80,000 acres of school trust lands in the Boundary Waters should check their calculators. Those opponents include Rep. Roger Skraba and Eighth District U.S. …
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2/2/25
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And so, it begins – the second term of‘the man who would be king,’ the convicted felon, the mob boss, rising from the ashes like a Phoenix. He hit the ground running, already …
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1/30/25
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No matter how you voted in the most recent election, I appeal to all of you to consider the impact on individuals, families, and society as a whole as a result of the immigration policies being …
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1/30/25
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My dad used to tell me America will always have more than our share of dingbats, because so many of our ancestors were forced to leave their home countries for reasons other than poverty. They …
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1/30/25
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Candidate Bassing was correct on one thing in her recent letter. She stated supervisors have recently had “plenty of chances to appoint” a clerk and treasurer. The last appointed clerk, …
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1/30/25
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I don’t believe that the modern, sustainable, Ely-Tower-Babbitt ambulance service, envisioned by the EBCH/SafeTech proposal should be declared dead. It’s too good of a plan and it …
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1/23/25
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It is unlikely that Panama, Greenland, and Canada will start a war with the United States. Trump, however, indicated he might start a war or wars with them using military force to accomplish his goal …
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1/23/25
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In the Jan. 10 issue of the Timberjay, Paul Thompson placed an ad touting the benefits of our township operating under Option B. We have been doing so, in a way, in the last few years already: …
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1/23/25
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Do you like waiting in traffic? If you say yes or simply don’t mind traffic, then don’t read any further. If you are bothered by traffic jams, slowdowns, or any other stop and go traffic …
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1/23/25
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Regarding the upcoming Greenwood Township ballot question on allowing the board, rather than the registered voters, to choose their clerk and treasurer, please vote NO! The positions are …
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1/23/25
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As the 2025 Legislative Session begins, the Minnesota State Senate finds itself in an unprecedented position. Following the tragic passing of former Majority Leader, Kari Dziedzic, our chamber is in …
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Sen. Grant Hauschild
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1/23/25
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There is a LOT going on in this human space between heaven and Earth as Donald Trump becomes our 47th president. Emotions are rampant, whether despair or jubilation, anticipation, or angst. I imagine …
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Betty Firth
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1/23/25
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Just days before Donald Trump took the oath of office this past Monday, now former-president Joe Biden used the bully pulpit of his office to warn Americans that the democracy we’ve known since …
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1/23/25
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By now, most people know that President Biden and his criminal gang have sent and continue to send weapons to Benyamin Netanyahu, the criminal president of Israel, who is using them to commit …
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1/16/25
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Elon Musk said, “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces, by far.” Actually, a fast-climbing birth rate is the bigger danger to our present …
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1/16/25
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