Tag: Grand Rapids

  • After Newtown: fast response in Grand Rapids, MN

    After Newtown: fast response in Grand Rapids, MN

    This morning, we were working here at the house and my wife and I both got notification calls from the Grand Rapids (Minn.) School District. Law enforcement had contacted the superintendent about a potential danger at one of the schools in the district (not our kids’ school). Here is the notification we got from Superintendent…

  • Longyear buys Grand Rapids site; marks West Range growth

    Longyear buys Grand Rapids site; marks West Range growth

    More signs of economic growth on the western Mesabi: The Itasca Economic Development Corporation has found a buyer for its Itasca Eco Industrial Park in Grand Rapids. This was the former Ainsworth lumber plant that closed in 2008. J.M. Longyear, LLC, just bought the whole thing. GRAND RAPIDS, MN – On behalf of our board…