Do you enjoy the Fourth of July fireworks in Grand Marais? Did you know the funds for the fireworks are provided through donations from citizens? Fireworks organizers say you can help keep this tradition going by sending a donation. Any amount is appreciated and should be sent or dropped off at the Grand Marais State Bank with a “fireworks fund” […]
Exciting times as local youths learn to play ball
Turtles, Moose and Blue Jays. With three teams, one team plays two games each week. On Monday it was the Blue Jays. In T-ball we don’t keep score, we just have fun and try to teach baseball skills. The kids spent most of their time working on those skills and some time playing in the sand. Fun was had by […]
Locals run Grandma’s Marathon
For Callie Vannet, the 2011 Grandma’s Marathon didn’t work out. An ankle injury forced her out of the race days before it began. “Better to run another day than to get hurt worse and maybe never run again,” said Callie. But for 14 other Cook County runners, the cool temps and slight tailwind played a nice part in their finishing […]
Rose Thompson earns college degree
Rose Thompson, a 2007 graduate of Cook County High School, graduated from the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash., on May 15, 2011. Thompson majored in English and minored in Spanish. She is the daughter of Raia Meltzer of Hovland. While a student at Puget Sound, Thompson participated in The Trail student newspaper as news editor. She will be moving […]
Local students earn UMD honors
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) has announced its dean’s list for spring semester 2011, and some local students have earned the honor: Micaella G. Kinzli, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts majoring in International Studies; Benjamin R. Nelson, a junior in the College of Science and Engineering; and Taylor J. Baham, a junior in the College of […]
Addie Gecas earns UW honors
Addie Gecas of Grand Marais has received the Chancellor’s Award for the spring 2011 semester at UW-Stout. The award is presented to students who have a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. UW-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University in Menomonie, is a special mission university in the UW system. The university has a long-standing reputation of serving business, industry, education and the […]
O’Phelan graduates with honors
Sarah O’Phelan, the daughter of Maureen and Michael O’Phelan of Lutsen, has graduated with honors from the Arts High School at the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley. Sarah’s academic record placed her in the top 20 students in the Arts HighClassof2011. Sarah focused on theater arts as her arts area while attending the Arts High School. Sarah […]
Tofte resident named to dean’s list at Hamline University
Bradlee Rysdahl, of Tofte, was named to the dean’s list at Hamline University for the spring term of the 2010-2011 academic year. Members of the dean’s list achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 scale. Rysdahl, whose major is undecided, is a 2008 graduate Cook County High School and is the son of Jeanne Rysdahl […]
Kristen Bockovich receives Bemidji degree
Kristen Bockovich of Grand Marais graduated magna cum laude from Bemidji State University. She received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education during the school’s 92nd commencement ceremonies May 6 at Sanford Center. Bemidji State University President Richard Hanson conferred the degrees. The tradition of granting commencement honors dates from the practices common to the earliest colleges and universities […]
Nickolay named to Northwestern dean’s list
Jackson Nickolay of Hovland has been named to the spring 2011 semester dean’s list at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. The dean’s list includes students who achieved a semester grade-point average of 3.50 or above while carrying a minimum of 12 graded hours. Jackson was one of 181 students who received Collegiate Scholar Distinction, for having a semester average […]