West African dancers here May 18-19



The North Shore Music Association will sponsor a performance by Titambe at 7 p.m. May 19 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. In addition, an all-ages West African dance class with Titambe will be held Friday, May 18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Grand Marais Rec Hall, located behind the swimming pool at the RV and Recreation […]

Pastel artist Michelle Wegler featured in Duluth exhibit



North Shore Bank of Commerce presents Portraits: Fair to Fiery featuring award-winning pastel artist, Michelle Wegler. Wegler has always been interested in red hair. Her father had red hair, and she thought her children might have red hair too. As it turned out, her two daughters are blond and her son has brown hair; even so, she remains fascinated by […]

Judy Siegle to present first Guest Lecture May 17



Cook County Higher Education will feature Judy Siegle, who will present Witnessing a dream become reality: Building houses in Haiti at the first Guest Lecture Series of the season on Thursday, May 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cook County Higher Education North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. Siegle will share information about the cultures she has visited […]

Gunflint Green Up works to re-establish Gneiss Lake Trail



The 5th annual Gunflint Green Up event will be held on Saturday, May 5 on the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center grounds. Volunteers will focus on planting and releasing trees along the newly re-established Gneiss Lake Trail. The first Gunflint Green Up event was in the spring of 2008, when volunteers and officials from the U.S. Forest Service gathered to […]

Charter captain offers “Weekend on the Water”



Kelly Shepard of North Shore Outdoor, a charter fishing captain and bear guide, grew up in Cook County, learning how to hunt, fish and enjoy time on the water at an early age. He feels fortunate to have had that experience and he wants to share it with the community. “I’ve been thinking about this for awhile,” Shepard told the […]

Health Care Conference set for May 5 at ACA



This year’s North Shore Health Care Foundation Health Conference focuses on positive steps people can take as they age. We may not know what will happen along that journey, but there are important choices we can make along the way to support quality of life and peace of mind for both ourselves and our loved ones. The conference is set […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 6:30 PM and speaker at 7:00 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: At Trinity Lutheran in Hovland at 6:00 PM Step meeting. Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, […]

WEST END CALENDAR



Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. Lutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. Schroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Meetingsare held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 […]

Viking girls lose two, win one



The Cook County High School softball team traveled to Carlton on Thursday, April 12, to face the perennially tough Carlton Bulldogs and fell to the Dogs, 12-4. The first 3 innings of play were owned by Carlton as they scored 2 runs in the first, 1 run in the second and added 2 more runs in the third. Down 5-0 […]

Tough week for Viking baseball



The Viking boys’ baseball team traveled to Carlton on Thursday, April 12 and fell to the Carlton Bulldogs 10-7. “We played well in that game and had the lead, but gave up runs in the third and sixth innings and lost,” said Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson. While the hitting was there, Jorgenson said the pitchers gave up 9 walks and […]