Beginning July 14, the Grand Marais Playhouse will embark on one of its largest undertakings ever. The Playhouse will present two complete musicals in repertory. What is a repertory? It’s when a company presents two or more plays alternately. Always, Patsy Cline and Shout! the Mod Musical will be sharing the Arrowhead Center for the Arts (ACA) stage from July […]
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. Wednesdays: at Trinity […]
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 […]
Planning complete for Gunflint Trail Canoe Races
On July 20 be sure to join in an evening of North Woods fun that includes canoe race competition, delicious food, two raffles, a silent auction, special kids’ events and the chance to support the Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department. All these activities are part of the annual Gunflint Trail Canoe Races. The evening starts at 4 p.m. with an […]
North Shore Federal Credit Union Classic a success
The Cook County Tennis Association and North Shore Federal Credit Union held the first-ever North Shore Federal Credit Union Classic on 4th of July weekend, July 2-3. In addition to two exciting days of competition, there was a fun parent/ child round-robin event offered on Saturday evening. The tournament saw 20 players, totaling 36 entries, in the junior events and […]
Rain challenges for summer baseball
Rain took care of most of the baseball games the week of June 19. T-ball players got their games in and also got to smile for picture day. Picture day always takes a little patience on the part of the players and parents, but I think it went well. All the kids looked great in their new shirts and hats. […]
An especially muddy trail for 33rd Tofte Trek
It didn’t rain during the 33rd annual Tofte Trek 10 Wilderness Walk/Run, but it had rained in the days leading up to the event, ensuring an especially muddy course for the over 200 participants in the traditional 4th of July event. Jan Horak, Tofte Trek founder, welcomed walkers and runners with a promise that the mud would be “hip deep!” […]
Minnesota fishing licenses
Thunderstorms on the Fourth of July up here tend to worry me. This year’s storm was nowhere near as devastating as the “Blowdown storm” of 1999, but it had some impact. We lost power on the upper Trail for about six hours and a few trees came down as well. The gusts were strong and the lightning was intense, so […]
Where are the fish biting?
Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank has this report: Walleye action has slowed a bit in the local lakes. Most of the advice from up the Trail would indicate the best time to fish is those hours around sunset and sunrise. Leeches are the bait of choice right now but I wouldn’t pass up the chubs so quickly as some are […]
New map for Eagle Mountain makes hiking easier
The Boundary Waters Advisory (BWA) Committee and McKenzie Products have unveiled a new hiking map for the Eagle Mountain Trail in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Brule Lake Trail. The map also includes a new campsite on Fishhook Lake, which is the result of a two-year collaborative effort between the U.S. Forest Service and the BWA committee. This new […]