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Could anything be cuter? Exuberance. Concentration. Soaring passion and fun sum up the dance and young dancers who made up the pre-kindergarten ballet troupe who took the stage last weekend. More than 100 young and old dancers performed at the YMCA Luminous dance recital held at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 9-11. One […]
Julie Collman retires from law enforcement
Cook County lost a good sheriff ’s deputy with the retirement of Julie Collman on May 9, 2019. Collman served as a deputy for 16 years. Her position will be posted and advertised for a full-time deputy. Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen lauded Collman’s career, saying, “Deputy Julie Collman began and ended her law enforcement career with the Cook County […]
North Shore Health Care Foundation names new Strategic Directions and executive director
On Monday, May 13 the North Shore Health Care Foundation celebrated a significant leadership change and announced strategic directions it will focus on. After 18 years with the organization, current executive director Karl Hansen and the Foundation’s board passed the reins to incoming executive director Valerie Marasco. Marasco is coming to the Foundation from Cook County where she serves as […]
Grand Marais resident begins Peace Corps service in Uganda
At an age when most men are looking to play some golf or just recline in an easy chair with a book and cup of java, Bill Hansen has decidedly gone the other way. Bill Hansen, 66, of Grand Marais, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will depart for Uganda on May 30, 2019, to begin training as […]
Minnesota Power representatives talk with Schroeder about ideas for the Taconite Harbor Energy site
Idled in the fall of 2016, the Minnesota Power Taconite Harbor Energy Center property and buildings were the topic of conversation at Schroeder Town Hall on Tuesday, May 14. Minnesota Power representative Josh Skelton, vice president of general operations, and Arik Forsman, a community relations specialist, gave an overview of the current resource planning processes, including possible impacts to the […]
The right of freely examining…
James Madison, known as the champion of open government and the philosophical father of the Freedom of Information Act, has oft been misquoted. Michael Doyle, writing in a July/August 2002 article in the magazine Legal Affairs suggests, “The misquoting of Madison illustrates the limitations of legislative history, the propagation of literary error, and the dangers inherent in one of the […]
County officials asked to consider local citizens’ budgets when setting levy increases
Thank you to our county public servants who provide the local government support to our community, WTIP, News-Herald, Boreal, and others who provide information needed to understand the issues. And, the people of Cook County who with the help of the above, have made this the best little community in the U.S. of A. I have listened to the April […]
Stint of vandalism and damage to vehicles occurring in city
Multiple incidents of damage to vehicles and graffiti within the City of Grand Marais have been reported to the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office over the last few days. The vandal(s) is marking or scratching the sign “5 – D” with multiple lines either under the writing or in the vicinity of the marking, on each vehicle. One vehicle also […]
14th annual sharing of Theater Sports
The news spoken to the crowd was quite grim. Clifford, the big red dog, had died. He perished on the moon after eating some bad cheese. The news, however, didn’t bring tears. Well, maybe tears of laughter, uproarious laughter even. Huh? Welcome to the zany world of Theater Sports. Imagine trying to tell someone— without talking—that Clifford, the famous big […]