Lonnie Dupre and Pascale Marceau have encountered some tough sledding as they try to become the first people to summit Mount Carpe in the winter. At 12,552 feet, Mount Carpe stands in the shadow of Alaska’s Denali Mountain. Dupre and Marceau can expect minus 50-degree temperatures, high winds and 10 hours of daylight. The duo will fly into Katishna, the […]
Le Grand Du Nord mountain bike race coming in May
Mountain bike riders, if you aren’t on fat tires toiling through the snow, get out and start training now on back roads. The race season is right around the corner. The gravel will start flying at Le Grand Du Nord’s second annual gravel cycling event on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at 8 a.m. in downtown Grand Marais. Registration opened in […]
Why doesn’t God answer prayer?
Irish nuns, Iona Community members, a London prayer order: so many people prayed for Steve’s healing. South African churches, including a large Pentecostal church where services go on for two or three hours! (Seems like they could twist God’s arm…) In Australia, Canada, and all over the United States: people prayed for Steve’s cancer to disappear. And why not? If […]
Sandra Butler
Sandra Butler, Sandra Butler, 83, of St. Paul entered eternal rest on March 10, 2017. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Peter; siblings Suzanne (Robert) Flotten and James (Elizabeth) Kamman; children John (Sara Rottunda), Suzanne (Andrew) LeFevour, Paul (Barbara Thrasher), and Peter. Sandy was a long-time seasonal resident of Lutsen and had a deep love for the […]
Scooter (Todd) Kager
Scooter (Todd) Kager died on or about March 2, 2017. He is survived by his beloved dog Howie, his daughters Miranda and Allie Kager, his granddaughter Brooklynn, his sister Kelly Kager and brother Kevin Kager, his mother Joan Drury, his father Bud Kager, his father’s wife Helen, Helen’s children Vicki and Michael and their children as well as many other […]
Ian Patrick Holzman
Ian Patrick Holzman, 47, of Woodville, Wisconsin, passed away unexpectedly on March 1, 2017 at his residence. Ian was born October 27, 1969 in Victorville, Calif., the son of James Lane Holzman and Linda Ann (Rannels) Lewis. Ian graduated from Ely High School, the Class of 1988. Ian worked for his dad, Jim Holzman and step-mom Margy Nelson for several years […]
Willis Earl Schellberg
Willis Earl Schellberg: June 10, 1925 to March 8, 2017 Willis Earl Schellberg, 91, graduated to God’s Kingdom the morning of March 8, 2017 surrounded by his five children and five grandchildren in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Willis was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined the U.S. Navy during his senior year in high school. Upon graduation he entered active […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOMARCH 16, 2007 The Minnesota Department of Revenue has informed Tofte Township by letter that the town’s status as owners of Birch Grove makes them a “landlord” and thereby subject to property tax. The building and surrounding land were purchased last year from ISD 166 for $170,000. For the past five weeks, a group of peace activists has […]