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Two Harbors City Council; May 28th 2024

Two Harbors City administrators have been working for two years on the Odegard Trail improvement project. Forward progress has been slow because a por­tion of the land in­volved in the project proposal crossed land owned by the Cana­dian National Rail­road. Negotiations with CN have taken an inordinate amount of time but the neces­sary agreements have been reached with CN and the needed funding has recently been awarded through grants from MnD­OT and the Duluth Superior Area Com­munity Foundation (DSCAF). At Tuesday night’s meeting, the City Council was able to formally approve to move the plan for­ward with the under­standing the design el­ements will need to be approved by MnDOT. When the MnDOT approval is complet­ed, Lake County will be able to open the bidding process and hopefully construc­tion can begin soon after that.

In other news, the Two Harbors Library has continued to see an increase in activity over the course of the past year. $1,400 was raised at the Mother’s Day Book Sale. There are 3014 city residents who are active users of the Library facilities and there are 65,000 books in circulation. 34,000 of those books are in the Library’s physical collection and the remaining 31,000 are either Eb­ooks or are part of the Library’s Audio Book collection.

The next Two Har­bors City Council meeting is scheduled for June 10th and is currently scheduled to start at 6:00.

Rick Evans
Rick Evans
My wife, Marsha Kinzer (a proud DEHS Greyhound, class of ‘77) introduced me to the North Shore on vacation in 2012. It became our regular escape when the stress of our careers in education became overwhelming, and it didn’t take me long to fall in love with the breathtaking scenery, the nice people, and “salad” containing Jell-o and marshmallows. So you can either blame or thank my loving wife for my being here, because when we needed to choose a retirement hometown, Marsha advocated hard for her beloved Duluth, and here we are, six months later. Yes, this will be my first northern Minnesota winter. Yes, I welcome thoughts and prayers. Government, public policy, and social justice weighed heavily in the curriculums I taught at the high school level over a thirty-eight year career. In addition, we were a laboratory school focused on critical thinking in conjunction with technical and scientific writing. So when I found myself adrift on the great ocean of retirement and spied a raft, I jumped at the chance to take up what I’d left behind…minus the bad teachers’ lounge coffee. My position at the NSJ allows me to combine my passions for government and writing, and it’s helping me to feel less out of touch in new surroundings. When I’m not being “Cubby” (Marsha’s favorite new nickname for this green reporter) I enjoy pointing at eagles and saying, “Look, honey. There’s an eagle.” I’ve had an active side hustle as a professional musician for almost as many years as Charlie Parr. As a guitarist/singer/songwriter, I graced the stages of clubs and festivals around southern Wisconsin, including an appearance on A Prairie Home Companion. Should I even mention A Prairie Home Companion, or am I the only one here old enough to remember what that is? Look! An eagle!
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