While sitting on the shore recently, I saw a small family of ducks. They were mergansers, my favorite waterfowl by far. A merganser on the water is a perfect example of “a natural” in action. Except usually they travel in groups, supporting one another, diving in choreography in the water’s waves, wakes, and rolls. Mergansers are naturals— just watch them! […]
Be a hero— give blood
Memorial Blood Centers has scheduled a stop to take blood donations in Cook County. Cornerstone Community Church in Grand Marais is sponsoring a blood drive at the church at 1 Cedar Grove Lane in Grand Marais, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12. To schedule a donation time, contact Valerie at (218) 387- 9026. According to the […]
Give to Food Shelf before heading south
The Cook County Food Shelf, like many other community food programs, sees increased usage in winter months. A thoughtful West End resident offered a tip for snowbirds who don’t want to haul their non-perishable foodstuffs south. Instead of boxing up those groceries, donate them to the food shelf! It’s very easy to do. Donations can be dropped off at the […]
Dorothy Jane Mottl,
Dorothy Jane Mottl, 86, Grand Marais, died on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 at the North Shore Care Center. She was born March 11, 1926 to Frank and Emily Mottl in Chicago, Illinois. Following high school graduation, she attended Chicago Teachers College and graduated with an Associate Arts degree in physical education. She went on to teach at Edison Elementary School […]
ISD 166 math scores need improvement
With ISD 166’s Minnesota Comprehensive Test math scores coming in unacceptably low for a second year in a row, two parents expressed concern during informal discussion time before the beginning of the August 16 school board meeting. According to last year’s standardized test scores, only 40 percent of Cook County’s students were proficient in math compared to an average of […]
Bike accident on Gitchi Gami Trail in Grand Marais
A woman traveling down the Gitchi Gami Bicycle Trail into Grand Marais, across from the Blue Moose garden center, left the paved bike trail and according to witnesses “flipped over” at 3:53 p.m. on Friday, August 31. Mariyia Vasilyeva, of Russia was on her way to work when she lost control of her bike. Vasilyeva suffered injuries to the left […]
Drug arrest made at Artist’s Point
A Grand Portage woman was arrested after a passerby noticed her sleeping in her car in the Artist’s Point parking lot, became concerned, and contacted Cook County Law Enforcement at 9:42 a.m. on Tuesday, August 28. A Sheriff Deputy investigated and Chelsey Lynn Sorenson, 19, was found in her vehicle “confused and disoriented.” When the deputy asked Sorenson to step […]
Multiple victims in accident near Nor’Wester Lodge
Cook County Law Enforcement received a report of an accident with multiple injuries in front of Nor’Wester Lodge on the Gunflint Trail at 4:48 p.m. on September 2. The accident occurred when Marilyn Joyce Wahlstrom, 64, of Brooklyn Park, MN and three companions were traveling southbound on the Gunflint Trail. Wahlstrom stopped to make a left turn to the Laundromat […]
Headlight use urged by State Patrol
Why don’t they make it a law that drivers should have their headlights on at all times? According to the Minnesota State Patrol, back around 1985 there was an effort to gain support for a bill mandating the use of headlights at all times. Legislators at that time said that the manufacturers would soon be making their vehicles so the […]
