The delicious aroma of baking cookies wafted from my kitchen as I lounged on the sofa, feet elevated, a pillow behind my head. I wasn’t the baker. My daughter was. She’d come for a weekend visit and surprised me by bringing a krumkake iron. On Saturday afternoon she got busy baking a batch of these delicacies. Krumkake is a Scandinavian […]
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Santa flew all of the way from the North Pole, with a stop in Arizona, to greet children and their parents in Grand Marais on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Gunflint Mercantile. Here, Laura and Jacob Muus brought 6-week-old Mateo Muus to meet Santa Claus and Mateo seemed pretty impressed with the bearded giant giftgiver.
Supernatural Lake Superior comes to the Grand Marais Library
Chad Lewis returns for another presentation at the Grand Marais Public Library on Tuesday, January 8, at 1 p.m. His presentation is titled “Supernatural Lake Superior” and is a new topic from a presenter who has visited our community previously with well-received talks about Haunted Minnesota, Strange Creatures of Minnesota, and more. Lewis conducts thoughtful research on supernatural topics, presents […]
Library announces winter programming
The Grand Marais Public Library announces two winter programming lineups to begin in the New Year. Friday Night Reels, the showing of films at the library on Friday evenings, will be presented once again beginning Friday, January 4, at 6 p.m., and Winter Wednesdays is slated to begin on Wednesday, January 9, at 6 p.m. Each series is scheduled to […]
Rink in Tofte opens for ice skating
Time to lace up your skates and head outside for some winter fun. The ice skating rink is open at Birch Grove Community Center in Tofte! A warming hut and bathroom are available for use at the rink. Need skates? There are many skates to choose from – please borrow and return to the shelves when done. Enjoy the rink […]
Art Colony offers Studio Painting: Water as Metaphor
The Grand Marais Art Colony is offering Studio Painting: Water as Metaphor on January 19-21, with a two- or three-day option. Karen Owsley Nease will teach the class. Come into the studio this winter with your favorite images and ideas and, with Karen’s guidance, discover how to use visual metaphors in your work. Specifically, students will explore how water is […]
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Ruby’s Pantry Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, 2nd Tuesday of the month food distribution 5 – 6:30 p.m., $20 (cash only) Sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Church. You will be amazed at all the food you get at the Cook County High School. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and […]
Boys fall to Moose Lake/ Willow River
Not many teams are quicker than Cook County, but the Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels played with a maddeningly fast pace last Friday night, and they definitely have a squad full of players with quick feet. Behind those quick feet and a deep bench, the Rebels used an incredibly strong second half of play to post a 77-55 win over a […]
Bird count in, numbers down
Warm temperatures brought out the bird counters, but as for spotting a wide variety of birds, preliminary numbers show the Audubon Christmas bird count (CBC) was down this year when compared to most years. All told 37 species were spotted on the count day, and with the count week not quite completed three more species were added. “We’ve had over […]