Please join us in urging our colleagues to vote NO on HB2800, and instead work together for bipartisan solutions with the governor and those of us listening to teachers and other education experts.
Tech. Sgt. Peter Kovacovich, right, standing next to one of the B-17 bombers, circa 1944. Photos courtesy of Glen Kovacovich. I like sharing my history articles with my fellow Eveleth High School alumni since I almost always learn something new in return about our hometown. On January 6, Sue Block Turk, an EHS graduate of
Florence Darlene (Mikulich) Struss became a beautiful angel on January 28, 2023. She died of natural causes at her home surrounded by family. During her 94 year journey, Florence lived by one of her favorite quotes: Give of yourself the best to the world and only the best will come back to you.
David Burton Olin, aged 94, died on December 20, 2022, in Two Harbors, Minnesota. David was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 1928. He graduated from Greenway High School in Coleraine in 1946 and immediately enlisted in the US Navy. After his discharge, he attended Itasca Junior College in Coleraine for one year and then Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, graduating in 1952 with the highest distinction in civil engineering. He worked for two years for US Steel in Virginia, Minnesota, as a mine engineer before returning to Purdue to teach and to earn a Master’s Degree in structural engineering.