U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces that based on preliminary data, new record high monthly mean water levels were set on Lakes Erie, St. Clair and Superior in May. Additionally, record high water levels are possible on all the Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair this summer. Persistent wet conditions across the Great Lakes basin this spring has […]
CBP pilot project expands to Minnesota Arrowhead
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations has added to the list of pilot locations now using the new CBP ROAM ™ application for small boat reporting. This pilot project expansion includes the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. This pilot addresses a pressing issue for border waters that depend heavily on tourism and recreation. Recreationalists from both Ontario […]
Anti-gay, Judgmental, Hypocritical
Why do fewer and fewer people go to church?The answer to this question is complicated but I suspect one of the main reasons is the reputation churches have earned—often fairly. In a recent speech on NPR, journalist Ray Suarez cited a study about “nones”— those who answer a survey on church affiliation by using that word: “none.” In the study, young persons between the ages of 16 and […]
Janet E. Johnson
Janet E. Johnson, Beloved Daughter, Sister, Cousin, Aunt and Dear Friend of many, age 63, passed peacefully to be with Jesus on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Janet was preceded in death by her father Harold; survived by her mother Arla Johnson; siblings Stuart (Vicki), Harlan (Ann), Erik (Mindy) and Judith (Joel) Elavsky; cousin Kristina Gronquist; and her many much-loved nieces […]
Elaine Clara “Skip” Rouser
Elaine Clara “Skip” Rouser of Grand Marais went to be with her Lord on May 24, 2019 at the age of 98. Skip was born on November 10, 1920. She grew up in Remer, Minn. She married Walter “Tiny” Rouser in 1941 in Kansas City. Skip and Tiny went where the work was which left Skip to become a professional […]
The Lutsen 99er… and the importance of setting goals
At the end of this month, I’m going to ride my mountain bike a hundred miles through the forest with over five hundred other crazy people. I mean “athletes.” If all goes well, I expect to be on my bike for at least 10 hours to complete the course. Now it sounds crazy, right? How this particular challenge became one […]
Historical Reflections
Displaying one of the earliest limits of walleye brought back to Grand Marais on opening day are, from left, Harry Peterson, Lee Cramblet and Ken Kimball. The trio was fishing with minnows on Devil Track Lake on May 10, 1972. Because of lake ice it was reported that the number of fishermen was about half of what it usually is […]
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGOJUNE 13, 2009 A 20-year-old Virginia, Minnesota man was found deceased in Cook County after being reported missing overnight. Local law enforcement personnel were paged at 8:30 p.m. Saturday to assist with a search for a missing fisherman, who was camping with a group of friends on the Cascade River. The body was found after an all-night search; […]
The Rise of Youth Vaping/E-Cigarette Use in Cook County
Due to the recent rise in popularity of e-cigarettes, youth commercial tobacco use has risen in Minnesota for the first time in 17 years. Nationally, the rate of e-cigarette use by high school students rose 78 percent from 2017 to 2018. Locally, the rates of youth commercial tobacco use in Cook County have also risen dramatically. The most recent local […]