Gordon Lindquist to visit Ugandan health care clinic he raised funds for
He’s 89, still spry, his hearing is good, and he’s as mentally adept as most people half his age. But Gordon Lindquist said he’s slowing down some, and this might be his last visit to Uganda. He has quite a story to tell, and it’s worth sharing. The mortality rate for mothers and their newborns dropped significantly since the opening […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 24, 2008 Roen Salvage Co. is in town for the next week or so dredging the harbor. Roen, oldtimers will remember, pulled the log rafts across the lake, including the last raft when the times changed, making the large booms of logs a piece of Lake Superior history. Now Roen’s operation works the Great Lakes doing all […]
County board discusses radio tower, trail leases
Cook County IT Director Rena Rogers came before the Cook County commissioners on Tuesday, October 23 with a request for the commissioners to approve three tower contracts with WTIP Radio and a second request asking the county to waive the annual WTIP lease amount rate of $10,416 for the first five years in exchange for the public safety services provided […]
Sawtooth Mountain Bike Challenge draws nice field at Pincushion Trails
The annual Sawtooth Mountain Bike Challenge, made up of three adult and two single-track youth races, took off on Saturday morning, October 20 at Pincushion Mountain. The event acts as a fundraiser for Superior Cycling Association’s trail maintenance and this year 34 riders showed up from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario to compete. Three different courses were available: an 8-mile citizen […]
European-style Christmas market
North Shore Winery event announcement—North Shore Winery (NSW) will hold its first European-style Christmas market on Friday, November 23 from noon-6 p.m. at the winery in Lutsen. NSW’s first Christmas market will offer a variety of art, gifts, food, and wines – either to enjoy yourself or to give as holiday gifts for friends and family. The market will sell holiday decorations, art, art […]
My Halloween Tweet
Halloween is a fun holiday if you don’t count the macabre. I’ve always enjoyed this time of the year and have good memories of trick and treating with my neighborhood friend, Naomi. We ran around our neighborhood through dark and windy October nights, dressed in old 1940s dresses and hats we found in Mom’s attic. We weren’t much for costumes […]
Lutsen Mountains sets winter music schedule
Papa Charlie’s at Lutsen Mountains is known as one of the premier concert venues in Minnesota. Lutsen, a small township of fewer than 500 residents, clearly has draw power beyond its size to lure acts that play festival crowds of 15,000-plus to its intimate slope side venue. World class scenery and recreation immerse both fans and performers in a vacation […]
Pete Stauber making one last swing through Cook County
Republican 8th Congressional District candidate Pete Stauber will visit Cook County on Thursday, November 1 at about 7:45 p.m. at the Schroeder Town Hall to visit with attendees. As his campaign winds down, Stauber is including a brief stop in Cook County during a four-day whirlwind trip to all the counties across the district. He is competing against Joe Radinovich […]