The Gunflint Lodge waterfront was alive with activity on July 20 in spite of early morning torrential rains and hot temperatures. The Gunflint Trail Canoe Races were in progress with crowds on hand to take part in the Trail’s top summer event. The Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department was awarded the evening’s proceeds of $14,500 to be used for station […]
Fiber optic decision a $4 million folly
On Tuesday, July 26, the Cook County Board of Commissioners with the support of the Cook County Broadband Commission “handed” $4 million of 1 percent tax funds to Arrowhead Electric Cooperative with no restrictions, accountability or oversight. Unlike other 1 percent referendum projects which will leave taxpayers with something physical in the asset column…a library, a golf course, swimming pool, […]
Quetico-Superior claims 2011 Dragon Boat Festival championship
A little rain didn’t deter the dozens of Dragon Boat paddlers in the Grand Marais harbor on Saturday, July 30. The paddlers and the crowd along the shore dived under cover during a rain delay of about an hour between race heats but the skies cleared and the racing continued throughout the afternoon. At the end of the day, the […]
Grand Marais Coast Guard tows stranded sailboat
When people monitoring VHF-FM marine radio channels hear a pan-pan message from the U.S. Coast Guard, they immediately pause to listen carefully. A pan-pan [pronounced ponpon] is the Coast Guard term used to signify an urgent communication—someone nearby could be in trouble. Such was the case at approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. As the North Shore Dragon Boat […]
Otis Creek flooding at Arrowhead Trail causing property damage
The big rainstorm on July 20 was entertaining for bikers, swimmers, and kayakers who enjoyed the flooding in the Grand Marais municipal parking lot. It was not entertaining for some Hovlandites whose properties and roads were overcome for the fifth time in six years. On July 26, Richard Olson and Shawn Perich asked the county board to address the flooding […]
Reflections on the music of U2
There was excitement at the TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on July 23 as 58,000 people gathered to hear a performance by the rock band U2. Widely regarded as one of the greatest rock bands in the world, U2 was nearing the end of its 360° World Tour, which began in 2009. As a fan of U2 for over 20 […]
Summer Faith Series features Ashcroft
Trinity Lutheran Church is completing its Summer Faith Series with a final speaker— Mary Ellen Ashcroft of Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church—who will share what she learned from the churches and communities in South Africa. Join the Hovland congregation to hear Ashcroft’s presentation Eight Years in South Africa, Tuesday, August 16 at 7:00 p.m. Trinity Lutheran is located at […]
New Beginnings
Marty and Teresa Borak of Grand Marais are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Carly Borak, to Michael Grieger, son of Todd and Julie Grieger of Eagan, MN. Carly is a 2004 Cook County High School graduate. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and is currently employed with Nemer Fieger Advertising as an account executive. Michael is […]
Mildred Mainella,
Mildred Mainella, 103, of Grand Marais, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais. Millie was born January 16, 1908 to August and Hannah (Carlson) Johnson in Duluth, and her family moved to Moose Valley in Hovland two years later. Millie attended school in Moose Valley and Hovland and after junior high, took a […]