Sentence-to-Serve program intact after state funding cut
The Sentence-to-Serve program is going to continue full swing despite the fact that the state will now fund only 25% of the cost instead of 50%. On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, the county board voted to approve an amendment to its twoyear cost-sharing contract with the state. The county’s share this year will be $56,991, 75% of the program’s cost, […]
Check before importing plants
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reminds travelers wishing to import live bedding plants and nursery stock from Canada that certain certificates are required to accompany purchased plants and nursery stock. Travelers are reminded to purchase live bedding plants from certified greenhouses in Canada that have authority to issue a CFIA 4702. TheCFIA 4702 is a yellow sticker that is attached […]
City council doesn’t want lawn-mowing ordinance
Grand Marais city councilors said June 9 they do not want to get involved with writing and adopting a lawn-mowing ordinance. The discussion began when City Administrator Mike Roth asked how he should respond to calls from people complaining about high weeds and grass, and otherwise unkempt yards. Roth said there aren’t a lot of these complaints, but one vacant […]
MPCA begins fieldwork across Minnesota
Monitoring crews are beginning the third year of a 10-year effort to assess the condition of rivers, streams and lakes in Minnesota. This work is being funded by the Clean Water Legacy Act, passed by the Legislature in 2006. The majority of the monitoring activities will focus on watersheds. There are 81 major watersheds in Minnesota. Each watershed is comprised […]
Gunflint Hills golf off to a swinging start
The warm Cook County spring was good news for Gunflint Hills Golf Course. May revenues were $5,444, up from $2,489 last May. By the first of June 2010 revenues were $44,546, up from $31,218 at the same time last year. The course itself was experiencing “July conditions,” Golf Course Manager Mike Kunshier told the Grand Marais Park Board on Tuesday, […]
City council discusses golf course plight
In the words of Grand Marais Mayor Sue Hakes, it’s “no secret the EDA has had some financial problems,” and on June 9 city councilors spent their hour-long work session discussing those problems and potential solutions. TheEDA has two beautiful assets, said Hakes— Superior National golf course in Lutsen and the Cedar Grove Business Park in Grand Marais— and since […]
Canadian Mounties featured at Cross River
A June 4 reception for artists whose work will be featured this season at the Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder brought 117 people together. Not only did they relish the smoked fish, crackers, cheese, and fellowship, they enjoyed tastes of local art and a special exhibit of Arnold Friberg paintings on loan from the Tweed Museum of Art in […]
State Historical Society awards grant to Gunflint Trail Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society has awarded a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant in the amount of $25,000 to the Gunflint Trail Historical Society for its new Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center. The grants are made possible by the Minnesota Legislature from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created with the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota […]
