For years, taxpayers have scurried to meet the April 15 deadline. This year, procrastinators get an extra few days because of a holiday in the nation’s capital. Taxes do not have to be filed this year until April 18. To help those last-minute folks, the local AARP tax aide volunteers will be available on that last tax filing day. Tax […]
And the not-so-secret word is…
The Creative Community Club at The Garage in downtown Grand Marais continues to offer a creative outlet in an interesting and inspired way. Each month the club’s creator, Jill Terrill, owner of The Garage and Threads, introduces a new word for club members to ponder and from which to produce…whatever their creative souls come up with! Then, as the month […]
Free class on playing the dulcimer
A free dulcimer class will be offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at the Grand Marais Community Center. Participants must be at least eight years old and class size is limited to 10 as instructor Wendy Grethen will provide the dulcimers. Others are welcome to attend and listen in on the class. Grethen will teach the […]
Track team opens at UWS Indoor
With only a week and a half of practice— all indoors running the hallways and throwing in the gym—the Viking track team headed to the Proctorsponsored indoor meet at the beautiful indoor track facility at University of Wisconsin in Superior. It’s been a crazy start to the season. We’ve had over 50 kids come to practice, over half of them […]
Happy Trails
At press time, local ski and snowmobile groups provided the following snow report: Banadad Trails Spring Banadad Bulletin (March 27): “This past weekend three parties skied the entire trail. Reporting on conditions along the trail, each group stated that the trail remains in excellent shape. While the track early in the morning was frozen hard, light snow that has been […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s files this last (until May) fishing report for the week of March 28: Fishing will close as of March 31 and the only available lake fishing will be the border lakes. Those lakes will stay open until the 14th of April. So get out there in the next couple of days and see if you can get […]
Springtime ice fishing
Spring seems to be right around the corner but we are still drilling through 30 inches of ice up here. What a difference from last year’s early thaw. I have only been fishing a few times recently on Gunflint Lake. I guess I am just a glutton for punishment. The high-pressure systems we have been getting lately are making for […]
Moose population topic of April 11 meeting
The moose, majestic icon of the north, has been the topic of hot discussion as their numbers in northwestern Minnesota plummeted and as numbers in the Arrowhead appear to be dropping as well. So why is the moose population declining? What is being done to find out? On Monday, April 11 in Grand Marais and Tuesday, April 12 in Ely, […]
Photos
Although it rained on the Tofte Timberwolves Sportsmen’s Club’s endof season picnic, the club had a great turnout and everyone who made it had a lot of fun. However, no one wanted to bring out a camera in the rain. These photos are of an earlier season ride to Echo Lake.