With moose sightings getting more and more rare, Mid-Gunflint Trail residents have been delighted to see a moose cow and calves hanging around the Swamper Lake area. However, people were also very concerned, as the baby moose were napping in the road. Calls were made to Cook County Law Enforcement, requesting that temporary caution signs be erected warning motorists to […]
Hiker missing in Hovland area found safe
A South Dakota man who planned to hike the Superior Hiking Trail from the Canadian border to Duluth was reported missing last week by his family, launching a major Cook County Search & Rescue effort. Ron Meyer of Aitkin, Minnesota contacted Cook County Law Enforcement at 7:14 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, asking for help locating his son, Mike Meyer, […]
A joyous procession of life
“In the moment” is a phrase I have heard plenty of times to describe being focused and completely involved. I am “in the moment” this week as I write this article, and for a wonderful reason. I have been given a fabulous new job description for the week – I am the Bethlehem Vacation Bible School Imagination Station Leader! This […]
Nedetta (“Detta”) Pinder Buchheit
Nedetta (“Detta”) Pinder Buchheit of Grand Marais passed away June 3, 2013 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. As her good friend Cora Culbert said, “She’s painting in colors we can’t even imagine.” Born November 12, 1940, in St. Joseph, Missouri, Detta grew up in Dove Creek, Colorado on a pinto bean farm with her seven siblings. She was a […]
Charlotte E. Hepler
Charlotte E. Hepler, 101, of Homer, Michigan passed away peacefully on June 2, 2013, her 79th wedding anniversary, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 25, 1912 in Springfield, Mo. She will be dearly missed by her daughter Anne (Walter) Penny of Naples, Florida and Grand Marais; her five grandchildren; her five great-grandchildren; and her five great-great-grandchildren. She […]
Phyllis Yahraes Schierenbeck
Phyllis Yahraes Schierenbeck of Grand Marais, 56, passed away from cancer on June 1, 2013. She was born Phyllis Marie Yahraes on July 31, 1956 to Tom and Marilyn Yahraes, both deceased. Phyllis worked many years for the United States Forest Service on the Chequamegon-Nicolet, Chippewa and Superior National Forests. She is survived by her husband and best friend of […]
John Mathias Scheffler
John Mathias Scheffler, age 90, Cold Spring, Minnesota, died peacefully June 10, 2013 at Assumption Home with his loving family by his side. John was born in Ellsworth, Minnesota on August 5, 1922, the son of John and Katherine (Gerardy) Scheffler. He married Ida Kellen at St. Adrian’s Catholic Church in Adrian, Minnesota on July 29, 1947. John served in […]
North House and Rec. Park collaborate on Community Connection
Another example of North House Folk School’s excellent work was erected at the beginning of June, a sturdy timber frame bridge on the pathway from Highway 61 to the Grand Marais Recreation Park, the “Community Connection.” The bridge, made in a traditional Norwegian style, was a collaborative project between the City of Grand Marais’s Recreation Park, North House Folk School, […]
New Cook County Chamber of Commerce “open for business”
The new Cook County Chamber of Commerce is “open for business in more ways than one,” Jim Boyd, interim Chamber executive director, reports. The countywide Chamber, successor to the Grand Marais Area Chamber of Commerce, will focus on being an effective voice for all Cook County businesses, Boyd said. Its emphasis will be on promoting economic development in Cook County […]