Donna Jane (Emberson) Fink died peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at her home in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Her death came as a result of complications of scleroderma. Donna was a resident of La Crosse and a longtime summer resident of Hungry Jack Lake. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 30, […]
2012-13 school year brings changes
The summer days in my office are vastly different than they are during the school year. And I admit that it is a welcome reprieve to not have the seemingly endless flurry of responsibilities, meetings, emails and student/staff/parent conversations and multi-tasking that I experience on a “typical” school day. However, there is still much on my “to do” list this […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoJuly 26, 2002 The hospital board received a 14-page document at their meeting this month from a consultant hired to make recommendations related to the continuation of obstetrical services at Cook County North Shore Hospital. A study was needed following the nurses’ request to discontinue birthing services. The nurses feel that obstetrical nursing is a specialty area within […]
Fire by Sweetheart’s Bluff Trail extinguished quickly
A small fire along the Sweetheart’s Bluff Trail in Grand Marais was reported by some hikers on Sunday, July 22. Their quick action likely prevented the fire from spreading through the forest next to the Grand Marais Recreation Park campground. Tina Ross and Ryan Person of Anoka were staying at the campground and decided to hike the Sweetheart’s Bluff Trail. […]
Recreational improvements under way at Birch Grove
Birch Grove Community Center is seeing big changes. At the July 12, 2012 Tofte Township Board meeting, Alan “D.C.” Olsen reported that construction on the 1-percent-tax-funded recreational improvements has begun. “It looks like a different place,” he said. “It needs to happen fast. We’re about a month behind where we were hoping to be.” The work is expected to be […]
Co-op unveils building plans to members
It’s almost official—the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op will be moving to what was most recently the Alan Campbell restaurant (at the Grand Marais Inn, formerly Tomteboda Motel) owned by David Parsons while their current building is being expanded and refurbished. The move will take place in late September after the busy summer season ends and plans call for a […]
Floor drains and septic fields discussed at Lutsen town meeting
The new addition to the current fire hall/ town hall in Lutsen was the focus of most of the Lutsen town meeting on Tuesday, July 17. The addition to the fire hall has been moved back 7 feet and floor drains will be installed in the garage being built to house the fire trucks, reported Fire Chief Paul Goettl. He […]
It’s just a game
Hole Number One: I place my golf ball on the tee and pick up my driver, feeling good. It’s a fine summer day with warm sun and blue skies. I swing my club correctly and strike the ball. Okay, so it doesn’t gain height and scuttles along the ground, what everyone calls a “worm burner,” but travels an okay distance. […]
