Expectations are plentiful for the 2019 CCHS baseball team. “We are 37 players strong and are led by a strong and dedicated senior class,” said Viking head coach Arleigh Jorgenson. Seven of Jorgenson’s players are returning starters, but the coach noted that he lost two of his top players from last year’s team, Colton Furlong to graduation and Garrett Curran […]
Tucker Lake Chronicle: a great read
If you’ve got a couple of hours to spend and want to get away from it all—and I mean really get away from it all and be entertained and enlightened on your journey— then pick up a copy of the Tucker Lake Chronicle. Local Cook County News-Herald columnist Joan Crosby recently published a memoir about her and her husband Dick’s […]
Local author a finalist for the Minnesota Book awards
Tim Cochrane, Grand Marais, the retired superintendent of the Grand Portage National Monument, was a finalist for the Minnesota Nonfiction category for his book, “Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade.” Twin cities author Cary J. Griffith was also a finalist for the same award for, “Gunflint Burning: Fire in the Boundary […]
I don’t think so…
“All you have to do is…” Those words grabbed my attention. I was sitting at a table in the Grand Marais senior center along with several other people and a conglomeration of laptops, smart phones and tablets. Help was being offered for those of us trying to keep up with technology. A young man had uttered the above words as […]
Paint and Sip coming soon
North Shore Winery event announcement—North Shore Winery will be hosting the third annual Paint and Sip class on Saturday, April 27 from noon to 3 p.m. The winery is excited to offer an original piece of art to paint this year – a scene of the Sawtooth Mountains framed using the winery’s three-bottle logo. No painting experience is necessary – just come ready to […]
Root and Bowen present their new book The Lost Forest
Author Phyllis Root and Grand Marais illustrator Betsy Bowen will read from and sign copies of their new children’s picture book The Lost Forest—5:00 p.m., Saturday, April 27, 2019, Drury Lane Books (12 Wisconsin St. E., Grand Marais, MN 55604). About the book: In 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired […]
Celebrating the Legacy Amendment’s first 10 years
On Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Voyageur Brewing there will be an open forum and question and answer period with Sheila Smith, executive director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts and Barbara LaMotte, associate director of philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy. Both Sheila and Barbara will speak about how the Clean Water, Land & Legacy Amendment of 2008 […]
YMCA hosts Zenon Dance Company
From Cuba to Duluth, MN, Zenon Dance Company has traveled the world bringing a singular, versatile and virtuosic approach to modern and jazz dance to enthusiastic audiences. One of North America’s premier repertory dance companies, Zenon commissions new works from talented emerging choreographers as well as internationally renowned masters, in order to continually drive the evolution of dance standards in […]
Contest for artists and artist wannabes
WISE is the Women’s Initiative for Service and Education, a new organization that has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the Lionesses. The WISE Mission: Serving needs and encouraging opportunities in Cook County. WISE is sponsoring a contest for a creative and simple logo design. This logo should include an OWL, the symbol of Athena (so perfect for […]
Community Calendar
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 Community Center. No financial or other qualifications—this is surplus food for all! Cook County Higher Education Career training and college courses […]