The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold auditions for “Shrek The Musical” on April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Auditions are open to all community members. This will feature a mostly adult cast. There are large and small roles to fill. No stage experience is necessary! Stipends will be given to the cast and crew. […]
Permit to Carry class
A Minnesota Permit to Carry Class will be held Saturday, April 21, at Trail Center Lodge on the Gunflint Trail. It will be taught by Tim Nelson, A USCCA certified instructor on Point Firearms Training. The classroom portion of the class will run from 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. and it will be followed by live fire qualification at […]
Community Calendar
I.S.D. 166 Regular School Board Meeting The School Board of I.S.D. 166 will meet for a regular meeting Thursday, April 19 2018, 5:00 p.m., in Jane Mianowski Conference Center, 101 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN. Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5 – 6:30 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of […]
Baseball starts off with a win
On a cold snowy day the Cook County High School baseball team started its season with an 8-1 win over rival Silver Bay Mariners on the Mariners’ home field in a contest played Tuesday, April 10. Head coach Arleigh Jorgenson had to be pleased with his pitchers. Tristen Bockovich took the mound and pitched the first five innings, striking out […]
Vikings softball team loses opener
The Cook County High School girls’ fast pitch softball team traveled to Silver Bay on Tuesday, April 10 to play the Silver Bay Mariners on a snowy, cold, cold day and fell 18-8. The game was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule. With the Vikings’ practice field slowly unraveling from the snow, this was not only the […]
Former CCHS basketball coach retires
After 43 years of coaching Rich Odell, former Cook County High School (CCHS) basketball coach, announced his retirement. His career record was 595-385. Mr. Odell started coaching at CCHS in the fall of 1975 and coached for about a half-dozen years here before moving to Virginia, Minnesota, where he took his team to the state tournament twice. Before leaving CCHS, […]
Lloyd K. Johnson scholarships a plum
One of the highlights— if not the highlight— of graduation ceremonies at I.S.D. 166 is the announcement of the Lloyd K. Johnson scholarship recipients. Kids who might not have afforded college are now in school, getting an education and setting up their future because of these funds. Rachael Forsyth, administrative support and scholarship program assistant, answered some questions for the […]
Dupre, Marceau, Stice first to summit Jeannette Peak
A small contingency of mountain climbers led by Grand Marais cold weather adventurer Lonnie Dupre recently did something no other climbers had ever done before when they summited Jeannette Peak. On April 2, 2018, at 5:10 p.m. PST, Dupre and Canadians Pascale Marceau of Canmore and Vern Stice of Edmonton reached the summit of Jeannette Peak. At 3,089 meters/10,135 feet, […]
Cook County lakes set for spear fishing
With the full rights guaranteed under the (1837) and 1854 ceded treaty declarations signed with the U.S. government, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has announced plans to spearfish/net in seven Cook County lakes this spring. Fond du Lac will issue the same amount of permits it issued in 2017. The band has announced the following lakes […]