Grand Marais Garden Club hosted its annual flower show on Saturday, July 27 at the Cook County Community Center and it drew an appreciative crowd of curious onlookers and aficionados of good food that was served at the show. This year’s theme, Veggies and Flowers, led to some of the most interesting, imaginative and artistic displays seen in years. Some […]
Third annual Stars of the North Music Festival wows audiences
The third annual Stars of the North Music Festival hit all the right notes this past weekend, striking a chord of joy that resonated through the downtown area for three days as area visitors and locals gathered to enjoy the free music played in Harbor Park. Some inclement weather on Friday moved the bands earlier than planned to the Wunder […]
Roger Livdahl to present sermon at Father Baraga’s Cross Aug. 18
In 1846 Fr. Frederic Baraga braved Lake Superior to reach Grand Portage and was blown off course by high winds into the safety of the mouth of the Cross River. Grateful to God for his providence and having been saved from the storm he erected a wooden cross at the site. Since then his wooden cross has been replaced by […]
Kenneth J. Marchand
Kenneth J. Marchand, 75, Duluth and formerly of Grand Marais, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at the Benedictine Health Center. He was born October 14, 1943 to Clement “Smokey” and Olive (Gagnon) Marchand in Laurium, Michigan where he grew up. He moved to Minocqua, Wisconsin, graduated from high school and served six years in the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam […]
CHarles Leal Norman
Charles Leal Norman, 98, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on July 11, 2019 at North Shore Living in Grand Marais. He would have been 99 years old on July 24. Charles, as his family always called him, was the second child born to Erben and Esther Edblad Norman on their small farm in Shevlin, Minn. on […]
August activities at North Shore Living
Summer is here, and the residents of North Shore Living have been enjoying plenty of time on our beautiful patio taking in the fragrances and warm sunshine. Our patio space continues to improve with the recent addition of the wheelchair-accessible glider swing. This swing enables those confined to a wheelchair to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of a soothing rocking motion. […]
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Mrs. Philamena Evans of Grand Portage holds a hooked rug with Indian designs that is a sample of the work she sold to tourists who stopped at her souvenir stand along Highway 61 east of Reservation River on the Chippewa reservation. This photo was featured in the July 13, 1961 News-Herald.
Down Memory Lane
10 YEARS AGO AUG. 1, 2009 Residents of Third Avenue West in Grand Marais had an extremely unpleasant, but not disastrous, experience on July 22 when utility work caused sewer gas to enter several homes. An affected homeowner discovered that employees of an out-of-town crew working at the corner of Fourth Street and Third Avenue West apparently caused the problem […]
City council looks at possible parking plans for 2020-2021
After an hour-long discussion Grand Marais city council passed a first reading to establish a city calendar parking ordinance. At the council’s July 31 meeting, council reviewed a draft of a calendar parking ordinance presented several months ago. Three changes were proposed from that draft: Calendar parking will go into effect from November 15 to April 15, a month shorter […]