Will March come in like a lion or a lamb? Whatever the weather brings there will be plenty of music and activities to look forward to all month at North Shore Care Center. Daylight Saving Time and the first day of spring are just around the corner, but the residents and employees at the care center and hospital want to […]
Senior Center reaches out to all ages, countywide
The Cook County Council on Aging seems to be a mystery to a lot of people. The Cook County Council on Aging, also known by an acronym of CCCOA, is the governing board of directors that oversees the Cook County Senior Center and the First & Second Thrift Store. The Senior Center is not owned or run by the county. […]
Grand Portage celebrates the month of hearts and love
February is the month of hearts and love and the Grand Portage Elder Nutrition Program participants have been celebrating. The staff all wore red on February 7 to support “Wear Red Day” for women’s heart health. Throughout the month, information cards have been on tables and sent out with lunch deliveries. These cards have provided useful information about stroke prevention […]
Community Conversation held for West End residents
We dream, we listen, we do, values, vision, mission, a hierarchy of choices, a meeting of the minds and a promise that, “sometime to go fast you have to go slow,” were the backdrop of the three-hour community conversation held at the Birch Grove Community Center on February 19, 2014. A broad base of young and older West End residents— […]
Lunch offers opportunity to talk to Birch Grove Community School board members
The next Community Lunch at Birch Grove Community School will be on Tuesday, March 11 at 11:30 a.m. Birch Grove Community School board members will be present for lunch. Birch Grove Community School Administrator Diane Blanchette invites community members and said, “Please feel free to eat next to a board member for discussion, questions or comments if you so desire. […]
ISD 166 ensures all students get lunch
The School District 166 school board recently addressed concerns raised by recent media coverage of other school districts that have taken away the lunch trays of students and thrown them away in front of their peers due to the student’s lunch accounts being behind on funds for payment of their hot lunch. Superintendent Beth Schwarz stated, “It’s not just Utah, […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoFeb. 27, 2004 Downtown business owners concerned about loss of parking places with the proposed “streetscape” redesign in Grand Marais got their wish this week. In a work session before their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday, the council members agreed upon a plan which would increase the city lot parking by 21 spaces. While the 22nd annual John Beargrease […]
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness presentation on PolyMet
“The SDEIS predicts that the project will not add to sulfate levels or other pollution. But that is dependent on the predicted rate at which pollutants flow to rivers through groundwater,” said Reyer, noting that the study models the river at a much lower level than actual. “If ground water flows more quickly, it will make a significant difference in […]
Tanker truck tips over on Highway 61
A tanker truck left the roadway about a mile west of Cascade River and tipped onto its side late in the evening on February 20, 2014. Because of the severe weather the semi remained there until the next afternoon. Robert Wade Love, 69, of Delta, Colorado, was driving a 2013 white Freightliner eastbound at 10:52 p.m. when he apparently got […]