F. Keith Hunt, 91, of Grand Marais, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2012. Keith was born in Big Lake, MN on November 22, 1920 to Freed and Adeline (Kiebel) Hunt. He spent his youth in Big Lake before attending Macalester College. Keith served his country honorably in the Pacific theatre during World War II and later married Sylvia Laverne […]
Ruth Bernice Stimmler
Just two days before her 99th birthday, Ruth Bernice Stimmler passed away at the Care Center in Grand Marais where she has resided for 9½ years. Ruth was born October 18, 1913, to Hannah and Solomon Tidslevold, immigrants from Norway, and lived on a small farm in Clark, SD, until she was 10 years old. Ruth, her sister Inez and […]
Spirit Of The Wilderness creates Good Samaritan Fund
Ever wonder how people on welfare get along? Many assume that once someone is in the welfare system, all their needs are taken care of. Well, not quite. Talk to Grace Bouchard of Cook County Social Services and she will explain to you how families can be devastated by simple occurrences which others would grumble about, and then move on […]
Arrowhead Pharmacy booster club sales reach $2,600
Last January Arrowhead Pharmacy presented $1,100 to the Cook County High School Booster Club from the sale of the booster club’s Viking gear sold at the store. It was a lot of needed money that is spread around to all of the Viking athletic programs, which have, like many programs in the school district, suffered steep financial cuts in recent […]
State Department of Education names new Indian Education director
Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius has announced that Dennis Olson Jr. will serve as the new director of American Indian Education for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). This key position further strengthens the department’s efforts to better serve Minnesota’s American Indian students through a stronger relationship with each of the state’s 11 tribal nations, and to work collaboratively to develop […]
Vehicle burns in Gunflint Trail rollover
Vincent Joseph Dardis, 25, of Grand Marais somehow escaped injury when the 2005 Chevy Cobalt he was driving rolled over on the Gunflint Trail and caught on fire. The accident was reported to Cook County Law Enforcement at 4:02 a.m. on October 10 by Dardis who hitched a ride with a passing car to use the payphone at Nor’wester Lodge. […]
No injuries in Schroeder van rollover
Mark McFarland, 32, of Hoyt Lakes, MN, swerved to avoid a deer on Highway 61, hit the ditch and rolled over. Fortunately, he and his passenger, Mindy McFarland, 34, also of Hoyt Lakes, were not injured in the crash. McFarland was driving a 2000 Ford Windstar westbound near Sugar Loaf Nature Center in Schroeder on Tuesday, October 9 when a […]
Driver injured in pickup and semi crash on Devil Track Road
Misha Nelson, 24, of Grand Marais was injured in a crash on Devil Track Road in Grand Marais on Wednesday, October 10. The cause of the crash was icy road conditions. Nelson, driving a 1992 Ford Ranger on South Shore Drive, attempted—but was unable—to stop at the stop sign at the entrance to Devil Track Road. The pickup she was […]
Additional count of criminal sexual conduct filed against Grand Portage man
Joel Ray Allard, 36, Grand Portage, incarcerated at Aitkin County Jail since being arrested on September 6, 2012 for alleged sexual contact or attempted contact with minor females, sexual predatory behavior and inappropriate photographs of a sexual nature involving minor females, is facing another charge. On September 20, Cook County Social Services workers took the statement of a minor child […]
Minnesota Court of Appeals rules that wolf season can continue
On October 10, the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected a request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped the state’s inaugural wolf hunting and trapping season. That means the planned wolf hunting and trapping seasons will go as planned this fall and winter. Consistent with state law, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will issue 6,000 licenses, and […]