Board zeroes in on superintendent hire

Down to their last man, the Wrenshall school board seems to have found their next superintendent.

The district has offered Jeff Pesta, retired Deer River superintendent, its position beginning July 1 and working half-time through the next school year. Pesta and the district are in negotiations, and board member Mary Carlson reported during the board’s committee of the whole meeting Wednesday that Pesta has said he wants to help the financially struggling district and not take a penny more than what the district is currently paying outgoing Kim Belcastro.

Belcastro retired earlier this year bef...