Many boring books have been written about the histories of small towns. Gene Glader’s Downtown Grand Marais: A Brief History of the Early Hotels, the Harbor and Wisconsin Street isn’t one of them. In fact, Glader’s look at Grand Marais is a fun-read filled with a lot of great pictures. It is chock full of stories about the various businesses […]
Wellness Fair at the Cook County Fair
The Cook County Early Childhood Coalition (CCECC), with support from the Northland Foundation, is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a “Family Health and Wellness Fair” on August 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in conjunction with the Cook County Fair. The Health and Wellness Fair will be held along Creechville Road, at the Search and Rescue […]
Fishing life remembered in Aug. 21 program
Remembering the Fishing Life will be presented by fisherman Steve Dahl at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 21 at the North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum in Tofte. Dahl fishes Lake Superior near Knife River and is president of the Minnesota North Shore Commercial Fishermen’s Association. He has a new book out that is a journal of a year of commercial fishing: […]
Estate planning workshop for cabin owners planned
The Poplar Lake Area Association will sponsor a free workshop for cabin owners from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Mid- Gunflint Trail Fire Hall 1. The workshop is designed to brief cabin property owners on their options for transferring property during their lives or when their estates are settled; to reduce family stresses over property settlements; to […]
Nashville star visits GM Art Colony
Thepublic is invited to join the Grand Marais Art Colony at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21 for an evening of acoustic fun. Jerry Vandiver has written classic songs that have appeared on over 16 million records including Tim McGraw’s For a Little While, which won several multiplatinum awards. Two of Jerry Vandiver’s songs have been placed on the walls of […]
It takes a village for Eagle Scout project
Thank you for writing the article about my Eagle Scout project. I would like to thank all the businesses that donated materials and the individuals that helped me plan and accomplish my project. I would like to thank Buck’s Hardware Hank, Gunflint Gardens, and the Blue Moose for donating trees, Hedstrom Lumber Company for mulch, and David Berglund Excavating for […]
School board a rewarding job
I would like to inform the citizens of District 1 that I will not be running for the school board this term. Despite what I have often heard, this is not a job without reward. Helping children is rewarding and that is what the majority of board decisions are about. Thanks to all who have supported me and put their […]
Keep asking the candidates questions
After this week’s election, we know who the candidates for county commissioner are. As we head into the final months before the election, it seems appropriate that we ask the candidates where they stand on the issues facing the Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA). Should it even be continued? What should we do with Superior National […]
A bird in hand worth more than business park
If we intend to make Cook County an attractive place to live and do business, then we should be careful not to send conflicting messages. On the one hand, we create a Joint Economic Development Authority in hopes of attracting new businesses to the area. We invest a boatload of money in a business park that the citizens will be […]
Religious freedom not just for Christians
Response to Nelda Westerlind’s letter of July 31, 2010: My non-belief is not ridicule or anger. Call me skeptical! The strength to survive and flourish is within us all. But what damage is done to that inner self if you are continually told that you are unacceptable, unworthy, evil, sinful? This is ridicule! “God’s Word who condemns us is the […]