It’s that time of year when weather can swing wildly from sunny to snowy and back to rainy. It is wise to remember how cold it was yesterday, even if it warm right now. Fall and spring are prime seasons for hypothermia. In winter, people dress for it and are ready for it to be cold, but in the fall, […]
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Great Expectations Charter School (GES) was packed with parents and members of the public on Tuesday, November 5, who came to celebrate the students’ work on Self Portrait Night. Here Mary June Wharton poses next to her remarkable self-portrait.
Empty Bowls 2019 is November 14!
Empty Bowls will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church on Thursday, November 14. Lunch is served from 11a.m. – 1 p.m. and dinner is served from 5-7 p.m. The event features a soup meal donated by local restaurants, Grand Marais Art Colony pottery bowl sale, and a bake sale. It’s not too late for your business or group to […]
How many different kinds of moths are there in Cook County?
Just what you have been wondering, right? Sitting around the supper table, the question begged to be asked, “Just how many types of moths are there in Cook County anyway?” No answer. “Cat got your tongue?” I ask rhetorically to my cat. To answer my question, I emailed David B. MacLean, Cook County’s resident moth expert. My interest in moths […]
Halloween Bonspiel draws curlers from all over the state and Canada
The Cook County Curling Club held its 9th annual Open Halloween Bonspiel on November 2nd and 3rd with six out-of-town teams and two local teams competing in a round-robin format. The club is always happy to see its returning guests from the St. Paul curling club and Two Harbors curling club. This year we added guests who came from the […]
North Shore runners do well at state cross country meet
Three North Shore boys, Isaac Swanson, Brenden Seipke, and Noah Smith qualified as individuals for the 2019 Minnesota boys’ state cross country meet, and all of them had good races at the meet held Saturday, Nov. 2 at St. Olaf College. Swanson, a senior, placed 25th with Seipke, a junior, literally on his heels with a 26th place finish in […]
School drive nets $1,000, materials for schools
Three separate school drives sponsored by the Cook County Senior Center (Hub), Bethlehem Lutheran Church and employees of Cook County combined to raise, “about $1,000,” said Chris Bautch, program coordinator for Cook County Senior Center. The three entities also took in and distributed a wide array of school materials, “From pencils, to paints, books to backpacks,” noted Bautch. “We started […]
Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness
The Arrowhead Library System is pleased to present Good Vibrations for Winter Wellness, a free program being offered for teens and adults at the Grand Marais Public Library on Tuesday, December 17, at 1 p.m. Music can lighten the holiday blues, bring warm feelings to a cold winter day, and calm to a stressful time. Christina Cotruvo will play and […]
Deer harvest numbers available online
Hunters, media members and anyone interested in deer harvest data can find current deer harvest figures and harvest reports for past years available on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources deer reports and statistics webpage. “A key objective of our statewide deer plan is to provide timely and accessible information about deer management and one of the more popular metrics […]
I never said it was healthy
On a recent cold windy day, I checked my Facebook page and found a large number of people had posted photos of hearty meals; soups, stews casseroles, thick crusty breads. Autumn has definitely arrived. Everybody’s thinking about comfort food. Comfort food, there’s nothing like it especially when the gray chill of November arrives. It’s that time of the year when […]