Gunflint Mercantile owner Chelsea Pusc sold Gunflint Baking Company, a wholesale bakery, to Hana Crosby on April 15. Pusc purchased the bakery from Rain Elfvin last fall. Crosby plans to stay and work in the current location at Betsy Bowen Studio. As for Chelsea, she realized taking on two labor-intensive businesses would be too much for her to tackle. She […]
Grand Marais listed as one of the top 10 Great Active Outdoor Towns
In April North Outdoors (northoutdoors.com) announced its 2019 list of 10 Great Active Outdoor Towns in the North, and Grand Marais was on the list. North Outdoors’ annual Top 10 list recognizes towns that embrace and embody the northern outdoors scene. Recognized towns tend to feature an abundance of active pursuits such as hiking, paddling, cycling, and exploring, combined with […]
Grand Portage Tribal Council receives grant
Grand Portage Tribal Council received a $25,000 grant to support intergenerational youth programming in Grand Portage from the Northland Foundation. Between January 1 and March 30, the Northland Foundation awarded two dozen grants totaling nearly a quarter million dollars to nonprofit organizations, schools, and Tribal Nations within the region bounded by Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis […]
City considers climate change resolution
With Earth Day less than two weeks away, it seemed appropriate for George Wilkes to come before the Grand Marais city council with information about the adverse effects of climate change and a resolution calling for the city to show support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act that is now before Congress. Wilkes, a member of the Grand […]
More work needed on proposed vacation rental ordinance
A public hearing on the Proposed Vacation Rental Ordinance held Wednesday, April 10, at the Cook County courthouse, saw about 35 members of the community along with the planning commission in attendance. The hearing, at which no final decisions were to be made, included a presentation by Land Services Director Tim Nelson, public comment and questions to the planning commission […]
Artifact found on east side of harbor
For nearly 150 years, the Grand Marais harbor has been at the symbolic center of this small town’s economy and livelihood. To this day, if one knows where to look, the leftovers of antique immigrant trades—fish houses, ice harvests, and cargo ship cleats—dot the shoreline of Artist Point. While out for a walk last week down a rarely traipsed trail, […]
Who shall roll away the stone?
Ever run up against an obstacle that looms insurmountable; knowingly stands in the way of achieving what you’ve set out to do? This certainly was the case with the three devoted women who, on an early Sunday morning, ventured out, as the sun edged up over the horizon, to the place where the body of Jesus lay. The myrrh-bearers hastened […]
Happy Earth Day
On this Earth Day, our planet is facing climate disruption and climate chaos. Systemic environmental protection is needed now more than ever. We all need clean air, clean water, clean energy. So let’s clean up the beach Saturday. Let’s refuse single-use plastic bags. Let’s support the Green New Deal. Let’s do every little thing we can to help protect our […]
B2B touring route could mean higher local taxes to repair roads
On the morning of 4/15/19 while listening to WTIP, I heard an interview with the project manager for the Border-to- Border Touring Route. During the interview, he spoke about how the Border to Border Touring Route would potentially impact roads and impose additional costs on local road authorities for repairing those impacts. My concern is that the costs for repairing […]
With all of the cracks and bumps on Highway 61, do we really need to make more?
Funny (not as in ha-ha!) that I encountered the front-page article in the Cook County News-Herald April 13, 2019, about “County commissioners hear MnDOT rumble strip presentation” and the timing of that article. As I was heading to Grand Marais the other day and then back again to our home here in Hovland I was hoping I wouldn’t go into […]