Lutsen Mountains gets Poplar River water use okay
After a 10-day comment period, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Tom Landwehr announced on November 10 that the DNR would grant Lutsen Mountains Corp.’s request to continue drawing water from the Poplar River for snowmaking— with some conditions. Lutsen Mountains Corp. (LMC) asked the DNR to allow the ski hill to continue to pump water despite the low […]
City to revise animal ordinance
City councilors began the process of revising Grand Marais’ animal ordinance Nov. 9 and came up with a list of questions and topics for which public input will be solicited during a December meeting. The ordinance review was prompted by a September request from Sarah Metis, who asked council to consider allowing her to board horses overnight in the business […]
County working with city on entanglement with pool design firm
Letters are flying between Grand Marais City Attorney Chris Hood’s office in St. Paul and the legal office representing Burbach Aquatics, the firm the City of Grand Marais entered into a contract with in 2005 when it was looking into rehabbing the municipal pool in the Grand Marais Recreation Area. The pool design firm is contending that the city would […]
Superior National to get $3.1 million of Recreation and Infrastructure Tax
An early morning meeting of the Cook County commissioners and the firm it hired to evaluate the Superior National at Lutsen (SNL) Golf Course resulted in an increase in the amount of 1 Percent Recreation and Infrastructure Tax allocated to the golf course, from $1.8 million to $3.1 million. The Monday, Nov. 14 meeting was called to hear recommendations from […]
Historical Reflections
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Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago · Nov. 19, 2001 The new director of the Joint Cook County/ Grand Marais Economic Development Authority, John Kremer, worked with the board Nov. 13 to begin finding a focus for the development of the Business Development Area (BDA) near the county Law Enforcement Center. Kremer asked for, and received, two board motions that will allow him […]
This is only a test…
On November 9, there was a test of the emergency broadcast system. Not just one of those annoying little local tests where the TV screen is taken over and all you receive is a test pattern. Not one of those eardrumdestroying radio tests with the high-pitched whistle, followed by the calm voice, “This is a test. It is only a […]
A soldier’s Bible
Having recently honored our military veterans this past Veterans Day, I thought it appropriate to relate an experience my wife and I shared earlier that week. We were helping a dear gentleman—a WWII U.S. Navy veteran—relocate from Grand Marais to a community near his childhood home in central Minnesota, a turnof the-century homestead acquired by his Swedish grandparents through The […]