Tom Toftey shared this photo, along with these memories of the students who first met at 3 or 4 years old during “story hour” in the old public library with Gertrude Allen. Tom and his friends eventually became the Class of 1963. Tom writes: Since there was no kindergarten class, some of us gathered for nursery school at Evelyn Toftey’s […]
Lutsen emergency responders rescue hiker at Agnes Lake
The Lutsen Volunteer Fire Department had just assembled its latest piece of rescue equipment when a page for help was sounded at 6:34 p.m. on June 20, 2013. The evening that was going to be spent at the fire hall in training on the Traverse Mule, a wheeled rescue litter, was instead spent using the rescue device in a real […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO · JUNE 27, 2003 Great Expectations Charter School is expecting to sign a lease for a school building sometime next week. Negotiations are still ongoing for the site, which is somewhere in Grand Marais. The school will open Aug. 18 With the budget ax ready to fall on the University of Minnesota’s Extension services, Cook County director […]
DNR to offer state lands at public auction
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will offer for sale more than 20 parcels of state lands at two public auctions to be held July 23-24, including one parcel in Cook County. The majority of the parcels are school trust lands, some of which are lakeshore lots. The Cook County parcel up for auction is 3.5 acres on Loon […]
Tip-of-the-Trail property leaves county hands
Being the only bidder at an auction is a pretty nice situation to be in. Michael Drilling didn’t have too much to worry about at the county’s auction of the approximately 4½-acre Tip-ofthe Trail property on Saganaga Lake on June 24, 2013, because he was the only bidder. One other person identified himself as a potential bidder but could not […]
Locals do well at Grandma’s Marathon events
For runners, the 37th running of Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon were nearly perfect. With temps in the high 40s, a light wind at their backs and some intermittent sprinkles, runners didn’t have to worry about overheating. But for spectators and those helping, it was downright cold! More than 30 Cook County residents participated with 6,627 runners […]
Clearwater Lodge dedicates totem pole
There was a festive gathering at Clearwater Lodge on Thursday, June 13 when a new totem pole was unveiled at the historic Gunflint Trail lodge. The carver, Bob Olson, was on hand to talk about his work to re-create the totem pole that had been standing at Clearwater Lodge since 1948. Olson had noticed that the original totem pole, built […]
A hotbed of action
I gaze at a small thicket of trees and underbrush. After lugging several wheelbarrows of old grass and leaves to the compost bin, I am taking a break and resting on the garden shed steps. The June day is foggy but warm. Birds twitter and tweet. The birdsong-filled air reminds me of a conversation at a recent ladies’ luncheon. Everyone […]
Warmth found at Wooden Boat Show
Visitors to the 2013 Wooden Boat Show were not deterred by the chilly weather, the fog or a little bit of rain. In fact, the drizzle added a little extra sheen to the 25 polished wooden boats on display on the North House Folk School waterfront campus Friday through Sunday, June 22 – 23. The cool weather was a bit […]