Grand Marais mother/artist/poet praises In October the light Is so bright, The leaves on the trees Are a sight. Red, brown, yellow, some green Then the wind sweeps them clean! And Jack Frost steals In white in the night. Walt McCarthyGrand Marais
Heartwood
The forest that surrounded our house in Crosslake, Minnesota was predominately oak…red oak. The original trees, red and white pine, spruce and balsam, had been logged off and then burned off decades ago. The soil was very poor for oak…all sand. Not enough of the right nutrients and moisture for sustaining healthy trees. Consequently, by the time a tree had […]
Wes Hedstrom Scholarship applications due November 15
Cook County Higher Education is currently accepting applications for the Wes Hedstrom Scholarship Fund. The Wes Hedstrom Scholarship Fund was created in honor of longtime resident Wes Hedstrom and is for Cook County residents who are enrolled or in the process of enrolling in a distance degree program. Financial awards are determined by the Cook County Higher Education Scholarship committee […]
New Arrivals
Anna-Britt Bergstrom and Dave Gilbertson and new big sister Brielle Gilbertson of Maple Plain, Minnesota welcome the arrival of Owen David Gilbertson on September 17, 2012. He was born at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis, Park, Minnesota. Owen weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 22 inches long. He is the grandson of Lee and Scott Bergstrom of Grand Marais […]
Robert W. Hattery,
Robert W. Hattery, 87, Grand Marais, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 in the Cook County North Shore Hospital. Robert was born to Wilber and Ruth (Adolphus) Hattery in Chicago, where he grew up and attended schools. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II in the Philippines and received a Purple Heart. He graduated from the University […]
Laura E. Ranning,
Laura E. Ranning, 88, of Minneapolis passed away Oct. 11, 2012 at the Silver Bay Veterans Home. She was born Feb. 13, 1924 in Grand Marais to Hans and Andrea (Eide) Larsen. She attended school in Grand Marais and graduated from Cook County High School. She met her husband, Eugene (Red) Ranning, while she was working at Leng’s Fountain. Gene […]
The language of the proposed amendments to the state constitution
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie wants to ensure that Minnesota has what he calls “an educated and engaged citizenry.” With two constitutional amendments on the ballot in November, Ritchie wants to make sure voters are fully informed and have access to the actual legislation being proposed. “Traveling throughout the state over the past few months I have talked to […]
Hospital enters Internet contract with Northeast Service Cooperative
Go local or go cheap? This is a question Cook County citizens ponder frequently. On October 18, the Cook County North Shore Hospital board was faced with a decision regarding entering a contract for broadband Internet service with Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC), which is installing a fiber optic “backbone” up the North Shore. The hospital had the option of entering […]
DNR firefighter struck by stray pellet from shotgun
A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources firefighter was struck by a stray pellet from a shotgun while working at the end of the Arrowhead Trail on October 3, 2012. Ed Walimaa, 47, of Grand Marais was at the McFarland Lake heliport base when Patrick Lynn Larson, 42, St. Paul, fired his Remington 870 shotgun. A single pellet from the shotgun […]
