EDA makes progress toward web presence
The Cook County – Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) is one step closer to having a working website to market its services— and Cedar Grove Business Park lots—to the Internet community. At the January 10, 2012 meeting, the EDA selected Northern Wilds Media, Inc. to develop and maintain its web presence. The EDA received 10 responses to its second […]
Reservations coming in fast to Grand Marais Campground
The Grand Marais Recreation Area phone was ringing off the wall when park board members sat down for their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, also the park’s first business day of the year. As they do every year on that day, lots of Grand Marais Campground enthusiasts were making frantic efforts to reserve spots for […]
Hockey advocates propose $700,000 warming house
Cook County Community Center Director Diane Booth, along with a group of hockey proponents, brought a design proposal to the county board on January 10, 2012 for a warming house and new outdoor hockey rink behind the current Community Center. The rink is one of the projects approved for funding from the county’s 1 Percent Recreation and Infrastructure Tax. The […]
Worrying about wolves
For several years now, I’ve been worrying about wolves. The Minnesota gray wolf (canis lupus) is a beautiful animal. But wolves are hanging around a bit closer than I would like. I grew up in Cook County, about six miles west of Grand Marais on County Road 7. I walked to my cousin’s house, about a mile away. I rode […]
Enjoys the News-Herald
To Jane Howard: One of the highlights of my New Year’s Day was reading your report of the December 8 meeting of the Tofte Township Board. Your inclusion of puckish comments by several speaking at the meeting on various subjects has made my day. I was interested in the substance of the story, and your treatment of it made it […]
Early education funding creating a nanny state
A recent Associated Press news story told of $500 million in federal early education grants being awarded to nine states, including Minnesota which itself got $45 million. Included in the article was a new statewide ratings system being put into place to help parents in their search for child-care providers. Are we to the point where state government is involved […]
Riding off into the satirical sunset
Thanks for the economics text recommendations in your last letter Jerry, surely they would cure insomnia, but I doubt either Sherrie or I will rush to the library for copies. While your selections would no doubt support your convictions, an equal number of economists could easily be found to pontificate to the contrary. Your belief in borrowing as a means […]
Dupre ends quest to climb Denali
Call it Denali deja-vu, but for the second year in a row bad weather forced Grand Marais mountain climber Lonnie Dupre to abandon his attempt to become the first person to summit Mount McKinley (aka Denali) alone in January. Like last year Dupre made good—if not great—early progress in his climb. But once again he was stranded in a small […]