The 28th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is over, but the lessons from the trail will be remembered as musher and handlers and volunteers and fans return home to start strategizing for next year. Continuing his successful training program will be Ryan Anderson, a young musher with young dogs from Ray, MN who crossed the marathon finish […]
Another Beargrease tradition— letters delivered by sled dog
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has a long history, beginning with the real John Beargrease who traveled the North Shore delivering mail by foot, by boat, and via dog sled from 1879 to 1899. John Beargrease is remembered each year at the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, now in its 28th year, by the mushers who follow his historic […]
Dupre safe and sound
The first thing Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais did when he made it back to his operation headquarters in Talkeetna, Alaska was take a hot shower. A long, hot, soapy, sudsy, shower. The kind designed to take the smell and chill out of his body acquired from having spent 22 days on Mount Denali in wicked winds and frigid, bone […]
Grand Portage special election Feb. 8
Grand Portage residents will be heading to the polls on Tuesday, February 8 to vote in a special general election. On the ballot are Rob Hull and April (Clearwater-Day) McCormick, running for the Reservation Tribal Council (RTC) secretarytreasurer seat and Arvid Dahl and Christina “Tina” Deschampe, running for a committeeman II seat. Hull, who was elected to the RTC committeeman […]
He leadeth me
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23 is almost a religious cliché and people who know very little about the Bible know parts of this Psalm. It is a Psalm of Thanksgiving for God’s provision and protection. But it is a great deal more than that. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads […]
It’s Girl Scout cookie time!
This year the Girl Scouts of Cook County will be bringing some new things to Girl Scout cookie sales. There will be direct cookie sales and also a new kind of cookie. This year girls from elementary to high school will be selling cookies throughout Cook County. “Direct sales” of cookies means that the Scouts will have access to the […]
Mrs. Jeannette Pye Plotz
Mrs. Jeannette Pye Plotz, 90, of Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Plotz was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 18, 1920 to Ernie and Bessie Hayek Pye. She was a founding member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Mrs. Plotz will be remembered for her loving spirit and dedication to her family […]
Lois R. C. Sanger
Lois R. C. Sanger, 100, of Princeton, MN died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at GracePointe Crossing in Cambridge, MN. Lois was born on November 21, 1910 to Lewie F. and Anna M.S. Cartwright living at 6th and Quincy Street in northeast Minneapolis. She graduated in 1928 from Edison High School in Minneapolis and worked at numerous jobs in northeast and […]
Historical Reflections
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