Mable Emelia Johnson Stoltz of Grand Marais was called to her heavenly home to be with Jesus and her loving husband, Paul, on Sunday, July 15, 2012. Mable (Midge) Johnson was born in Duluth on September 20, 1911 to Matt and Emma Sather Johnson. When Mable was 8 months old, her mother died from tuberculosis. She and her sister, Margaret, […]
Kristelle Lynn “Peanut” Werdier,
5, also known as “Baby,” died in a tragic accident July 11, 2012 in International Falls, Minn. Kristelle was born July 19, 2006 in International Falls to Eric and Nikki Werdier. She attended Falls Elementary School and was a member of the Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She loved drawing, swimming and playing outdoors. She was adventurous, energetic and climbed like […]
The case of the yellow zucchini
There are those who think I am a bad cook (duh!)….well, I am a worse gardener! When my sons were young I planted a garden in Colvill. The tomatoes looked like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree and the carrots had to be dug out because they all turned “j” shaped in the clay soil. But the zucchinis! Oh the zucchinis! […]
Council OKs Fisherman’s Picnic permits
Grand Marais city councilors gave approval for a number of permits for this year’s Fisherman’s Picnic at their July 11 meeting. The annual event will be held Aug. 2-5. Andrew Smith and Al Taenzer of the Lions Club, which sponsors the event, appeared first with their application for a street and sidewalk permit. There was some discussion about the number […]
Skidder catches fire in remote area of Hovland
A page went out to the Colvill and Hovland Fire Departments at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17 to extinguish a fire at a logging site in a remote area of Hovland. The fire was reported by Stan Pelto of Hovland. By the time the fire departments reached the logging site west of Tom Lake near the intersection of Camp […]
DNR revises wolf season details
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has finalized rules for Minnesota’s first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season this fall and winter. There are several changes to what the DNR originally proposed in May as a result of input received since the proposal was announced. “We changed the closing date for the late season from Jan. 6, 2013, to […]
Water advisories issued, lifted, on Grand Marais beaches
The Minnesota Department of Health warned people to avoid contact with the water at two Grand Marais beaches on Lake Superior on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Since then the water has been re-tested and the advisories on both beaches have been lifted. Water samples collected Monday, July 16 at the Grand Marais downtown beach near Harbor Park and the Grand […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoJuly 19, 2002 If a group of local parents and residents can swing it, a free publicly funded K-8 year-round charter school for 40-50 students will open its doors in a little over a year. Just where those doors will be is just one of the unknowns at this point. A sponsor for the school, which must be […]