The Grand Marais Public Library will present Flying Words with Creativity Tank at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 5. The free art program will lead participants in the process of designing their own personal flags through drawing and painting on fabric. Simple stitching will complete the project for hanging. This program is designed for elementary ages through adult; there is a maximum […]
Community Calendar
Events at Drury Lane Books Saturday, July 23, 5 p.m.: Writer’s Salon with authors Kim Alan Chapman and James Armstrong reading from their book, Nature, Culture, and Two Friends Talking. Also on Saturdays at 11 a.m., Muffin Man Story Hour with stories for young children. West End Garden Club’s Flower Show Everything Under the Sun….and Shade will be held July […]
Inspirational stories shared for Move It! awards
It’s not too hard to get people moving in July when the temperatures are comfortable and the sun shines until late at night. But in the spring, people tend to slow down a bit and sometimes fall into the unhealthy habit of not moving. That is why the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic’s Moving Matters program, the Cook County Senior Center and […]
YMCA seeks adult role models
Mentor North Shore is in search of caring adult role models who are looking to be a support, guide, resource and friend to a child in the Cook County area. Mentor North Shore is a collaboration of Mentor Duluth. The program evolved from the “Fatherless Boys Association” formed in 1938 through the Duluth YMCA. In 1996 other youth serving agencies […]
Local rollers do well at Namekagon River Roll-Off
The last time Dominic Wilson and Dominick Magnone rolled against each other, Magnone, of Chicago, Illinois, came back to win three falls to two. This last Sunday, July 16, however, the tables were turned when the two met once again in the finals for the U-13 boys division at the Namekagon River Roll-Off in Hayward, Wisconsin in the Lumberjack Bowl, […]
Journey 4 renewal makes progress
“After a full day of being wind bound, we decided to night paddle to ring in the solstice! The moon lit our path along the glassy water,” wrote Tessa Larson on her journey4renewal blog. Larson posted her blog on June 21. She and three friends, Chelsea Froemke, Stephanie Branchaud, and Whitney Vogel, all of whom have worked as wilderness guides […]
Where are the fish biting?
Tyson at the Beaver House said someone caught a 28-inch walleye on Devil Track recently. Walleyes are biting on Devil Track on chartreuse or pink Beaver Flicks 8-14 feet deep in the evenings. Crescent Lake with a leech and slip bobber, also Elbow, East Twin, Poplar, Ball Club, Brule in the BWCA and Two Island Lake are also doing well. […]
MPCA refines wild rice— excess sulfate standards
A new technical support document (TSD) released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) details how the agency has refined its draft proposal to protect wild rice in response to more than 600 comments. The agency released its initial Draft Proposal for Protecting Wild Rice from Excess Sulfate in March 2015, and requested comments on the proposal in October 2015. […]
Blueberry Picking 101
Every summer, typically in late July, the wild blueberries and raspberries begin to ripen for the picking in many areas along the Gunflint Trail. The lush northwoods are riddled with patches of blue and red, tucked away amongst the deadfall and scrubby brush. All that is required to harvest nature’s sweet treats? A sense of adventure, a pail, and enough […]
Conservation Officer Tales
CO Mary Manning (Hovland) handled calls about public waters including a dock installation and a nuisance beaver on a trout stream. Both callers opted to contact the local CO before their project started rather than find out later that some paperwork was lacking and thus earn more. The officer also checked anglers inland and on Lake Superior; several local boaters […]