Tim Scannell is a friend, but not a close friend of mine. I am not condoning or condemning the relationship Mr. Scannell had with this girl (or young woman as accordingly she was 17 at the time). I feel it is time I make a statement, unsolicited by Mr. Scannell, that is probably going to affect many of my longtime […]
Cook County Moves It! in February
After successful monthlong Move It! Get Active Cook County! events the last two years in May, a challenge went out this year to get moving in February. One hundred thirty eight intrepid souls braved cold, snow, and wind (or in some cases, stale gym air, the din of the TV set in front of their exercise equipment, or balmy Florida […]
The human search for God— for one year I did not go to church
For one year in my lifetime I did not go to church. On a mountain top landing zone in VietNam I did not go to church, not because I did not want to, but because there was no church, no building, no priest, no gathering. The rest of my life I have gone to church every weekend, with the exception […]
Betty Otholene Cronberg
Betty Otholene Cronberg of Grand Marais ended her journey and went home to be with God on February 12, 2013 while being surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born on November 22, 1934 to Otho and Nettie Mitchell (Richards) in Wayne City, IL. She worked in downtown Chicago, IL for many years as an executive secretary. She married Bill […]
Accident takes life of Marine with ties to Grand Marais
Chris Mark of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a 23-year-old man with ties to Cook County, died in a tragic accident on Sunday, March 3, 2013. According to Fox News 11 in northeast Wisconsin, the rollover crash occurred in Manitowoc at approximately 2:45 a.m. Police report that four people were traveling northbound in a Cadillac at a high speed and did not stop […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoMarch 7, 2003 The city’s engineer said he will do whatever he can to minimize the effects on downtown businesses of a proposed $1.5 million water and sewer project this summer. The targeted area includes replacement of the 70-year-old water and sewer lines under every street in the downtown district between Highway 61 and Lake Superior. Unfortunately, the […]
Community Connection to be built this spring
This summer the Grand Marais Recreation Area will have its Community Connection, a walkway leading people from Highway 61 down into the east end of the park near the marina, and it will have a covered bridge. The park board met with Peter Henrikson and Jessa Frost of North House Folk School to talk about having North House’s high school […]