A summer apprenticeship position for a young adult, age 18-25, is available at the Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) through Conservation Corps Minnesota. Cook SWCD is located in Grand Marais and has been chosen as one of several placement sites throughout the state for this new program. The program is funded through the Minnesota Environment and Natural […]
How does your garden grow?
A free, informal workshop on learning how to start a vegetable garden this year, what kind of soil you need, what to grow, what seeds to grow, etc., will be presented from 10 a.m. to noon March 26 at the Cook County Community Center. Participants may bring a clear jug or container and start some seeds using the winter seed […]
Community Calendar
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7 PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First Congregational Church in […]
West End Calendar
Cook County Al-Anon Meetings Mondays: 7:30 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais Wednesday: 7:00 PM, Lutsen Town Hall. (144) 1/24tfn Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Foot Care Clinic The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and the Cook County Department of Public Health & Human Services offer their Foot Care Clinic at the Grand Marais Senior Center on the third Tuesday of each month, […]
“Roadside Advertising in a Digital Age” topic of March 22 workshop
Cook County Higher Education will present “Roadside Advertising in a Digital Age – Connecting with People on the Move” on Tuesday, March 22 at the North Shore Campus. Does your business have a sign on the digital superhighway? Can your customers find you in this evolving digital world? Over 50 million people use GPS units, while even more use Google […]
Festival to feature films for, by and about females
The Violence Prevention Center is excited to be celebrating 25 years of service to the community. In honor of this, it is hosting a “LUNAFEST” film festival featuring short independent films for, by, and about women. Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 10 films from four to 11 minutes each will tell […]
Entrepreneur luncheon is March 29
The Entrepreneur Fund and Greenstone Group are hosting a free luncheon on Tuesday, March 29, for business owners interested in learning about an initiative proven to increase revenues and income, announced Mary Mathews, Entrepreneur Fund president and CEO. The luncheon is designed to give business owners an overview of the initiative called Be Strategic: Grow Your Business, including a review […]
Junior Alpine skiers celebrate season end
The Lutsen Mountains Junior Ski Team recently completed this season’s alpine races with a second place finish at the Northland Junior Race Series championship held at Lutsen Mountains. The young members of Team Lutsen gave their best and were edged out by Mont Du Lac by a mere one point. The racers from Lutsen had a great year of training, […]
Vikings playoff run ends in exciting match against MIB
In a game marred with numerous fouls and exciting runs by both teams; in a game marked with great defensive stops and artistic passes and some beautiful rebounding; in a game like that, in a game as exciting and eventful as that, usually one player decides things. And the Section 7A semifinal game against Mountain Iron-Buhl (MIB) contest held on […]
An abrupt end
I have to admit that there is one thing that I absolutely hate about basketball. Each and every year it happens…. and always in the same way. It may happen early in the playoffs, or it may follow a lengthy playoff run, but inevitably it always happens. The season ends abruptly. Basketball can be a grueling season. It starts in […]