Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) moose project leader Glenn DelGiudice said he is happy with the way that the second-year moose calf mortality study has gone so far. Abandonment rates of calves by mothers are way down from last year, and much of that is because of new techniques used to capture and collar the calves, typically at 48 […]
WTIP mortgage is paid off by generous donation
WTIP North Shore Community Radio is pleased to announce that a generous donation has enabled the station to pay off the remaining balance owed on their mortgage, ending their $550,000 “Home of Our Own” capital campaign. WTIP purchased the former Wilderness Waters Canoe Outfitters building on the west end of Grand Marais in 2007 and converted it into studio and […]
Gritty discussion on gravel pit and golf course
Gravel mining sites require conditional use permits, which are reviewed and, if up to county standards, renewed annually. The gravel pit operated by Stan Bautch about five miles outside of the city of Grand Marais off of County Road 6 was found to be out of compliance by Cook County Planning & Zoning in its 2013 review. Action was delayed […]
Chris Goettl to run as write-in school board candidate
Superintendent Beth Schwarz announced that local business owner and parent Chris Goettl has announced his interest in running as a write-in candidate for the school board in School District 166 District 3. The district consists of the western part of Grand Marais to the Pike Lake and Cascade area. No candidates had filed to run for the position which is […]
Tofte awaiting bids for senior housing project
There is a lot of action in the community of Tofte lately, and the Tofte Town Board is at the center of it all. The biggest thing on the board’s September 11, 2014 agenda was plans for senior housing. The board got an update from Dick Grabko of Community Resource Development (CRD) who has been hired as project manager for […]
Hug a tree and holler
Sometimes I take a circuitous route to find the topic of Unorganized Territory. Last week I wrote about the “what if” game our family sometimes plays in which we consider all sorts of doom and disaster scenarios and how to prepare for them. Last week’s column ended up being a plug for National Emergency Preparedness Month, which isn’t a bad […]
Team effort for Garden Club
The Grand Marais Area Garden Club has a lot of projects which help to beautify our community. We help the Park Department rid the Harbor Park of weeds in the spring. Then we plant beautiful annual flowers throughout the town early in June. We maintain the lovely Memorial Rose Garden all summer long. This summer, we also upgraded the First […]
All voters can complete their ballots early
On September 22, 2014, I voted in the November election. The Minnesota legislators passed a bill allowing early voting for the November 2014 election, beginning September 19. Most of Cook County residents receive an early mail-in ballot. Residents in towns with polling places have had only one day to vote, until now. I went to the Cook County courthouse and […]
Think before you vote
I have given up so many times on politicians doing anything for us that I have become almost entirely disengaged with the political process. Last week I was urged by a friend to “write to my commissioners” to voice my concerns over the long closure of the Cascade River State Park wayside rest. This wayside is used by many, many […]
Do your homework
Like you Jerry, I knew nothing about the United Nations, so I starting educating myself and these are the facts I discovered. Origin of the earth charter: The Earth Charter was created by the independent Earth Charter Commission, which was convened as a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit (UN) in order to produce a statement of values and principles […]