Thoughts on Memorial Day
The American holiday we call Memorial Day, observed since 1971 as a federal holiday on the last Monday in May, began in the late 1860s as a recognition of those who had died, giving their lives to the conflict among brothers we have come to know as the American Civil War. The day was originally known as “Decoration Day.” Each […]
Anita D. Sommerness
Anita D. Sommerness was born on December 8, 1921, in Faribault, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Ralph and Mary Margaret “Molly” (Treacy) Merrill. Anita was baptized as an infant and was later confirmed in her faith as a youth, both at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Faribault. She received her education at Bethlehem Academy, and was a graduate of […]
Joanne Therese Hart
Joanne Therese Hart, poet and longtime resident of Morris, Minnesota and Grand Portage, Minnesota, died peacefully at Sannes Skogdalen Heim in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Born September 25, 1927, she was 90 years old. Joanne’s devotion to inscribing in poetry the meditative quality of life centered in the non-human world is her legacy to the many […]
New Arrival
Introducing Sonja Marie Wahlstrom. Sonja was born May 5, 2018 at 6:47 p.m. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces. Proud parents are April and Tom Wahlstrom of Grand Marais.
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOMAY 23, 2008 More than 30 people brought 2,137 pounds of personal papers to Grand Marais State Bank’s parking lot to be shredded by a bonded shredding company. The bank, which offers the service for free, also took in 500 pounds of papers in Tofte. Eric Kemp was sworn in as the new school board member at ISD […]
CCHS Envirothon teams shine at state competition
It won’t be too long before the school will have to build another trophy case to house all of the hardware the kids are bringing home. Two weeks ago the school’s two Envirothon teams took home two trophies for their high state qualifying places in the regional Envirthon tournament. Cook County High School sent two teams to compete at the […]
Road tripping with Envirothon
This past weekend, I spent two days driving the mini-bus to Slayton, Minnesota with our two Envirothon teams that advanced to the state competition. Our students left at around noon on Sunday and made the 450-mile expedition to the southwest corner of the state. Following the competition on Monday, they got back on the bus and made the trek back […]
New hires at I.S.D. 166
The Cook County I.S.D. 166 school board met on Thursday, May 10 and as part of their business accepted some resignations and made some hires for the coming 2018-2019 school year. Megan Trumper has been hired as the new school counselor for 2018/2019. She will fill the vacancy that will be left Kris Hoffmann, who will leave at the end […]