Weekly Weather
Date High Low Precipitation From Josiah Avery, Grand Marais Nov. 18 17.0 8.0 0.00 0.00 Nov. 19 22.7 4.0 0.00 0.10 Nov. 20 11.0 3.4 0.00 0.00 Nov. 21 32.6 2.3 0.00 0.00 Nov. 22 35.6 29.2 0.00 0.00 Nov. 23 41.0 34.2 0.10 0.00 Nov. 24 39.2 18.3 Trace 1.00 From Dave Clutter, Poplar Lake Nov. 18 11.5 4.3 […]
Ronald “Moose” Stone,
age 74, died peacefully on November 19, 2014 at Chris Jensen Health and Rehabilitation Center in Duluth, where he had been living for the last year. Ron attended Cook County Schools and graduated in 1958. He worked as a pipe fitter for many years in Silver Bay, Duluth and all over. Ron was preceded in death by his wife Patty […]
Janet Olive Louise (Pierce) Morgan, 97, of
Grand Marais and formerly of Minneapolis, died Nov. 6, 2014 at the North Shore Care Center in Grand Marais, where she had been a resident for the last nine years. She was born to Roy Pierce and Mabel (Holleque) Pierce on June 6, 1917 in Minneapolis. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1924 and went on to study at […]
Grand Marais PUC grants CCLEP’s request for funds
If solar power is ever going to make a big impact on Cook County, it is going to do so at least in part because of the efforts of the Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP). But CCLEP can’t do it alone, said Virginia Danfelt, Don Grant and George Wilkes, who came before the Grand Marais Public Utilities Commission on […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago Nov. 26, 2004 The board of the new charter school that is scheduled to open in Tofte in 2005 will ask ISD 166 to lease the space at the Birch Grove Center for its new school. The Birch Grove Community Center building, which is owned by ISD 166 and houses its elementary school as well as the […]
Biomass information sought for CCLEP compilation
Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP) is compiling information that will be of value to those burning wood or wood pellets for heat. It will be uploaded to the CCLEP website and contain resources for locally-available firewood and wood pellet fuel, as well as suppliers of pellet and wood-burning appliances and related services. If you’re offering firewood for sale and […]
Let’s Talk
If you don’t have something good to say…“If you don’t have something good to say, do not say anything at all.” How many times, while growing up, did we hear those words from our mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers? Maybe we listened or maybe we walked away, rolled your eyes and thought, “yeah, whatever.” Is it possible that once again, there is truth in the old adages? […]
AEOA offers help for homeowners facing potential foreclosure
The Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) has launched a campaign designed to get homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments, or worried about facing foreclosure, to contact them as soon as possible for help. The campaign, which includes informational posters throughout the region, brochures at public locations and through major employers, and public information meetings, is designed to increase […]