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2 weeks ago | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
Grand Rapids Police Chief Andy Morgan and Ron Oleheiser, Executive Director of the Grace House of Itasca County. Chief Morgan also serves as secretary on the Grace House Board of Directors. Photo by Pam Dowell. It has been 20 years (2005) since the Minnesota Department of Human Services conducted a one-day survey in Itasca County and reported that at least 25 people had no idea where they would sleep at night.
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2 months ago | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
Faster than you can say President Donald Trump has been convicted of 47 felonies for concealing hush money paid to adult porn star Stormy McDaniels, came the fall out across Minnesota last week as (former) District 6 GOP Senator Justin David Eichorn, age 40, married with four children, from Grand Rapids, resigned under a cloud of shame afrter being caught in a police sting while soliciting an underage minor for prostitution.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
"Ditty Wish & Tabitha" are making the rounds, not by boat with billowed sails - by car, traveling with a tale. Emily Slaubaugh, 26, is an Iron Range musician spreading songs of strings, sealing wax and other fancy stuff, accompanied by a dragon, Tabitha, not Puff.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
minnesotamonthly.com | Pam Dowell
The 1939 American film classic “The Wizard of Oz” continues to remain a cherished movie favorite. Produced on a high budget of $2.8 million, the movie amassed $2.7 million in its opening week. The movie has always been considered a financial success.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
He says it is what he always wished for – his kids becoming a part of the band. Jason Waldron, 46, Effie, Minn., self-employed carpenter and musician, opted for a rustic, rural life where he could raise his children, as close to the earth as he was raised.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
Not the stolen ruby slippers, but another pair used in the film.
Dorothy’s stolen ruby slippers from the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz are on tour now, sponsored by Heritage Auction House of Dallas. The 35-day live auction will conclude on Dec. 7, with fans and admirers wondering will the closing price break the record for a top fetch on a piece of Hollywood memorabilia that has more crime provenance than any other movie prop in history?
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Pam Dowell
DULUTH — Married 32 years and playing together for 35 years, the loving collaboration of lives intertwined for decades provides a delightful result of bluegrass, folk, pop, blues and rock music for musicians Mike Monson and Kim Curtis-Monson, the Fish Heads founders from Gary New Duluth. The couple met at Sir Benedict’s Tavern, where they have become a fan favorite over their three and half decades of performing together.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
minnesotamonthly.com | Pam Dowell
Set deep in the woods of rural Bovey, Minnesota is sweet secret: 27-year-old Mark Mulay, a talented artisan carrying on the centuries-old specialty craft of Ancient Greece and Egypt—leather tooling. A trade that has carried history from man’s first footwear by way of the sandal, Mulay’s custom leatherworking shop sits quietly in the northern heart of his wife Hannah’s home state of Minnesota. The Mulays have a genuine appreciation of ancient artifacts and history.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
duluthreader.com | Pam Dowell
Set deep in the woods of rural Bovey is a sweet secret, a talented artisan carrying on the century’s old specialty craft of Ancient Greece and Egypt - leather tooling.
Mark Mulay, 27, has been living in the heart of northern Minnesota (his wife Hannah’s home state) for a couple of years now.
The couple met as children raised in Dakar, Senegal, where their parents served as missionaries for the United World Mission. They left the western part of Africa in 2015.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Pam Dowell
Karter Starling, board member of Itasca Pride , was beaming toward the day’s end. His smile was broad and infectious, expressing joy from what had been a long and tense battle to bring the first pride drag show and official Pride Fest summer festival to Itasca County.
