Chuck Petek shoveled snow in front of his barbershop on Thursday morning. Due to the slick roads and continually falling snow, he didn’t expect to be very busy, but just in case someone was able to clear a path and get out of the house and needed his hair cut, Chuck was open for business.
Operation Family Christmas another huge success
“This year Operation Family Christmas was another huge success,” said third-year coordinator Jes Rodne. Through the program, “113 kids experienced the magic that comes on Christmas morning,” she said. Operation Family Christmas was established to assist parents or guardians who may not be able to buy Christmas presents for their children ages 0-18. The program works this way. The North […]
Northeast Minnesota Continuum of Care clears waiting list for homeless veterans
On Wednesday, December 19, the Northeast Minnesota Continuum of Care (CoC) announced they have cleared their housing waiting lists for homeless veterans. The Northeast CoC consists of six counties (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, and Lake Counties) and three Tribal Governments (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage of Lake Superior Chippewa and Leech Lake Band of […]
Ruth Lorna Beckman
Ruth Lorna Beckman passed away on December 16, 2018. She was born in Two Harbors, Minn. on September 27, 1925, the only child of two hard-working Norwegian parents. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her first husband, Donald Beckman. She is survived by her husband, Roland Blackmarr; four children, Ginger (Paul) Downing, Don (Helen) Beckman, Scott […]
Historical Reflections
The flag flew on Bob Sopoci’s tip-up, but no one was home! Sopoci and other fishermen were faced with snow, wind and slush on the BWCAW winter trout opener on Dec. 29, 1991. Temperatures plummeted to 22 degrees below zero in Grand Marais, and minus 30 degrees on the Gunflint Trail.
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO DEC. 27, 2008 Cook County Law Enforcement received a call on Dec. 13, reporting a stolen vehicle. The car was found just a mile from where it was stolen, which was Howl’n Wolf Saloon. A Grand Portage man was arrested and charged with the theft/unauthorized use. Two brothers from Maine, ages 18 and 21, pled guilty Dec. […]
BLM proposes to renew hard rock mineral leases in the Superior National Forest
On Dec. 20 the Bureau of Land Management released an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the potential effects of renewing hard rock mineral leases, which include updated stipulations to protect natural resources, in the Superior National Forest. The leases are located in the Rainy River Watershed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The EA includes updated stipulations identified by […]
Update from DEED on logging in Northeastern Minnesota
According to job counts from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s (DEED’s) Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages program, the forestry and logging industry in Minnesota was made up of 211 establishments providing an average of just over 1,000 jobs in 2017. Home to most of the state’s forest land, it is not surprising that almost half of […]
County hires highway engineering technician
She hasn’t started yet, but when Laurie Orr begins work as the county highway engineering technician, on Feb. 4, 2019, she will fill a position long advertised for. It’s been about two years since the last county highway tech resigned to take a job elsewhere, and the position has been open ever since. The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved […]
Fire destroys small cabin
The day before Christmas, Dec. 24, fire destroyed a small, unoccupied structure two miles east of Grand Marais on the upper side of Highway 61. Responding to the fire at 7:28 p.m. was the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office, Grand Marais Fire Department, Colvill Fire Department, Maple Hill Fire Department and the Minnesota State Patrol. “Upon arrival, there was a […]