On the one hand, most Lake County residents will likely escape a proposed 2 percent state income tax hike on couples making $250,000 or more. But on the other hand, nearly everyone could feel the smaller pinch of a business-to-business sales tax likely to be passed on to consumers.
Last fall, Fran Kaliher of Two Harbors was one of thousands of Minnesotans advocating defeat of a proposed state Constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as being between one woman and one man.
Electricians and supporters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers held and informational picket outside Two Harbors City Hall Monday night. Approximately 20 people gathered and carried signs to call attention to what they say is the city’s slow response to negotiating a fair contract.
With over 150 combined years of experience, five retiring Lake Superior School District employees are leaving some big shoes to fill this year.
On ground still covered with snow and under trees bending in 30 mph gusts, a dozen men and women eagerly unloaded kayaks, paddles and dry suits and braved the 44 degree temperatures Saturday morning. The Baptism River roared just a few feet away as they prepared to take on the rock-strewn white-water near Illgen Falls in craft barely 6 feet long.
