The Mesabi Community Orchestra is getting bigger, better, and louder! With new players and funding from the Minnesota Legacy Amendment, our membership has increased with the addition a half dozen quality performers, and we continue to attract new members. The quality of our music has substantially increased under the direction of our Artistic Director Josh Aerie, and the difficulty of […]
Healthy FOR Life
Good day to everyone! I imagine you are all basking in the joy and excitement of the upcoming holidays! During my usual venturing on the highway last week, I saw five very large birds kibitzing along the roadside. Driving closer to them I saw that they were turkeys! I didn’t think we had wild turkeys around here and wasn’t quite […]
Getting Pumped on Raw Pumpkin Pie
When growing up, pumpkin pie wasn’t my favorite choice of dessert pie. But when I began making healthier choices for my palate I grew to love pumpkin for its magnificent plenty in all ways. Full of valuable nutrients and luscious in color, it delightfully sets the ambience of holiday tradition. These days many food options are geared towards the raw […]
WEEK 60
NEW A WEIGHT LOSS, A SECOND DATE (!!), AND FRIENDSGREETINGS & SALLYTATIONS! Swiffers. What’s all the hype about this gadget?? I tried a Swiffer for the first time and sorry folks, not impressed. So, you take this little expensive cloth and cover it on this base and swiff away. It just seemed to me the dirt/dust landed on this expensive cloth and then you throw it away. Okay, doesn’t […]
Pretty White Nurse Weds Sioux Brave
Oh racism…. You enfold us like a warm, pox-filled blanket just as the season’s first snowfall chills us to the bone. As we approach Thanksgiving, we do well to remember that we are not always a noble, far-sighted people, and that often finding out who the true inferiors and savages are requires nothing more than the nearest mirror. R apid […]
Founding Fathers Brewery debuts beer that gives back to troops
50 percent of prots to support military troops and familiesMINNEAPOLIS — Founding Fathers Beer, a new American lager that is both owned and brewed in the United States, and will donate half of its profits to the families of military troops, hits the shelves this week in Minnesota and North Dakota. Founding Fathers Products, a company dedicated to producing products that represent the ideals embraced by early America, is […]
New shopping tradition: LOCAL!
As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods – merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, […]
City of Mt. Iron Meetings
The Mt. Iron City Council will meet Monday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m.The Mt. Iron Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Monday, Nov. 28, at 6 p.m.The Mt. Iron Utility Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 4 p.m.The Mt. Iron Parks and Recreation Board will meet Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 5:30 p.m.The Mt. Iron Public Safety and Health […]
Community forum for YMCA pool
VIRGINIA – The Mesabi Family YMCA Board of Directors is seeking community input regarding the future of the YMCA pool. A question and answer forum will be hosted by the YMCA Board of Directors on Monday, Nov. 21, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the Y, 8367 Unity Drive, Virginia. For more information, contact the Y at 749-8020.
Trentini Club Christmas party set
Trentini Tirolesi del Minnesota Club’s Christmas party is set for December 10 at the Virginia Elk’s Club, 218 N. 5th Ave., in Virginia. Social starts at noon, dinner will be at 1 p.m., with holiday musical entertainment to follow. All members, their families and friends are welcome. Please bring a monetary gift for the Iron Range Food Shelves. For cost […]