Correction:
In the photo caption accompanying the April 5 Cook County Senior Center article What does the senior center mean to you? an incorrect meeting time was given for the Pincushion Quilters. The group meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 10 a.m. They welcome all ages and levels of experience. The quilters say, “We have no dues; […]
God loves Pizzazz!
Why are there loons? Or lynx? Or hummingbirds? Or eagles? Why are there lady slippers? Or Indian pipe? None of them seem to have too much relevance to human life right at the surface of things. We haven’t domesticated them or depend on them for food. We seem to live without any reliance upon them. Why are they? “God loves […]
Shari Grandstrand
Shari Grandstrand passed away peacefully on April 6, 2014 surrounded by her family after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, wife, and friend. She was raised in Grand Marais and attended Parson’s College, on scholarship, in Iowa. In 1967 she met and married the love of her life and dedicated her heart to […]
Dorothy A. (Drouillard) Evans Johansen
Dorothy A. (Drouillard) Evans Johansen of Robbinsdale, formerly Duluth passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the age of 84. She was surrounded by family and the beautiful hymns she loved. Dorothy retired from the Duluth School District where she was employed as a teaching assistant. She was a member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. […]
Sivertson appointed to Minnesota State Arts Board
Governor Mark Dayton announced a new appointment to the Minnesota State Arts Board in mid-March. Jan Sivertson, owner of Sivertson Art Gallery in downtown Grand Marais and Siiviis at Canal Park in Duluth, has been appointed as an at-large member of that board. It took a while to catch up with the busy gallery owner, artist and Grand Marais city […]
Cook County Chamber visits with legislature
A team from the Cook County Chamber traveled to St. Paul on March 19 – 20 to meet with legislators and state officials to enlist state support for the chamber’s efforts for a number of issues. Making the trip were Jennifer Stoltz of the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op; Dan Anderson of Minnesota Power; Howard Hedstrom of Hedstrom Lumber Co.; […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years AgoApril 9, 2004 The insurance company of the downed pilot of a plane that crashed in Grand Marais Aug. 28, killing the pilot and his sister-in-law and severely injuring her two young daughters, has asked a U.S. District Court judge to rule that it owes no money to the pilot’s estate because he lied on his application form […]
INTERACT working well at North Shore Care Center
After a month and half, INTERACT, an acronym for “interventions to reduce acute care transfer” is working well at the North Shore Care Center, said Mark Abrahamson to the hospital board at its March 20 meeting. The program is fairly new nationwide, said Abrahamson, who is a nurse and in charge of training staff in the program. He said, “Cook […]