Dollar General. Just how much will it cost Grand Marais and Cook County? Just last week one of our three budget shops returned $73,000 back into the community; will that continue? With the exception of food, most of what Dollar General sells is already available here at low cost. And budget shops recycle; less to be transported to out-of-county landfills. […]
Not the end of the world
I first heard rumors that a “dollar store” was coming to Grand Marais last summer. I disregarded it as just that—a rumor like many others circulated over the years. There has been gossip that a MacDonald’s was going to be built on the vacant lot next to Como Oil and Propane. There was talk of a Canadian donut shop, Tim […]
Community enjoys world premiere of CRAZY, COLD, BEAUTIFUL
The community gathered at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Friday, February 5 for the world premiere of CRAZY, COLD, BEAUTIFUL, a series of 17 songs written to remember and honor the history and culture of sled dog racing on Minnesota’s North Shore. Many of the voices that join in song for the annual community Christmas concert were heard again, as well […]
Visit Cook County wins another tourism award
For the second year in a row, Visit Cook County took home an award for outstanding travel marketing at the annual Explore Minnesota Tourism Conference. This year’s award, a Travel Marketing Award of Merit, honored the summer 2015 “Juxtaposition” campaign. Last year’s award, the Travel Marketing Award of Excellence, recognized the innovative 2014 transit based awareness campaign, which wrapped Twin […]
American Legion manager recognized
With the changes coming to the building on First Avenue in Grand Marais that houses American Legion Post 413, the Legion “house committee”—the subcommittee that has overseen operations at the lounge for three decades—took a moment at a recent meeting to express appreciation to Terry Breithaupt and his wife Janet. Breithaupt, a retired Marine Lieutenant Commander and a Legion member, […]
Vernon H. Backlund
Funeral services for Vernon H. Backlund, 87, of Irmo, were held Monday, February 8, 2016 at Temples Halloran Funeral Home Chapel, 5400 Bush River Road, Columbia, South Carolina. Reverend Richard Humphries officiated. Born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Simon Backlund and Elizabeth Skoog Backlund, Swedish immigrants who settled in northern Minnesota. He grew up […]
Susan Kay Nelson
Susan Kay Nelson, 52, of Tofte, died peacefully Saturday, January 30, 2016 at St. Mary’s/ Essentia Health Medical Center in Duluth. Susan Kay Terry was born April 8, 1963 the daughter of Lee and Maxine Terry in Craig, Colorado. She was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Rawlins, Wyoming. Sue graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming […]
Heroes
A soldier, far from home on a moonscape of rock and sand, prays to be a good warrior without hardening his heart against the loving and gracious Spirit of his God. He presses hard in prayer to the Maker and Humbler of nations to be the husband and father he cannot be while he follows the life he believes is […]
