Photo
Practically everywhere one looks there is a plein air artist working on a painting in the city of Grand Marais. A cold, somewhat windy day didn’t deter this hardy painter from her work this past Wednesday. This year there are 75 competition artists and more than 30 open class painters competing for prizes in the Sept. 6-13 Plein Air competition. […]
Cook County Administrator Jeff Cadwell resigns to take new job
Cook County Administrator Jeff Cadwell announced this week he is resigning his position in the county to take a similar job in Mahnomen County. Cadwell’s last day here will be October 14. He will start in Mahnomen on October 21, where he will become the first county administrator hired by the Mahnomen board of commissioners. The move to Mahnomen County […]
County board briefed about short-term rentals
Cook County Assessor Robert (Bob) Thompson came before the county board on Tuesday, Sept. 10 with a memo the county was sent from the state’s assessor’s office concerning short-term rental classifications. Thompson said Cook County has about 640 short-term rentals. The state is asking the county to decide which of them should fall under certain short-term rental classifications. Not all […]
Ekstroms play more than 200 holes of golf in one day for Folds of Honor
Brothers Heath and Drew Ekstrom are both golf pros, great guys and both committed to raising funds for Folds of Honor. On Sunday, September 8, the two teamed up to see how many holes they could play in one day on the Superior National golf course. “We started at 6:20 a.m.,” said Heath, who is the golf pro at Superior […]
Public meeting on vaping will take place Sept. 17
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Public Health and Human Services and ISD 166 are collaborating to present a community panel to relay the dangers of commercial tobacco and vaping to the public, with a special focus on the recent rise in youth vaping. This event includes a presentation from the American Lung Association, media creations from local youth, and a […]
“Wagner’s law”
Otherwise known as “the law of increased government spending,” Wagner’s law is founded on the idea that as personal incomes grow so will government budgets. It is considered the first model of public expenditure in the history of public finance. With this newfound enlightenment, you’d think personal income in Cook County’s private sector has skyrocketed in the last few years, […]
MnDOT explains how project scope grew
In most situations, it’s difficult to make everyone happy. You know this, and we know this. At the last public meeting in Grand Marais, we came to talk about the construction staging for the 2020-21 project through town. As anyone in attendance, and anyone who has read the numerous letters to the editor and opinion pieces in the newspaper since, […]
Radio Waves numbers up from last year
Nice weather, fine music and good food helped attract 1,360 people to the 12th annual 2019 WTIP North Shore Community Radio Radio Waves Music Festival held September 6-8 at the Grand Marais Recreation Park near Sweetheart’s Bluff. The number of people who attended was up from last year, said WTIP development director, Staci Drouillard. In addition, 26 acts featuring105 musicians […]
Photo
Of the many musical acts performing at Radio Waves, one of the fan favorites was when local high school kids performed for the crowd with several seasoned musicians. Here, L-R: Danny Berka, Chris Gillis, Greta Roth, Todd Miller, Eric Hahn, and behind on drums is Thomas Stamps.