As we roll from the crazy days of summer into the peak weekends for fall colors, we notice a shift in the air and it’s not just the temperature. Time slows down and so do our visitors. While the kids are back in school, the adults will play. From gallery hopping and romantic dinners to wine tasting and leaf looking […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOSEPT. 26, 2008 The Cook County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to deny a rezoning request for a 5.4-acre parcel on Sag Lake at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The vote occurred quickly, and with little discussion among the board following about an hour’s worth of public comment. Three months after a historic six-inch rainfall caused widespread damage […]
Electric charging stations coming to Grand Marais
Grand Marais is one step closer to joining Minnesota’s electric vehicle charging corridor, which runs from the Twin Cities to Thunder Bay. In late August, city council voted in favor of the PCU granting a license to allow Zeff to place two electric vehicle charging stations in the City Hall parking lot. The city’s license is good for seven years, […]
County commissioners conduct busy meeting
The following motions were approved during the Cook County Board of Commissioners September 25 meeting. . Upon completion of the work, Nesgoda Service LLP, and Chuck’s Wood Services will receive $41,850 and $101,085 to cut and clear the Poplar Lake area for the purpose of reducing fire danger in wildland urban interface areas. The payments are capped and will be […]
School board gets construction update
School board members received an update on the culinary arts and science rooms that were built over the summer at the board’s September 20 meeting. Work is almost finished on the culinary arts addition, said superintendent Dr. Bill Crandall. The science room is 98 percent finished, said Ryan Erspamer, a manager for Architectural Resources Inc. who is overseeing the work. […]
Local artists and organizations receive grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
Several Cook County artists and organizations were awarded grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council on September 20, 2018. Arts Learning North Shore Music Association of Grand Marais was awarded a $5,000 Arts Learning grant to support the 28th Annual Bluegrass Masters Weekend at Lutsen Resort. Three days of small-group jamming around the lodge, one full day of vocal workshops […]
Viking football beats North Woods 38-26
The first two times Ethan Sporn touched the ball he ran for touchdowns in the Vikings’ Friday, Sept. 21 home game against the North Woods Grizzlies. Sporn’s first touchdown came on an 80-yard blast up the middle and his second T.D. run came on a 56-yard scamper through the North Woods defense. Oh, and those two plays were the first […]
Vikings lose to Proctor
The CCHS Vikings got off to a slow start in a non-conference game against the Proctor Rails on Monday, Sept. 24, losing 25-13 in the first game played at home in the Pam Taylor gym. Second set action, however, was fast and furious as each team fought to a 12-12 tie before Proctor, behind the big jump serve of Payton […]
David and Lise Abaz retire
Swarms of biting bugs, spadefuls of rich soil, and harvests of every color of the rainbow: this has been life at Round River Farm for the past 31 years. I have been lucky to be connected with Lise and David Abaz’s farm for the past five of these years, first as an intern and now living on the farm with […]
Service Learning Project: Sweetheart’s Bluff timber frame raising
Join North House Folk School instructors Mike Loeffler and Anne Grinager to raise two new picnic shelter frames at the Sweetheart’s Bluff nature area in Grand Marais. This class is for anyone interested in getting an introduction to timber framing. We will be raising two 12- by 12-foot frames as day use shelters on the local trail system of Sweetheart’s […]