When I was younger and on the canoe trail I used to go across portages as fast as I could. I remember friends with whom it was somewhat of a competition. That meant of course that what I usually saw was the path in front of me. Either I had the canoe on my shoulders blocking most the view of […]
William “Bill” Gamble
William “Bill” Gamble M.D. died peacefully in his Plymouth, Minnesota home on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 with his loving family at his side. His greatest pleasures were his faith, his family and his profession. In his profession, he most enjoyed his patients, building his clinical practice and surgery group and teaching. After retiring from surgical practice, he taught residents from […]
Betty Arlene (Burge) Larsen
Betty Arlene (Burge) Larsen passed away on the evening of her 81st birthday, September 27, 2016, at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais. She had visited with many loved ones that day, celebrating with ice cream cake, flowers, Facebook messages and cards. Born to parents Freda (Stelter) and William Burge in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Betty was the fifth child in […]
Lions Club District Governor visits Grand Marais
The new Lions Club District Governor Mel Milender, along with his wife, Lion Mary Lou, visited the Grand Marais Lions Club at the September 17 meeting at the Grand Marais Rec. Park building. The District Governor was recently inducted into office at the 99th International Lions Clubs Convention in Fukuoka, Japan with 35,000 Lions in attendance from around the world. […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 6, 2006 Students at Grand Portage Elementary School will be honored in St. Paul next week when their artwork, inspired by the paintings and drawings of the late George Morrison (a Grand Portage tribal member) will go on exhibit at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. The work will be installed in a special room next to […]
Hovland Fire Department faces nighttime crisis scenario
Anyone monitoring Hovland area emergency radios late in the evening on Thursday, September 22 would have been alarmed to hear of a terrible collision between a bicyclist and a pickup truck on North Road. Hovland First Responders and the Hovland Safety Team Operational Patrol (STOP) gathered at the Hovland Fire Hall and mobilized to respond to the crisis in the […]
Grand Marais State Bank donates $1,000 to food shelf
On Tuesday, October 4, the Cook County Food Shelf received a generous check of $1,000 from the Grand Marais State Bank. Presenting the gift to Food Shelf volunteer coordinator Gwen Lenz was Bank President Mike LaVigne In giving thanks, Lenz said, “We distribute food to 125 families each month, and we are not supported by the state or city or […]
Local daycares earn prestigious Ratings
A select group of local pre-kindergarten early education programs are the newest programs to earn Parent Aware Ratings, which let area parents know that they are using kindergarten readiness best practices to help children. “These folks really deserve a lot of credit for doing the right thing for Minnesota’s youngest children,” said Ericca Maas, executive director of Parent Aware for […]
Maintenance and more on Tofte agenda
With winter just around the corner—hopefully a real long corner— Tofte supervisors made a flurry of motions at the September 8 board meeting with a nod to the oncoming cold weather. Snow removal bids will be sought for the Birch Grove Community Center building, town hall/fire hall, and the cemetery road. “We also need someone to remove snow from the […]