Many North Shore residents may recall that Animal Advocates of the Arrowhead closed up operations back in March 2011— and another group, Arrowhead Animal Rescue was formed shortly after. However, it was learned last week that the dissolution of the first group had never been completed. A “final” meeting of Animal Advocates of the Arrowhead was held Tuesday, September 25 […]
Country living
This October we will have lived in our house in South Haven for 10 years. It seems like time has flown by. Both boys are now in middle school and our daughter graduated Annandale High School in 2011. When we moved here I was not worried about nature as I thought growing up in Schroeder had prepared me for just […]
Hommerding completes Komen 3-day
Lori Hommerding of Grand Marais crossed the finish line of the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure in the Twin Cities on August 26, completing not only the difficult accomplishment of walking 60 miles over three days, but also raising $2,480 for the Komen Foundation. Hommerding was one of 1,400 walkers who raised $3.8 million to fight breast cancer […]
Benefit concert to fund restoration of George Morrison painting
The George Morrison painting donated to Cook County High School in 1952 is currently valued at $30,000 and will soon take to the road in a tour lasting through May 2015. It needs a little facelift before it’s ready to go, however, and a little help paying for that facelift. The Minnesota Museum of American Art will be including the […]
Lunafest at ACA Sept. 29
Lunafest, a traveling film festival that spotlights the work of a diverse array of talented women filmmakers, will be the featured event 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Lunafest is a program of nine short films all by, for and about women. The films celebrate the unique, touching and inspirational roles of women in local, […]
Cook County Community Fund at Birch Grove celebration
The Cook County Community Fund (CCCF) will be on hand at the Birch Grove Community Center this Saturday, Sept. 29, in conjunction with Birch Grove Community Center’s 1 percent project open house celebration from 2 to 5 p.m. Tracy Benson, with CCCF, said, “The public is invited to learn about the work of the community fund while seeing the many […]
Outdoor Emergency Care Program begins in October
Cook County Higher Education is pleased to offer the Outdoor Emergency Care Program beginning October 12 at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. The Outdoor Education Care program is the National Ski Patrol’s award winning training program for patrollers and others in the recreation community who deal with emergency situations. This 100-hour course prepares students for the Outdoor Emergency […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:00 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at6:30 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 P.M.Step meeting.Thursdays: Women’s Meeting, Noon, First CongregationalChurch in Grand Marais; Big Book Study […]
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. nSchroederg 9/30/Town2012MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Meetingsoare held at Schroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer […]