The Arrowhead Library System is pleased to present Create Your Own Comic Character Workshop with Trisha Speed Shaskan & Stephen Shaskan, a free 2-hour workshop being offered for ages grade 5 and older at the Grand Marais Public Library on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. Do you like to read graphic novels or comics? Do you like to […]
What is the rush to cut down the elm trees?
I do not understand the rush to cut down the elm trees downtown when there is no work planned in that area for next summer. The elms are currently scheduled to be cut down next month. Work on that area of the highway by MPCA and MnDOT is not scheduled to begin until summer of 2021. Even if it is […]
Vigil for Hope
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are victims of physical violence by a partner every year. Every 9 seconds, a woman in the U.S. is beaten or assaulted by a current or ex-significant other and […]
Farmer’s Almanac forecasts cold winter
While the 2019 Farmer’s Almanac promises “Teeth Chattering cold” across much of the country, it especially forecasts frigid cold for our neck of the woods. But what do the natural signs tell us? What of Old Wives Tales? According to several selective Old Wives Tales, there are signs of an early cold winter everywhere one looks. That is, if you […]
How long will GRE burn fossil fuel to produce energy?
Arrowhead Cooperative’s parent company Great River Energy (GRE) spent 437 million dollars building a ‘state-of-the-art’ coal burning power plant in North Dakota. Construction began in 2007 with an original cost estimate of 277 million dollars…oops! The “Spiritwood Station” project was encouraged by North Dakota’s political leaders to promote the state’s lignite coal mining industry. In addition to power generation, the […]
New contractor in county
Okay, so David Rohl has been in the county a long time, but instead of working as a carpenter for other people, he has received his contractor’s credentials, is licensed and bonded, and is now working on his own. “Counting carpentry projects I worked on in my early twenties, I have about 15 years combined experience in the field,” he […]
“ASK A TROOPER”
Question: I have a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, which has a windshield that has the ability to fold down from the factory. I am just wondering if the windshield is properly folded down and strapped as per the factory design if this is then legal to drive on highway, county or state roads in Minnesota. While I doubt I’ll ever be […]
Twin Cities hiker perishes
An 82-year-old Anoka, Minnesota man perished while walking on the Superior Hiking Trail. On Tuesday, September 17 Jerry Dean Small was walking with friends when he collapsed. CPR was administered but he remained unresponsive. The Cook County Sheriff ’s Office, Cook County Ambulance and the Cook County Search and Rescue (SAR) all responded.
Vikings fall to South Ridge
Football is a game of inches, and that was never more true than the Cook County Vikings’ last campaign down the field late in the fourth quarter against the South Ridge Panthers, who were the visiting team on Friday, Sept. 27. Down 28-32, the Vikings marched the ball to the Panthers’ 15-yard line with about three minutes remaining on the […]