Thursday morning was a good time to skijor through town. Even though the roads had been plowed, snow continued to fall. While it was fun for some, everyone greeted the storm with glee. “This is heart attack snow,” said the young man, breathing heavily as he laboriously shoveled what amounted to slush outside of his downtown Grand Marais business on […]
Sanders creates Mobius Zipper
He didn’t know it as a child, but the work of two German mathematicians in 1858, Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Mobius, who would co-discover a ruled surface with only one side and one boundary component that would be named a Mobius strip, would one day prompt Doug Sanders to create a Mobius Zipper. “Many years ago I made […]
MPCA issues PolyMet air and water permits
On Thursday, December 20, The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued the final air and water permits for PolyMet’s proposed NorthMet project in northeastern Minnesota. The announcement was an early Christmas present for some. For others, it was like finding their Christmas stocking had been filled with lumps of coal. Earlier in the month, on Dec. 4, a coalition of […]
Filing period to open for West End townships elections
The filing period for all three West End townships opens soon and will remain open through 5 p.m. January 15, 2019. The last day (most) candidates can withdraw is 5 p.m. on January 17. Each township is seeking candidates for office; most are three-year terms as supervisor and two-year terms as clerk or treasurer. All of the townships call for […]
Off-street parking encouraged during and after snowfall
With all of the recent snowfall, Cook County and the City of Grand Marais are encouraging residents to park vehicles off-street, if possible, to allow for efficient snow plowing and emergency vehicle access. “When vehicles are parked on-street, especially on both sides of a street, it impedes snow clearing efforts and emergency response times,” said Valerie Marasco, director, Emergency Management […]
Dragnet— Final Episode
Dum-da-dum-dum It’s Tuesday, September 4th, 12:03 p.m. I’m Sergeant Joe Friday. Speck’s driveway trailed away in my rear-view mirror as I headed back to town. I couldn’t help thinking, “Some puzzles are easier to put together than others.” Aside from the possibility that pieces are missing from the box, I’ve found the most difficult puzzles are those with pieces that […]
Writer asks for tolerance
I am sorry to hear Stanley Westbrook has been exiled to Detritus Island, even if it is self-imposed. Living in waste instead of Lutsen in winter must be a terrible burden for anyone. But his admonitions about the Pleiadeans is really less to fear than his exile. What people want to believe is irrelevant to those of us serving on […]
How to train your kitten
A kitten for Christmas? Your birthday? What better gift could you get? Probably none, but training kittens takes love. Takes patience. Takes energy and time. But if you have the energy, time, love and patience, you can train your cat. All my life I have had cats. Also dogs, but there have been times when I haven’t had a dog […]
Fundraising effort begun for Eddy
Jim Boyd Meet Eddy, the canine member of the team at the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office. With his human partner, Deputy Paul Spry, Eddy works to keep us safe day and night, whenever and wherever he is needed. Eddy has trained hard, and continues to train hard, in skills such as sniffing out narcotics, finding lost people, searching buildings, […]
