Gordon Thorne of Finland, Minnesota is excited to be hosting the Fourth Annual Fingerstyle Masters Concert at Bluefin Bay in Tofte at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. All proceeds from the event go to benefit WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Fingerstyle guitar is the playing of an acoustic guitar without the use of a guitar pick. Thorne, who himself […]
Pretty prom dresses to be swapped
Cook County High School Prom is May 3. Got your dancing shoes ready but can’t afford a prom dress? Courtney Quaife is setting up a Prom Dress Swap that will take place Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cook County Community Center in Grand Marais. “Come and swap a dress for a dress, or if […]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Auditions for Momologues2: Off to SchoolOn May 8, the Grand Marais Playhouse will presenta Mother’s Day Dinner Theater at Lutsen Resort –Momologues2: Off to School. One show only! Momswill laugh along with the four women who sharetheir stories from surviving homework, multitasking, playdates gone wrong and finding theperfect babysitter! Auditions for Momologues willbe April 8 at 7 p.m. at the […]
College News
Cleveland earns academic honors at South Seattle Community College Molly Zafft named to Winona State University dean’s list Molly Zafft of Grand Marais has been named to the fall 2013 dean’s list at Winona State University. Molly is a 2012 graduate of Cook County High School. She is the daughter of Marsha and Larry Zafft of Grand Marais. To achieve […]
Young softball team looking forward to start of season
With just two seniors and two juniors on the Cook County High School girls’ fast pitch softball team, Head Coach Jessie Anderson said, “We’re young. But if the team works hard we should be able to win some games this season.” Although the team didn’t win a lot of games last season, they did pull off a major upset when […]
Ice out predictions
The last weekend of the trout season was the nicest weather we have seen on the Gunflint Trail since October. The sun was shining bright while the temperatures soared into the 40s. Unfortunately, the fish did not cooperate on Gunflint Lake that day for my group of anglers and my head is now suffering from a minor sunburn, but it […]
New deputy at Superior National Forest
Richard Periman is the new deputy forest supervisor of the Superior National Forest. Periman grew up on a ranch homesteaded by his great-grandparents in western Montana. Of Choctaw and Scottish heritage, his grandfather was a hunting guide and seasonal Forest Service firefighter. The family ranch bordered national forest lands and the family depended on forest resources including grazing permits, timber, […]
Burn vegetative debris early
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages homeowners to dispose of vegetative debris before the snow melts and fires spread more easily. Vegetative debris includes downed trees and branches, grass clippings and leaves. Getting rid of this debris is especially important with large woody debris piles in areas that experienced storm damage over the last couple of years. Burning these […]