Community Center Director Diane Booth told county commissioners on June 14, 2011 that with a new community center in the works, the Community Center Board of Trustees is supporting the Cook County Curling Club’s interest in making more use of the existing Community Center building. Booth said the club is asking for more ice time this next winter, from October […]
City council hears updates on three projects
Grand Marais city councilors heard updates on three upcoming projects during their June 8 meeting. Steve Schug of the U.S. Forest Service spoke first. He has been working with the Boy Scouts for about a year and a half to coordinate a project that was originally expected to bring up to 700 Scouts and their leaders to Cook County June […]
Rollover accident on Gunflint Trail
A Grand Marais man was injured on Wednesday, June 8, when the 2003 Chrysler Town and Country minivan he was driving rolled over near Swamper Lake Road on the Gunflint Trail. Cook County Law Enforcement received an emergency call at 1:43 p.m. The caller said the driver, Robert “Jerry” Carpenter, 78, was ejected from the vehicle. Gunflint Trail First Responders […]
Mountain biker injured on bike race route
The Lutsen 99er mountain bike race came to an abrupt end for one racer, a 32-year-old man from Duluth, who took a tumble 2 ½ hours into the challenging competition. No other bikes were involved. The racer was apparently making a mechanical adjustment on his bike and lost control. Other bikers assisted the injured to the nearest water station near […]
Grand Marais man injured by accidental gun discharge
Gary C. Radloff, 69, Grand Marais was injured when the Glock semiautomatic .40 caliber handgun he was cleaning accidentally discharged on Saturday, June 11, 2011. Radloff called Cook County Law Enforcement and transported himself to the emergency room of North Shore Hospital. He was then transported to Duluth. Radloff works as a bailiff/transporter for the Cook County Sheriff ‘s Office. […]
Burn pile discussion fueled by fire
Whether or not to maintain a municipal burn pile was a hot topic last summer, but the issue cooled down when winter arrived. It may flare up once again, after the Grand Marais Fire Department was paged to the burn pile at 2:05 p.m. on Monday, June 13 because the fire was starting to get out of control. Apparently the […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · June 18, 2001 Square dancers from throughout the Midwest and provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, started dosey-doeing into Grand Marais June 7, and four days later, 1,324 dancers were registered for the 2001 Minnesota State Square and Round Dance Convention, officially doubling the town’s population. Called “Swing and Sway in Grand Marais,” the convention found […]
Commissioners accept only some community center site recommendations
The county board has exercised its authority to accept – or reject – recommendations from the committee working on a design for the new community center. On June 14, 2011, commissioners authorized ORB Management, the project’s builder’s rep, to come up with cost estimates on researching the financial ramifications of three possible locations for the new center: between the current […]
Celebrate good times
Within a few weeks our family celebrated my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary, our daughter’s high school graduation and my great-nephew’s baptism. The commonality is that each event will be a reason for a family gathering, food and fun. Clearly my family doesn’t need a special occasion to enjoy great food, but celebrations were some of the highlights of my childhood. […]