Laurel Beager

Laurel Beager

Reading free books

I hope you are having fun finding books for the 2025 book challenge. The prompt for today is very easy to accomplish. Choose to read a book you got for free (and of course, library books count). But if you have friends or family that loan you books when they are done and you haven’t read some, pick one up and enjoy! And if you don’t have friends and family loaning you books, then stop by the library and borrow one of our books to read. And then, visit North Wild bookstore and loan your own books to friends and family in the hopes they will then loan books to you.

Helping others

Third and fourth graders in Joan Ecklund’s class at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School won a pizza party for collecting the most food during March for the annual March Food Campaign.

Face to face across the northland

Over the last few weeks, I wrapped up my Northland Strong Town Hall tour, holding open conversations in every corner of Northeast Minnesota — from Hermantown, International Falls, and Grand Marais to Two Harbors, Ely, and Grand Rapids.