Financial

Lake Country Power Lake Country Power members will have three choices when they vote for a new rate structure in a special referendum this fall. Many public meetings have already been held to explain the rate changes, but the education will continue until the day to vote.  I hope this helps!

This is my actual wallet.  It has $1 dollar in it, and a bunch of receipts.  That's why today my wife and I took a big step into adulthood:  we met with a financial adviser.  Some day we would like to retire, and that's kind of what I thought this would all be about.  I was surprised to learn that it's more than saving money for retirement.  It's also about having more money today.  What?  Is this

For some, it's a time of happiness, graduation from college!  Packing up, moving home, or maybe moving away to start that new job and the next leg of your journey.  Whatever the case may be, your mind has a lot to think about right now.  That's why I thought I would pass along a reminder that may save you money if you plan on moving in the next few weeks.

My chores were much different than that of my friend Caroline Laveau, but she grew up on a huge dairy farm in Wrenshall, and I only had to dust and vacuum.  I enjoyed my time on the farm and think that it taught me a lot!  Responsibility and the meaning of the words, "hard work", because it wasn't always fun, or easy and "time to play" didn't come until AFTER chores were comple

I know everyone has a scheme to make money, and Facebook is no different. Instead of clogging up my space with ads, why not charge other businesses that are posting for free. Ok, just an idea. Now when choose that you like something, you may be influencing your friends and your friends may be influencing you. Either way, it's costing you money in the long run. I wonder if we could click that we d

For once, FOR ONCE...I am not panicking.  I am not scrambling.  I am not one of "those people" that waited too long and am holding my breath to see if I get my taxes in on time. Sure, the one year I HAD to have them done early because I have a daughter going to college next year, everyone else gets two EXTRA days.  Good luck!!!

It's been a warmer than average spring, and that means that summer biodiesel blends are coming back to the pumps.  Did you know that there is a biodiesel headquarters right here in the Northland?

We aren't always aware of the programs available to us through the City and the Government.  But if you need help, you should really look into it, you'd be surprised what you find.  In fact, since 1875, there has been the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in place that has provided local governments with resources to help people with low and moderate income.

Yesterday, I was heading towards the checkouts when I saw long lines of people waiting for a cashier.  Of course there were multiple self checkouts with shorter lines of people.  I still think these things scare a lot of people, worried about trying something new...

Struggling mom has a very strange encounter with a customer and is left with a box.  Box contains $12,000!  I think the key to this story is that she notified the police right away and they told her if nobody claimed it within a certain time she could have it.  That time passed and they extended it.  That extended time passed and they said she couldn't have it because it's "drug money".

I'm busy finishing my taxes and looking for anything that will help me. I read that most people don't turn in their taxes till the last few days, so if you are like me and still working on them. Here's some tips. Taxpayers overall face a low audit risk: The IRS audited 1.1% of all individual tax returns filed in 2010, or 1.6 million returns of 141 million filed. The vast majority of those audits —

I can see why this is drawing criticism since Duluth has been in such a penny-pinch mode as of late to get back on track.   I agree that people need good working spaces, but perhaps this could have been introduced in a better way to avoid instant backlash.  Where there bids to get average prices from multiple vendors?  Before you present such things, especially in politics, you have to be prepared