The eighth-grade class at Great Expectations School—the Otters—spent some time at North House Folk School this winter, designing and constructing a yurt. The yurt will be used at Great Expectations as an outdoor classroom and meeting space. And, it will be a legacy of the students who enjoyed the hands-on learning experience. As North House instructors Matthew Brown and Ian […]
Lost and found
Mount Rainier called me by name, beckoned me to its high places. “No, you have to take a nap,” was not music to my ears. We were camping with a church group and my dad was about to take my big brothers on a walk to the mountain, leaving me behind. Somewhere between three and four years old, it seemed […]
Sarah Jane Mason Allard,
Sarah Jane Mason Allard, age 87, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth. Born on May 19, 1926 in Warroad, MN to Burt and Ruth (Sanders) Mason, she was class valedictorian and a notable vocal soloist when she graduated from Warroad High School in 1944. A 1948 graduate of Hamline University with experience on the tuberculosis […]
Lt. Cmdr. Cory Paul Johnson,
Lt. Cmdr. Cory Paul Johnson, 43, passed away unexpectedly, Friday, February 28, 2014. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday March 22, 2014 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais. Burial with military honors will be held at a later date.
Faye (Linnell) Johnson,
Faye (Linnell) Johnson, age 75, of Anoka, passed away March 11, 2014. Faye was raised in Grand Marais and was a graduate of Cook County High School in 1956. She graduated from St. Cloud State University in 1960 and moved to Anoka where she taught school for several years and worked for 20 years as a case officer for Anoka […]
Paul Edward Johnson
Paul Edward Johnson passed away at his home on Friday, March 14, 2014. Paul was born December 13, 1925 in Duluth to Matt and Pauline Johnson. He was the youngest of six children who all preceded him in death. They were Margaret (Joyce) Ranum, Mable (Paul) Stoltz, Merel Johnson, Tumsey (Mildred) Johnson and Ted (Hannah) Johnson. Paul graduated from Cook […]
Frances “Fran” Jean McLean Lancaster,
Frances “Fran” Jean McLean Lancaster, 62, of Grand Marais, died suddenly February 27, 2014. Fran was born in Ashland, Wisconsin on May 14, 1951 to Delores and Robert McLean. She graduated from Cook County High School in 1969. She raised her children in Michigan and married Dennis Lancaster and lived in Colorado before moving back to Grand Marais. Fran will […]
Eugene Victor Martz,
Eugene Victor Martz, much loved and respected husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother and friend, passed away at his home Feb. 28, 2014 from cancer. He was born Eugene Victor Dickerson on Jan. 23, 1925 in Little Falls, Minn., the son of Martha Mary Deering and Franklin A. Dickerson. After his parents’ divorce, he moved with his mother to Livingston, MT, […]
WTIP receives Associated Press awards
WTIP North Shore Community Radio has been recognized in the 2013 Minnesota AP Broadcasters Awards. Station staff and volunteers regularly produce features of a variety of voices and perspectives on topics that explore the rich culture of the North Shore region. The Associated Press recently announced that several of these features have been selected as AP News Award winners. In […]