Subject of re-opening Deer River License Bureau once again on Deer River City Council’s agenda
by Louise H. McGregor, staff writer The desire and need to get the Deer River License Bureau re-opened was once again a subject discussed by Mayor John O’Brien and the council members at their Feb. 13 Deer River City Council meeting. At the urging of Councilman Steve Geving, O’Brien had contacted Representative John Persell and Senator John Carlson to request their assistance in expediting the re-opening of the bureau. In O’Brien’s letter he said, “We need to overcome many obstacles to re-open...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Subject of re-opening Deer...
by Louise H. McGregor, staff writer The desire and need to get the Deer River License Bureau re-opened was once again a subject discussed by Mayor John O’Brien and the council members at their Feb. 13 Deer River City Council meeting. At the urging of Councilman Steve Geving, O’Brien had contacted Representative John Persell and Senator John Carlson to request their assistance in expediting the...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Bigfork City Council calls...
by Jeanette Remmers The Bigfork City Council held a special council meeting on Feb. 6 to deal mainly with locating a new audit firm, accepting the clerk’s written resignation and spelling out the procedure for the application process for filling the clerk position. The meeting started with the open forum where Gene Madsen had questions concerning the mold specialist who was brought in and where that...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
ISD 317 school board meeti...
by Barbara Cameron The Deer River school board met for its regular meeting on Feb. 13 in the media center of the high school. All six members were at the table, as were the board’s recording secretary, Tiffany Johnson, the district superintendent, Matt Grose, and the business manager, Carol Risberg. The small audience included various members of the partnerships who would give reports to the board...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Effie mayor arrested
by Lisa Rosemore, Grand Rapids Herald-Review Printed with Permission The Mayor of Effie was arrested Friday night after authorities responded to a domestic assault report at the mayor’s home. Matthew David, 34, was taken into custody sometime after 8:30 p.m. on suspicion of domestic assault and interference with a 911 call, according to arrest records at the Itasca County Jail. As of Monday, formal...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Effie City Council meeting
by Jeanette Remmers Effie Council met on Feb. 13. Open forum introduced Dave Leonhard who asked to be placed on the agenda for later in the meeting. Agenda approved with the addition of Dave Leonhard. Jeff and Paula Powell had questions about the forms to fill out for the demolition of the old REA building that sits next to the station. This will be added to March’s agenda. Joe Zimmer’s duties were...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Board lays out agenda for ...
by Barbara Cameron The wheels of county government grind slowly through the week so that a board may meet and act fairly quickly, as it did on Valentine’s Day 2012. Chair Catherine McLynn (Dist. 2) called the other four board members and three support people at the table to order, and everyone in the room stood for the pledge to the flag. The minutes of the last meeting were readily approved. One item...
Posted by Editor on Feb 22, 2012 | 0 comments
Deer River Warrior boys ba...
by Ara Anderson The Warrior basketball team was in action on Friday, traveling to Bigfork to take on the 15-5 Huskies in a Northern Lakes Conference match up. The Warriors’ size and athletiscm proved too much for the Huskies as the Warriors controlled the game from early on and led 46-30 at halftime. The Warriors continued to attack in the second half and were able to put the Huskies away 86-60. The...
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