Great Expectations School holds a greenhouse plant sale and pancake breakfast every May as its major fundraising event of the year. This event generates essential revenue for the school’s operations, generally bringing in over $4,000 that the school uses to strengthen its programs. The greenhouse has been a strong part of GES for many years. It was donated to the […]
Grand Marais Playhouse says a fond farewell
The show Macbeth has finished its run and along with the show, there were seven seniors bidding adieu to their Grand Marais Playhouse mentor Sue Hennessy. Who are these seniors and what are their plans for their futures? Is theater going to play a starring role? First interviewed was Will Brandenburg who just finished his toughest challenge as an actor, […]
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, […]
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, […]
Mary Ellen Ashcroft featured at May 25 business luncheon
Mary Ellen Ashcroft, Ph.D. will present Recreate! Finding Ways to Rest and Refresh in the Midst of Demanding Lives at the next Cook County Business Network luncheon on Wednesday, May 25. Most of us know that feeling when we move beyond busy to crazy, and how easy it is to lose our joy, our centeredness, our creativity, even our ability […]
Fair Board seeks new members
What do bingo, broccoli, bands, begonias, and a “Bounce House” have in common? They have all been part of the historic Cook County Fair. Is that what you like to see at the fair—or should there be more? The Cook County Fair Board would like to hear what the community wants at its county fair. The fair board is looking […]
Celebrate spring with community dance
Celebrate spring with an evening of music and dance! The Grand Marais Public Library is pleased to present a “Spring Fling” community dance on Friday, May 20. The family dance starts at 7 p.m., with a contra dance at 8 p.m. at the North House Folk School’s red building. With the exuberant Terrence Smith calling, it is sure to be […]
Food safety classes offered by Higher Ed
Cook County Higher Education in collaboration with Vermilion Community College will offer both the ServSafe certification class and the ServSafe renewal course at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. This seminar is designed to fulfill the certification requirements for Minnesota state and local health departments. The seminar trains, tests and certifies participants in the National Restaurant Association’s SERVESAFE program […]
Boys’ varsity tennis team wins first home match
The Cook County High School boys’ varsity tennis team won its first ever home varsity tennis match, Friday, May 6, 2011, against the Duluth Central-Denfeld Trojans. A large crowd of supporters came out on a beautiful spring day to cheer on the Viking team and find out what a varsity tennis match looks like. The Vikings gave their fans plenty […]
Viking baseball picks up a couple of wins
The date is May 2 and the Vikings have traveled to Barnum hoping to pick up their first win of the season. With Alex Murray on the mound, they looked for a quick start. After the first inning the Barnum Bombers were up 3-0 on the Vikings, but that was all about to change. Junior Dylan Quaife took over the […]