Your car is in the shop, so you hitched a ride home with a friend, but now you realize you have to run to the grocery store for dessert ingredients because you promised you’d make bars for a fundraiser tonight. You need a ride! Or you are busy at work and your child calls you from home, desperately wanting to […]
Ted Young “Volunteer of the Year”
The Minnesota Bed and Breakfast Association, during the State Tourism Conference in Brainerd, paid tribute to Ted Young of Grand Marais’ Poplar Creek Bed & Breakfast as volunteer of the year. Young, with his wife Barbara, owns and operates a multifaceted business that also includes outfitting and an innto inn packaging program. His fellow innkeepers are grateful to him for […]
Congressional candidate Darrel Trulson visits Cook County
Darrel A. Trulson is an accomplished man. A father of six. He’s written over a dozen books, served as an elected trustee for five years in Arlington Heights, Illinois, owns a business, “PenLine Productions,” spent seven years teaching school and acted as a school administrator, and served as an associate pastor at a Wisconsin church. And, Trulson would like to […]
Tax Volunteers move to Community Center
Monday, March 1 was the last day the tax volunteers were at the Senior Center in Grand Marais. The volume of people seeking help with their taxes has grown beyond what the Senior Center can accommodate. So beginning Monday, March 8, the tax volunteers will move to the Cook County Community Center in Grand Marais where from 9 a.m. to […]
Wednesday “Art-Ins” come to Art Colony
Wednesdays bring two opportunities to create art at the Grand Marais Art Colony. Both are ongoing and open to the public. No registration needed, just drop in! Wednesday Morning Art-In is a time for artists to come together and make art; just drop in on Wednesday morning any time between 9 and 11 a.m. for coffee, warm studio time and […]
Discover the birds of winter at Sugarloaf Cove
On Saturday, March 13, discover the birds of winter by enjoying a colorful slide show, walking the Sugarloaf Trail in search of birds and watching the bird feeder. The program at Sugarloaf Cove begins at 10 a.m. Participants will talk about the ideal bird seed and feeders and how you can participate in the statewide Breeding Bird Atlas. Loaner binoculars […]
“Real” Irish music featured at Cascade
The renowned Irish band The HiBs will visit Cook County next week as part of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities at Cascade Lodge. Lodge owner Maureen O’Phelan said the group will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 12 and 13. They will play “rock solid, first-rate traditional music,” she said. “They were the cofounders of the Center for […]
North House features traditional Irish music and workshops
This year, the North Shore traditional music event hosted by the North Shore Music Association will explore the roots of Celtic music. Chulrua, an internationally acclaimed trio of some of the most respected and unique exponents of Irish traditional music, will headline the event and offer an intimate evening performance at the North House Folk School at 7 p.m. Saturday, […]
City applies for energy grants
In an effort to conserve energy and save some money while doing it, Grand Marais city councilors voted Feb. 24 to apply for a pair of state grants at the urging of a local energy efficiency group. George Wilkes and Buck Benson of the Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP) presented two opportunities for grants from the State Department of […]