On Wednesday, April 27, the Grand Marais Congregational Church (UCC) will host a program about the safety of eating fish from 5 to 7 p.m. Organizers want to know what influences moms’ and women’s decisions about eating fish. Attendees will talk about fishing, eating fish, what types of fish you eat – including what fish are your favorites, how often […]
Shakopee mobile unit to visit Grand Portage
This spring the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community mobile unit will be kept busy providing services to Minnesota residents, including two visits to Grand Portage by the mobile unit. The SMSC mobile unit is both a mobile medical clinic, which provides health screening, mammograms, prevention and education, treatment services; and a mobile incident command center which can be used to handle […]
Community Calendar
Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7PM 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, ArrowheadElectric Co-op building, Lutsen.Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book […]
West End Calendar
Cook County Higher Education North Shore CampusCareer training and college courses are available in CookCounty. Visit our campus at the corner of 3rd Street and3rd Avenue West in Grand Marais. Regular hours are 9 a.m.to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, with evenings byappointment. Phone (218) 387- 3411 or email highered@boreal.org. Check out our web site at www.boreal.org/highered. (60) 4/24tfnI.S.D. 166 […]
Gunflint Green Up registration opens
Spring is on the way and a tradition that began the year after the 2007 Ham Lake wildfire is coming soon. The Ham Lake Fire area continues to heal and recover, four years after the fire, thanks to volunteer efforts. Participants are invited to register for the 2011 event at www.GunflintGreenUp.com to once again help with the greening up of […]
Boys’ varsity tennis team wins first match
The Cook County High School boys’ varsity tennis team defeated Hermantown, 4-3, Monday, April 11, to win its first match of the season and the first ever varsity tennis match for the CCHS boys. This is the first year for varsity tennis for both the girls’ team (who played in fall 2010) and the boys, who play in the spring. […]
Youth tennis kicks off soon
Once again this spring, boys and girls ages 5-18 will have an opportunity to participate in a five-week USTA Jr. Team Tennis program. This after school program allows students to learn how to play tennis, to improve their skills, and to have a great time playing with their peers. Groups will be organized by matching players of similar age and […]
Division is our foe
When something bad happens, we always want someone or something to blame. It seems that people need a reason for their anger, a person to hate, or a philosophy to trash. We live in unsettling times with division causing as many of our problems as anything else. These divisions exist at the local, state, national, and worldwide level. Honest, vigorous […]
Local student serves during spring break
Vallen Cook of Grand Portage, a sophomore at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, was among approximately 170 students who traveled across the United States and the world for the college’s annual Spring Service Projects March 5-14. Cook will travel to Gulfport, Mississippi on a team that will help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Spring service project members raise […]