RidgeRiders see record crowd at Hungry Jack snowmobile drags
Although there were only 14 racers, there were hundreds of racing fans on Hungry Jack Lake on Saturday, February 18. Hungry Jack Lodge was packed and the American Legion Sons had a lot of business at their burger stand. Everyone enjoyed the day out on the snow with friends and family at the Cook County RidgeRiders Hungry Jack Snowmobile Drag […]
That’s the way the cupcake crumbles
The cupcake has fallen! At 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2012, the snow sculpture created in Harbor Park about two weeks prior by Grand Marais artist Ray White of Grand Marais toppled to the ground. Employees and patrons of Blue Water Café had been watching the effects of the warm winter weather out the window to see who would win […]
Minnesota mushers on a mission
Alaskan mushers Monica Zappa and Tim Osmar, who dubbed themselves “mushers on a mission,” traveled to Minnesota to not only race in February’s Gunflint Mail Run in Cook County, but also to “spread a message about a massive gold/copper mine being proposed in Bristol Bay, Alaska.” In March, some Minnesota mushers, including locals Frank Moe, Adam Harju and David and […]
Art Colony awarded state grant
The Grand Marais Art Colony has been awarded a $32,534 Minnesota State Arts Board grant to host the Grand Marais Arts Festival, July 14 – 15, 2012. One of only 16 grantees for the award, they are the only festival funded in the Northeast region of the state. “This funding allows us to host the Grand Marais Arts Festival,” said […]
God runs to us
When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and […]
New Beginnings
Charlie and Sue Butter are happy to announce the engagement of their son Benjamin to Kala Shepersky. Ben is a 2006 graduate of Cook County High School. Kala is a 2006 graduate of Two Harbors High School. They are planning a June 9 wedding in Leif Erickson Park, Duluth.
First Congregational Church offers “healing tree”
On the lawn of the First Congregational Church UCC in Grand Marais, near the church’s entry, on a little spot of green space, stands a “Peace Pole.” The pole was put in place by church members in 1995 and it bears the words “Peace” in many languages. It is hoped that this pole, which has quietly shared the message of […]
Marjorie Austin Smith
A memorial service for Marjorie Austin Smith, 99, Lawrence, Kansas, will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Plymouth Congregational Church. A private service of internment will be attended by the family. Mrs. Smith died Friday, February 10, 2012 at Brandon Woods Senior Living Center in Lawrence. Mrs. Smith was born December 18, 1912, in Woodstock, Illinois, the […]
EDA chooses domain name for website
After some heated discussion, the Cook County/Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority (EDA) chose a domain name for its new website. By a 3-2 vote, the board agreed to choose grandmaraiseda.org for the domain name for its economic development website. Although the EDA has had a website, it had not been updated for many years. Last month the board voted […]