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While trees and lakes are covered by two different branches of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Bill Schuster, a former NR Technician stationed at the agencyâs offices in Side Lake, knows a thing or two about the up and down nature of water levels on the Sturgeon chain of lakes in French Township.
âOn the wall there, because people always used to come in and complain about the water levels, I had a sign (with a quote from Mark Twain): Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over,â said Schuster, who is currently the chair of the townshipâs board of supervisors. âThat has been the deal in Side Lake for the 40 years that Iâve been there.â
Celebrations return to the North Country File photo Wednesday, June 30, 2021 7:29 pm
ELY – The Ely Fourth of July celebration returns to official status this year with a real “parade” and other events on the 245th birthday of America.
An organizing committee, under the leadership of Ely’s deputy clerk, has planned a safe, festive, inclusive and traditional celebration on Sunday, July 4. Last year, in place of the city’s celebration, a small unsanctioned “patriotic march” was held in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, despite public health concerns over COVID-19.
Confirmed participants, according to Parade Committee Chair Casey Velcheff, include traditional favorites like the Shriners’ Dune Buggy brigade and the Ely Klown Band.
Keith Vandervort
ELY – With numerous questions and feedback in hand, and a recent plea for major adjustments, ISD 696 school board members gathered at a study session Monday night to ponder their next moves for a $20 million building project that is more than $4 million over budget.
Following a special study session with district principals and a building facilities committee meeting last week, board members met with the project architect and construction managers to work through the mounting challenges of providing a modern educational facility for the Ely community.
More than $12 million in construction bids, mainly for the campus’s new building, were approved earlier this spring. A second bid package, primarily for the renovation and modernization of the district’s existing Memorial and Washington buildings, was budgeted at about $4 million but came in at $8 million. The bids of the second construction package were rejected last month and officials hope to rebid that proj
Marshall Helmberger
ECHO TRAIL Clearing of trees and brush along this iconic roadway within the Superior National Forest is on a temporary hold while St. Louis County officials take stock of work done to date. Some border country residents have raised alarm over the impact to the scenic qualities of the road, which is a primary access route to a large swath of the western end of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
“We have no issue with brush clearing,” said Paul Schurke, of Ely, who along with a handful of others, met with Forest Service officials and St. Louis County Commissioner Paul McDonald last week to discuss their concerns. But, he said, the removal of hundreds of large pine and the prospect of additional pine removal, is concerning.