In a word, said Greg Wright, executive director of North House Folk School (NHFS), North House is “thriving.” Wright came before the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, March 22 with an encouraging 2015 year-end report depicting the school’s sustained growth. Wright said according to the Google analytical statistics, NHFS had 429,057 website visits in the last 12 months. […]
North Shore Health Care Foundation grants $13,748
Since 1993, the North Shore Health Care Foundation (NSHCF) has offered support to individuals and organizations involved in healthcare in Cook County. Thanks to its generous donors, NSHCF has distributed over $669,569 in grants since it was founded. NSHCF Director Karl Hansen announced the latest round of grants last week. One award went to Cook County Emergency Management, which hosts […]
Banadad, Border Route and ATV trails support approved
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) cross country skiers were saddened this past winter when they learned the Banadad Trail was blocked by downed trees and brush which meant they couldn’t ski much of the famed trail. Although a volunteer crew had worked diligently in the fall to get the trail ready for winter, an early December 2015 storm dumped […]
Slippery roads cause two-car crash in Hovland
Cook County Law Enforcement received a call reporting a two-vehicle crash on Highway 61 in Hovland on Sunday, April 3 at 12:17 p.m. Anna Ross, 18, of Duluth, was traveling east on Highway 61 in a 2007 Mazda 3. She slowed to make a left-hand turn at 5901 East Highway 61 and was rear-ended by a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan driven […]
Four escape serious injury in pickup rollover in Lutsen
A pick-up truck went off the road near mile marker 92 in Lutsen on Saturday, April 2, sending four people to the hospital. Fortunately none of the injuries were life threatening. Kyle D. Kropelnicki, 38, of Hastings, Minnesota was driving north on Highway 61 in a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado when the truck went into the ditch and hit an embankment. […]
Park board getting ready for golfing and campers
With snow back in the forecast it might seem odd to be talking about golf, but Gunflint Hills Golf Course Superintendent Mike Kunshier addressed the Grand Marais Park Board at its April 5 meeting and told the board he was preparing for what he hopes will be a good summer of play. “I checked the greens and they look great,” […]
Assisted living and golfing on EDA agenda
Cook County/ Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) board members made quick work of regular agenda items before ending the March 8, 2016 meeting with a double closed session. Superior National on track for opening Superior National at Lutsen golf course finances for February 2016 were reviewed and EDA Treasurer Scott Harrison, acting as manager of the golf course, said […]
Madison Roy earns North Shore Storm’s Hobey Baker award
Fans of Cook County High School sports know that Madison “Maddy” Roy, a senior, is an outstanding volleyball and softball player, but many don’t know that Maddy played hockey during the winter. Roy has spent the last five winters traveling to practice in Silver Bay and Two Harbors to play on the combined North Shore Storm high school girls’ hockey […]
Loving lime, not Lyme
It has not been a secret to my friends that I have had Lyme disease for about three years. Most days I feel fine and can do just about anything I’d like to do. On bad days it’s as if life has handed me a basket of lemons and limes…pun fully intended. On those days I rest and recuperate. It […]
Little Red Robin Hood debuts April 15
The Grand Marais Playhouse is busy working on the community youth production of Little Red Robin Hood by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. The entertaining performance is described by Pioneer Drama Service this way: “We’ve all seen fractured fairy tales before, but never quite like this one, which takes a hilarious detour through Robin Hood’s Nottingham and Sherwood Forest! “Leave […]