A Grand Marais man, Dan Berglund, 51, was injured on Thursday, August 25, when he struck a deer while traveling south on his 2009 Kawasaki on the Gunflint Trail near the Pincushion Mountain trails area. The accident was reported at 5:55 a.m. Cook County Ambulance responded and Berglund was transported to North Shore Hospital and then transferred by ambulance to […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Sept. 3, 2001 Last week Doug Conboy coached the Silver Bay varsity football team as they met the Cook County Vikings. Tomorrow, Conboy reports to work at Cook County schools as dean of students for the middle and high school. The North Shore native will soon be certified as a principal. Conboy was hired to replace […]
County board wrestles with budget options
County department budget requests are in. Now it’s time to trim, and the county board met on August 30 to start that process. County Board Chair Jim Johnson began the meeting by clarifying what their options are: keep the 2012 budget the same as this year’s, increase the levy (which will already be increased since the state won’t be reimbursing […]
Summer fun and fundraisers at ENP
This has been a very busy end of the summer for the Elders in Grand Portage. We spent a great day at Gale and Carbine Carlson’s cabin at McFarland Lake. We fished, toured the lake on two pontoon boats, had a great barbecue picnic and a wicked game of cribbage. This has been an annual outing and as always, we […]
Summer fades into busy September
The summer is going by quickly for residents at North Shore Care Center. The weather has been great for enjoying activities on the patios, picnics, and outings in the community. Everyone looks forward to Labor Day weekend for our last picnic of the year and an outing to the Playhouse. The Cook County Fair was a highlight for many residents […]
Opportunities and activities at Senior Center
The Senior Center has been busy doing some fundraising. We have had two rummage sales, one in July and one in August during Fisherman’s Picnic. Between the two rummage sales we raised over $1,100. Thank you to all of the folks who donated items for sale! We also had a stand outside of the Senior Center grilling and selling brats, […]
The best fried chicken in the world
With Labor Day and the end of the picnic season at hand, I think back fondly— very fondly—to the platters of golden brown chicken Mom would serve on the backyard picnic table. My mother truly made the best fried chicken in the world. She had learned her skill as a maid, cooking for southern women. Her fried chicken was crisp, […]
Wolf Ridge selects new director
Peter Smerud has been named the executive director of Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minn. Smerud has been with the center since its days in Isabella, Minn., when the facility was simply known as the Environmental Learning Center or ELC. Most of Smerud’s 25-year career has been at Wolf Ridge, where he has held positions and carried out […]
Stephan Hoglund wins honorable mention in photo contest
Stephan Hoglund of Grand Marais was awarded an honorable mention in the People – Children category in the 2011 International Photography Awards (IPA) contest sponsored by the Lucie Foundation of Los Angeles, California. Hoglund said of his winning entry, Forest Edge: “The little girl is Elizabeth Bently Daughter. They used to live here and I did this as a family/kid […]
Barbara Jean Johnson wins Big Top Chautauqua songwriter competition
Barbara Jean Johnson of Grand Marais happened upon the Big Top Chautauqua Celebration of the Song songwriting competition while doing some research for her job as news director at WTIP Community Radio. An aspiring songwriter, Barbara Jean decided to take a chance and submitted the required two songs and an application. She was delighted when she was notified that she […]