On Saturday, November 10, the Cook County Community YMCA had five swimmers attend the YMCA swimming meet in Superior, Wisconsin and, said Y swimming coach Jacqueline Mallison, “We saw some great performances!” “Leif Lundstrom, our youngest swimmer attending this meet, competed in a 4 x 50 meter relay with boys many years his senior in the race. Leif also did […]
Who is Daylight Saving?
I hibernate when it is dark…my body tells me its jammie time the minute the sun goes down. This time of year is a real struggle for me. After 5 p.m. I am useless. I don’t want to go out. I want to read and drink hot beverages and hunker down for the night. That means about 17 hours of […]
First Annual Dark Skies Festival to be held in Cook County
Head north to celebrate some of the nation’s darkest skies on Dec. 14-15. The Dark Sky Festival is the first annual celebration of its kind in the Arrowhead Region, and it will feature presentations from Minnesota’s Dark Sky experts. University of Minnesota – Duluth Faculty Administrator Joel Halvorson, faculty researcher Jim Rock, and their students will bring back the traveling […]
Great Buy & Swap Gear Sale at North House
Toes on the line, wait for the countdown…and grab that gear you’ve been looking for! Whether it’s a woodstove for your winter tent, a pair of backcountry skis, or a new (old) wool shirt, you’re sure to find a great deal. Bring your outdoor equipment to sell or get in on some great bargains and buy. Registration for items in […]
Book feedback welcome at the library
Grand Marais Public Library is helping readers share their reading experience with others. A newly undertaken endeavor to place a slip of paper inside the cover of a book invites readers to leave a brief comment for the next person who may pick up that book. Notes should be anonymous, and may include things that give subsequent readers feedback about […]
Don’t miss Tim Cochrane at Johnson Heritage Post
Author Tim Cochrane will do a presentation on the release of his new book Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade. Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais reveals how the lives of local fur traders and the area’s indigenous people were shaped and influenced by Lake Superior through the journals of two clerks of […]
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. The dinner will be held at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Grand Marais. The meal will be served family […]
Oh Ole Night Parade coming Nov. 23
Make merry and attend the upcoming annual Oh Ole Night parade that will be held at 5:50 p.m. on Friday, November 23. Rumors are that Santa will be around, and there’s a good chance that Murray the Moose will be in attendance and maybe even that very funny Skippy Seagull from Joynes Department Store might be in the parade if […]
Coming to a mailbox near you— Cook County Library Mailing
Residents of rural Cook County may have found something new in their mailboxes, – a brochure from the Mail-A-Book program offered through Arrowhead Library System. Mail-A-Book is a service for individuals who live outside a town that has a library, and is intended to deliver library materials directly to the home of distant users. In order to participate, interested parties […]
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. […]