Artist Kelly Dupre was featured on WDSE’s The Playlist on May 19, along with how and where to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, and American folk band Yester. The local art and music show is repeated Thursdays at midnight and Saturdays at 3 p.m. on PBS North-8. Dupre is an Art Colony and North House Folk School instructor and creator […]
Betty Strom featured at fishing museum event
One and a half years ago the North Shore Commercial Fishing museum instituted a new program called Stories of the Fishing Life, as told by those who have lived it. The next event will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the fishing museum in Tofte. The guest speaker will be Betty Sivertson Strom, who will talk about […]
Free “Knowledge Worker” course June 6
Are you interested in developing the skills necessary for today’s workforce? Cook County Higher Education in collaboration with Lake Superior College will offer the “Knowledge Worker” course beginning June 6 at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. Peter Drucker first coined the term “Knowledge Worker” in 1959 as “one who works primarily with information or one who develops and […]
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 Higher Education North Shore Campus Career training and college courses are available in Cook County. Visit our campus at the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue West in Grand Marais. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, with evenings by appointment. Phone (218) 387- 3411 or email highered@boreal.org. Check out our web site […]
Cross River Heritage Center opens season with exhibit celebrating learning
“Where did you go to school?”, “When did you graduate?” or “Who was your favorite teacher?” are often conversation starters. Going to school is an almost universal American experience. The exhibit opening this spring at the Cross River Heritage Center explores how school was experienced by West End residents in the past and how it is experienced by students and […]
Viking girls win Barnum track meet
When we were planning for this meet, our goal was to try and score as many team points as possible, rather than our usual plan of looking for individual improvement in anticipation of the upcoming Polar League Championships and Section 7A playoffs. Realistically, there are many scoring events such as high jumping, pole vaulting, long and triple jumping, and throwing […]
Vikings lose to Floodwood, beat Albrook
Playing their third game in as many days, the Viking girls’ softball team traveled to Floodwood on Thursday, May 12 and faced the Polar Bears. Kristina Rude pitched six strong innings for the Vikings, not allowing any runs the first three innings. Floodwood went on a tear in the fourth inning, however, scoring 6 runs while keeping the Vikings scoreless. […]
After road losses, Vikings rally to win at home
The Vikings made up their game against Esko May 11 and sent eighthgrade boy wonder Alex Murray to the mound. After two innings of play the Vikings were up 4-2, and Murray, who was pitching well, also blasted a double to deep right field, putting both benches in an absolute frenzy and amazement at the eighth-grader’s power. By the time […]
