Sturgeons, the leviathans of freshwater fish, have become scarcer since the early 1900s due to stressors, including overfishing, other industrial uses for the fish, and polluted waters. Today, thanks to the Clean Water Act and rigorous reintroduction projects involving habitat restoration and stocking, lake sturgeon are faring much better. Curated by Ryuta Nakajima and Darren Houser, of the UMN-Duluth’s Department […]
What is PFLAG? Come find out
There will be a meeting to determine the interest for developing a local PFLAG chapter in Grand Marais on November 19 at 6 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, South Room (follow signs in narthex). What is PFLAG? It was founded in 1973 after the simple act of a mother publicly supporting her gay son; PFLAG is […]
Community Calendar
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner Come eat with us. Gather as neighbors so that strangers might become friends. Join us around the tables so that we can build up our community with love and kindness. Celebrate and give thanks at the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at First Congregational Church. Dinner will be served family style at 1:00 p.m., on Thanksgiving Day. […]
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Grand Marais adventurer Lonnie Dupre is shown here in one of the ice caves he makes for himself as he climbs North America’s highest mountain in the dead of winter. Dupre is making a second attempt to solo climb Mount Hunter in Alaska this coming January 2019. If he’s successful maybe he will write a book about his experience like […]
Lonnie Dupre recounts his epic adventure to climb Mount Denali
Alone at the Top is Grand Marais adventurer Lonnie Dupre’s latest book—this one describes his harrowing account of becoming the first person to solo climb Mount Denali in the bleakest, darkest, coldest time of the year, January. After three failed attempts, Dupre, then 53, summited North America’s tallest mountain alone in 2015, fighting through fatigue, loneliness, and darkness, narrowly escaping […]
Vascko leads Buck’s Big Buck Contest
A Stillwater, Minnesota hunter is the early leader in the 2018 Buck’s Big Buck Contest. Jacks Vascko’s 229-pound, 6-ounce field dressed buck is the heaviest entry so far. The difference between second and third place is about one or two good munches of grass for a deer. Denise Axtell’s field dressed buck weighs 213 pounds and 8 ounces. The Hovland […]
Deer Season 2018
So far, my hunting experience has involved Bo and I sitting in a blind for an hour at a time before he completely wakes up to the realization that he is trapped in a tent staring at the trees while being hushed every time he makes a noise – not exactly a 5-year-old boy’s idea of a fun Saturday morning. […]
Winter Driving Tips
Halloween has come and gone, and the national forest has again been spared the agonies of a zombie apocalypse. If you are headed out to the woods to enjoy the last bits of fall before the snow comes down permanently, remember that deer firearms hunting season continues in our area until November 18. Be aware of hunting activity in the […]
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Tales
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte) worked the busy opening weekend of the firearms deer season. He assisted with a DWI arrest and fielded many calls about hunting regulations. Enforcement action was taken for hunting over bait, DWI and license violations. CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais) dealt with illegal deer baiting, checked whitefish nets and activity and assisted the Sheriff ’s Office […]
Hay works on short college film
University of Northwestern student Brenna Hay is working as the casting assistant and with gaffers on a short film called, “My First Funeral.” Ann Sorenson, a UNW professor of communication, is leading the project and directing the film. The film tells the short story of Pastor Paul, fresh out of seminary, who had diligently prepared for his first funeral. […]