August 2022

Bonds sold to construct new jail

Koochiching County Board Tuesday agreed to finance a portion of a new jail facility with up to $10 million jail bonds. The board authorized Northland Securities Inc. to handle the details. The money will be available to the county Sept. 7, and will be paid over a 20 year period.

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Set the hook!

The Rainy Lake level is back to normal and the temperature throughout the water column is consistent. This makes the shoreline breaks and weed lines more productive.

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Mural celebrates VNP influences

A mural now at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center should remind viewers of the people and cultural richness of the land that became Voyageurs National Park and continues to influence the park. Created by Duluth artist and educator Sam Zimmerman, the three-panel mural “Giiwedino-Manidoog” or in English, “Spirits of the North,” celebrates the land, water and sky and animals, as well as the culture that now are a part of Voyageurs National Park.

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