There’s a sense of renewed energy in Grand Portage as the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa begins to completely renovate and expand the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino. “It’s time. More than 20 years have passed since the original casino was built and we can’t tell you how excited we are to have a newly renovated facility. The […]
The smart in the world
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. ESV: Proverbs 9 vs12. Another version of this is If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer” (NIV). We take these words of instruction into living in this wonderful and wacky world of […]
Laura Popkes takes part in alumni choir
Laura Dahl Popkes of Grand Marais will join the Weston Noble Alumni Choir in Decorah for its ninth and final reunion concert. The choir, representing Luther classes from 1949 to 2013, will meet for five days of intense rehearsals starting July 26 and culminating in the final reunion concert that features a performance by award-winning tenor Eric Cutler, Luther class […]
Gloria Loraine
Gloria Lorraine (Davidson) Lampel, 80, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2015 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Duluth. She was active and alert and living at home until just days before her passing. She was born on April 27, 1935 in Cokato – the second of four children- to Forrest and Selma Davidson. They moved to Moose Lake in 1941, where […]
Minnetonka man injured in ATV accident
A Minnetonka man driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) near Murmur Creek Road in Grand Marais skidded on gravel and lost control, suffering non-life-threatening injuries. John Lynch, 68, was driving a 1996 Polaris 425 on Benedict Lane at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 16. He suffered injuries to his left leg and head. He was not wearing a helmet. He […]
Motorcyclist crashes near Schroeder
A single-vehicle accident just west of Schroeder sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries on Saturday, August 15. Thomas G. Robinson, 64, of Fergus, Ontario was traveling east on Highway 61 near mile marker 76 at 9:50 a.m. when he saw a vehicle approaching the road and veered, going off the road and coming to rest on the […]
Busy week for Gunflint Search and Rescue
Cook County Law Enforcement received three calls reporting people lost in the wilderness last week. Fortunately all parties were found uninjured. The first call came in at 10:20 p.m. on Monday, August 10 from a woman in the Twin Cities concerned that her daughter, Shelby Piepho, 22, an EMT, and boyfriend, Braden Kohl, 29, a firefighter, had not returned home—and […]
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago Aug. 19, 2005 Reports that the Colvill town hall might be sold brought out over two dozen residents of the East End community last Friday night. The general consensus after about an hour of discussion led by Commissioner Janice Hall was “let’s keep it.” The idea to sell the old white clapboard community club surfaced last month […]
The other side of the same coin
It may simply have been serendipity, but it certainly felt predestined when I saw Senator Al Franken’s letter to the editor in the newspaper recently. Here, in just a few short paragraphs, was fodder for several pages of commentary related to the frustrating state of our current education landscape. Given space limitations, however, those ramblings will have to wait. the […]
Sharing information to fight invasives on the North Shore
Since coming to the North Shore this spring, Laurel Wilson has been busy with her duties and events as the Cook County Invasives Team (CCIT) coordinator. She hit the ground running with events in conjunction with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Play- Clean-Go programs and hasn’t stopped, leading wildflower hikes at least once a month and more. Wilson, who is […]