Guest Commentary: The Carnegie Library legacy

Along Waterfront Drive sits a treasure that symbolizes Two Harbors’ early investment in education: the Carnegie Library, one of Minnesota’s 66 Carnegie-funded libraries.

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Guest Commentary: Support the historical society

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On Faith: A New Year revolution

Yes, you read it right. This is not a typo. I’m tired of making New Year’s resolutions year after year only to have them become unresolved naggings by about April.

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Guest commentary: Minnesota ready to take over wolf management

The Minnesota Senate Delegation representing northern Minnesota, including Sen. Tom Bakk, released this statement in response to the removal of the grey wolf from the federal endangered species list.

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Guest commentary: Check out Lake County's demonstration forest

Don’t miss an opportunity to check out the recent improvements at the Lake County Demonstration Forest located eight miles northwest of Two Harbors on the Drummond Grade.

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On faith: The gift that keeps on giving

Even though Christmas Day is past, we are still in the “Twelve Days of Christmas”—the actual “season of giving.” Did you give, and did you get that perfect gift? What did you give to the one who has everything—or the one who has nothing?

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Guest commentary: Be prepared with free training

When a tornado or wildfire hits our neighborhood, we expect that emergency responders will be there to help out. But with only 1 percent of our population serving as emergency responders, there aren’t enough of them to help everyone during bigger incidents like floods or power outages.

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On Faith: The miracle at hand

We have been waiting for Christmas at our house. The eyes of young people see miracles everywhere: decorations, whispered plans, gifts appearing under the tree, concerts, the amazing notion that Jesus was a child once, too, just like them.

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On faith: Stop the debate and celebrate

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Lake County past was my present

The best thing about finding references in the Lake County News-Chronicle to my brief tenure as editor there a generation ago is that I’m not in the obituaries.

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Live life like Ellen Anderson

I was once taught that a good column writer seldom focuses on themselves. Rather, they use a personal story to connect to readers about something that many people may have experienced.

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Agates and Tarbells

The Nonnemacher family of Two Harbors has Agates for the Winter Wonderland project in Thomas Owens Park. They wrote: “Imaginative. Quaint. Magical. Idyllic. These are a few of the words that come to mind when seeing the skating rink, mural, and Christmas lights in Thomas Owens Park.

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Help is available for caregivers in Lake Co.

You’ve probably heard the word “caregiver” before, but what does it mean?

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Trees and trails make city beautiful

This year has been a year of progress for the City of Two Harbors’ efforts to improve its outdoor spaces.

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Editorial: Vandals need lesson in respect for public spaces

It’s sad, disappointing, and downright maddening to hear of this latest incident of vandalism in Two Harbors.

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