Attn: small business owners. SLC has received $3.8 million from the state legislature to provide COVID relief grants up to $45,000 to small businesses and eligible non-profits. We expect the application period to begin mid-January. Details here: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNSTL…

Beautiful winter sunset. #LakeVermilion

Been there, Ellis.

Real Cook, MN.

Handbell choir from Trinity Lutheran Lutheran Church rang this evening in memory of the 400,000 American Covid dead plus all those worldwide who have suffered. #COVIDMemorial

Co-owner Cassandra Hainey says, "We just want this to be a space to really feel welcomed, and cared about. We'd like to see this become a community space." bit.ly/3o5Gf9o #LeadershipMatters #HealthyCommunities #RuralMN

Good morning.

Bernie made it to Voyageurs National Park.

I know the Bernie mittens meme is past peak, but I had to wait until trash day to get the shot I needed.

❄️🐼 Slides, somersaults and pure panda joy. Happy snow day from giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian! 🌨🐾 . . . #SnowDay #PandaStory

Iron Range

Ya never know.

Fish houses on the Northwest Angle Ice Road across Lake of the Woods in Minnesota

Errr, what now?

The Northwest Angle is the northern most area in the lower 48 states. The only way to access it is to drive through Canada or cross Lake of the Woods. With the border closed due to COVID-19, resorts on the Angle built a 22-mile ice road, that spans from Warroad, MN to the Angle.

Ely, Minn.: Snow sculptures

I know this is pushing it, but I'm gonna grill. Had to scoop a little to get there.

Lovely piece by Grace Olmstead about homecomers like Sarah Smarsh and Benya Kraus rebuilding their towns, partly via Lead For America. She quotes Simone Weil: "To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” wsj.com/articles/small…

The aurora borealis are on display tonight over Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. Temperance River #Auroraborealis #northernlights #minnesotanice

Ten years? Uffda. #MyTwitterAnniversary