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Vol. CXXIX — No. 36  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, September 8, 2026  •  September 8 Edition
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The Voice of the Chain of Lakes

The Misquah Pilot-Independent

“Where the coffee’s hot, the lakes are cold, and all the children are above average.” — Serving the Chain since 1897.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · Current Edition

Opinion

The Pilot-Independent’s view, letters from readers, and corrections when we have earned them.

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Empty City Hall meeting room after a public meeting
The City Hall meeting room after the special planning-board session. The board voted 4–1 to leave the sixteen-lot record standing. — Pilot-Independent photo

Our View

Our View: The Record Is the Record

A clerk found her own mistake, told everybody the same afternoon, and a board decided to live with the result. We think two of those three things were plainly right.

By The Editorial Board  •  September 8, 2026

Donna Skoglund made a mistake two weeks ago. She found it herself, on her own time, proofreading her own minutes against a recording nobody was going to ask her about. She reported it the same afternoon to the chairman, the developer and this newspaper, in that order, and she did not shade it and she did not spread it around. That is not a small thing and it should be said first and plainly.

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Daybreak Café

Coffee strong enough for a second opinion.

First State Bank

Serving Misquah and the Chain since before anyone remembers the first remodel.

Sorensen Hardware

You can argue in the aisle if you keep it moving.

Older wooden dock on a quiet northern Minnesota bay

Letters to the Editor

Letter: I Will Take It

L. Sundquist of Loon Lake Road responds to the sixteen-lot record.

By L. Sundquist, Loon Lake Road  •  September 8, 2026

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Corrections & Amplifications

Corrections & Amplifications

Two corrections this week, one a matter of wording and one a matter of fairness.

By The Editorial Board  •  September 8, 2026

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