North House Folk School’s Wooden Boat Show sails to new heights
Spectators milling about, interest piqued by multiple displays of finely crafted wooden boats, prescient presentations and demonstrations were overheard saying, “This is one of the best Wooden Boat Shows ever!” High praise but deserving praise for the folks who put on the 22nd annual Wooden Boat Show and Summer Solstice Festival. Following the three-day, June 21-23 festival, North House Folk […]
Cook County to address proposed decrease in federal payments
The Thye-Blatnik Act of 1948 was created to provide compensation to Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties for public lands set aside for conservation. Counties receive 0.75 percent of the assessed value of the lands in payment. The value of the lands is reappraised every 10 years. Payments received, beginning in 1989 were $421,000, $704,000 in 1999, and $2,025,000 in […]
Community turns out en masse to celebrate Rita Plourde’s tenure at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
After serving as Sawtooth Mountain Clinic CEO for the past 38 years, Rita Plourde has decided to call it a day and with her husband will figure out what her next plan will be. Before departing the clinic, however, the clinic staff and Sawtooth Mountain board wanted to throw her a party, inviting the entire community to come out and […]
Grand Marais Art Colony purchases former pharmacy building
On June 26 the Grand Marais Art Colony completed a much-anticipated purchase of the North Shore Pharmacy building located at 21 W. Highway 61 in downtown Grand Marais. The building was acquired from Michael and Laura Schwartzwald for $330,000. Funds to pay for the structure are coming from several sources. The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) gave a […]
World’s Best Donuts celebrates 50 years!
During the spring of 1969, while the Brits and French were busy launching their supersonic airliner, the Concorde, Merieta Altrichter was busy launching what would eventually become the World’s Best Donuts shop, located in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Hand-mixing her cake donuts in a plastic bowl tilted on its side, she offered a choice of plain, sugared and cinnamon sugared in […]
Note to the citizens of Cook County
As I see itA couple of months ago, I heard a term which I had never heard before and did not know its meaning. I had to look it up. I heard it as “Tax Capacity”… but this is what the search turned up: Definition and Explanation of Taxable Capacity: The concept of taxable capacity has been defined differently by different economists: “It […]
Gervais family to unite at Tofte July 4 parade
We know July 4 as Independence Day, the day in 1776 that the Continental Congress declared that the 13 colonies were no longer subject to British rule. It’s also a day for picnics, parades, potlucks, family gatherings, and speaking of family gatherings, a big one will be occurring at the July 4th celebration in Tofte this year. For the Gervais […]
How to get a reputation
The earliest Christian movement quickly got a reputation, which we can see in documents (written at that time) referring to Christ-followers. Most who call themselves Christian today would not be accused of these things! Early Christians were known for caring for the most vulnerable. Their Roman neighbors left unwanted babies out to die by exposure, so Christians picked them up […]