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Local officials invited to be disaster “victims”
Cook County’s 22nd annual emergency services conference April 29 and 30 is going to be exciting. It will be a fullscale exercise that will look as though a plane attempting an emergency landing has crashed on the southwest shore of the Grand Marais harbor. The first day will include information sharing, preparation, and practice, but the real excitement will start […]
Work continues on clearing sediment from Poplar River
Karen Evens of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Cindy Gentz of the Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District have been working on a document for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will establish a standard for the amount of sediment that the Poplar River can safely handle. The Clean Water Act of 1977 requires that such a […]
99-mile bike race slated for June 11
Bicycling enthusiast and advocate Adam Harju updated the Tofte town board on March 10 regarding the progress of plans for the Lutsen 99 mountain bike race sponsored by Lifetime Fitness. The June 11 race will take bicyclists from the Ski Hill Road in Lutsen west to the Sawbill Trail area and east to the Devil’s Track Lake area in Grand […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · April 9, 2001 The Schroeder Area Historical Society is getting serious about developing the heritage center which will be housed in the historical building which was originally the Stickney Store. In order to save some money, necessary interior demolition will be done by volunteers during the last two weekends of April. Cleveland Cliffs Inc. was turned […]
Political winds affect use of forest biomass
The logging industry has all but disappeared in Cook County. Loggers cannot afford to pay the prices set by the US Forest Service and the DNR, even though those prices have fallen, and loggers have difficulty selling their wood. The kind of wood that is more marketable is not the wood being offered in timber sales. At the Cook County […]
The beauty within
One of my favorite short stories comes from a man named Moses. Moses was not a handsome man. He was short and he also had a hunched back. When he met a beautiful young lady named Frumtje, Moses fell madly in love, but Frumtje was repulsed by his appearance and his hunched back. Finally getting the courage to talk to […]
Vibrant paintings, friendship, and memories at Johnson Heritage Post
Creating artwork is a beautiful privilege. Artist Margaret Carroll knows this well. As a chaplain specializing in oncology at Unity Hospital in the Twin Cities, she treasures the time she is able to spend expressing herself artistically. Carroll is the featured artist at the current Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais and was on hand at the show’s opening on […]
Cakes wanted
Decorate a cake and donate it for the Cook County KIDS PLUS Silent Auction held on Saturday, April 16. Drop off your cake at the Cook County Community Center anytime on Friday, April 15 or before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 16. The top three cakes win a prize! All cakes will be in the silent auction. Come and bid […]
Biophilia: Sacred Inner and Outer Landscape opens Sunday
Fifty-four artists have grappled with the question—what is so special about the North Shore?—in the upcoming exhibit at the Grand Marais Art Colony that opens Sunday, April 10 and runs through Sunday, April 24. In Biophilia: Sacred Inner and Outer Landscapes, artists express their affinity for nature and their sense of how this particular place affects their inner lives – […]