The First Day of the Week…
That is exactly where you are, where I am, right now. No matter how you measure time, by life or work, vacation, retirement, school, or play-time, today is the first day of the week: your week, my week, earth’s week, and the week of life that we are in, now. A recent “stint” with cancer showed me a little more […]
Patricia Gaines Johnson
Patricia Gaines Johnson, 92, of Baxter, Minn. and formerly of Grand Marais and Edina, died peacefully on Dec. 28, 2017 surrounded by family. A funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd followed by a luncheon. Visitation will begin at noon. Memorials may be made to Citizens United for Research […]
Lucille “Lu” Pettijohn
Lucille “Lu” Pettijohn, 104, Grand Marais, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at North Shore Health. She was born July 13, 1913 to John and Estelle (Willing) Kasner in Foley, Minnesota. She grew up in Foley, Hibbing, and St. Cloud, graduating from Cathedral High School in St. Cloud. She entered St. Mary’s School of Nursing in 1931 and graduated in 1934. […]
Stanley A. Suck
Stanley A. Suck, 84, died in Casa Grande, Arizona on Jan. 25, 2018. He was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on Dec. 15, 1933 and grew up on a farm near Phillips, Nebraska, graduating from Phillips High School in 1951. He attended one year of college in Hastings, Nebraska but couldn’t decide on a major course of study, so he […]
Spring Fever at the Care Center
The residents were working hard last week filling eggs for the community Easter egg hunt held on March 31st. There were 2,902 eggs filled in all! This project is a community service that the residents participate in every year. It brings them a lot of satisfaction knowing they are helping make it a special day for the little ones. Spring […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOAPRIL 4, 2008 A fire at the historic Hungry Jack Lodge on March 26 gutted the main building despite all the efforts of the Gunflint Volunteer Fire Department. The structure was deemed a total loss. The county Sheriff ’s Office reported that the cause is believed to be a candle which was left burning in a bathroom. No […]
Public meetings on county bonding coming up next week
A public information session about the process and the purpose for the county’s proposed Capital Improvement Bonds (CIP) will be held on Monday, April 9, 2018, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners Room of the Cook County Courthouse. Projects include road and bridge improvements with an expected cost of $7,000,000. The local Transportation Sales Tax authorized by the Cook County […]
SMMPA purchases wind energy
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) recently signed a power purchase agreement with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) to buy 100 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from the Stoneray Wind Project in Minnesota beginning in 2020. Thanks in part to recent transmission upgrades throughout rural areas of Minnesota, this project, located in Southwestern Minnesota was propelled forward. Construction is expected […]