After signing off on the Lutsen Tofte Tourism Association’s (LTTA’s) request to pay off golf course bonds so it would no longer have to keep significant amounts of lodging tax income on hold in county coffers, the Tofte town board voted Thursday, July 9, 2009 to collect the tax itself and then disperse it to the LTTA. The county will […]
Grand Portage State Park Construction
Grand Portage State Park will only be open on weekends until mid-August, while work continues on site preparation for a new 5,800 square foot visitor center. Construction activities in hightraffic areas prompted the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials to close the park Monday through Thursday, beginning July 20, out of concern for visitor safety. The park will be […]
Colonoscopy concerns at North Shore Hospital
Cook County North Shore Hospital performed no colonoscopies in June 2009 after nearly five years of conducting the testing. According to Hospital Administrator Diane Pearson the hospital was taking time to “evaluate” the program. In June, Pearson declined providing information as to why procedures had been stopped, but on July 20, 2009, she issued a press release explaining why the […]
Judge Sandvik agrees to accept plea if offered in Weber case
The case of Maranda Weber may be drawing to a conclusion after two years. In the spring of 2008, a grand jury charged Weber with one misdemeanor count of careless driving and one petty misdemeanor count of driving without due care after the Border Patrol vehicle she was driving the night of October 31, 2007 struck and killed Gunflint Trail […]
Hospital board discusses possibilities
The days of traveling to Duluth for an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) might be over. At the Thursday, July 16, 2009 meeting of the Cook County North Shore Hospital board, Administrator Diane Pearson reported that she is talking to a radiology supply company about getting a mobile van to come up twice a month. The hospital would pay $465 for […]
Four treated following Sunday crash at Seagull Guard Station
Four persons were taken to the Cook County North Shore Hospital following a Sunday afternoon accident on the Gunflint Trail. The Cook County Sheriff ‘s Office was notified of the onevehicle crash at 2:04 p.m. July 18 when a Forest Service employee called 911 and reported the accident at 11456 Gunflint Trail, in front of the Seagull Guard Station. According […]
Rec. Park Master Plan ready for review
The Grand Marais Park Board has been meeting with the public and working with Carduus Consulting for months and has developed a final Recreation Park Master Plan for the public to review and comment on. The final public forum will be held Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Recreation Hall at the campground (just south of the pool). […]
Weekly Weather
Date High L ow Precipitation From Dave Clutter, Poplar Lake July 14 71.10 41.00 0.60 0.00 July 15 64.80 55.20 0.20 0.00 July 16 56.30 48.20 0.60 0.00 July 17 54.95 47.00 0.20 0.00 July 18 58.50 48.20 0.00 0.00 July 19 70.90 42.30 0.00 0.00 July 20 71.20 44.60 0.20 0.00 From Joseph & Mary Routh, Hovland July 14 […]
Art Colony Director is replaced
On July 20, the Grand Marais Art Colony announced the resignation of Director Don Hammer. Art Colony Board Member David Hahn said Hammer had been replaced by Amy Demmer. Hammer was hired in fall of 2008. Contacted as to his plans, Hammer said he hopes to be able to stay in Grand Marais, but said he is uncertain what his […]