The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is hosting a Coffee and Conversation open house Tuesday, May 19 in Grand Marais. The public is welcome to bring questions about the Highway 61 project that will start in May to this informal conversation, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the Grand Marais City Hall. Each month, District 1 project managers and […]
Faith prevails
Two individuals, deep in personal crisis approached Jesus within minutes of each other. He had returned home to Capernaum from his jaunt to the other side of the lake. The crowds heard he was back and they surrounded him there on the shore. A man pushed his way through the mass of curious people. The gospel of Mark tells us […]
Douglas Bonell Tuttle
Douglas Bonell Tuttle, age 96, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away February 13, 2020, at the Colonial Village surrounded by loving family. Doug was born April 19, 1923, in Livingston, Wisconsin, to Clayton Larabee Tuttle and Edna Belle Tuttle (Bonell). Seventy years later as he visited his birthplace, he fondly recalled playing in the display window of the pharmacy his […]
Elizabeth A. “Bunny” Pearson
Elizabeth A. “Bunny” Pearson, 79, Grand Marais, died Sunday, March 15, 2020, in the North Shore Health Care Center. Bunny was born July 21, 1940, to Carl and Clarie (Skogh) Pearson in Minneapolis, where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Southwest High School in 1958. She was employed as a secretary at Valspar Corp for over 25 years […]
Historical Reflections
On January 31, 1961, Ham the chimpanzee became the first primate to be launched into space aboard a Mercury Redstone rocket as part of America’s space program. Later that year Dairy Queen celebrated the milestone with the release of the 22-inch-tall Mr. Astro-Chimp doll, which was sold for $2.99 at local Dairy Queens, including the store in Grand Marais. Then, […]
Marjorie V. Grinnell
Marjorie V. Grinnell of Missoula, Montana, and Edina, Minnesota, died March 8, 2020, at age 94. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Volwiler, and her sister, Doris Semler. She is survived by her devoted husband of 73 years, Joseph F. Grinnell; their three children, Stephen (Margaret), Christine (David Burcham) and James (Laura); eight […]
Take away some stress and get outside and enjoy nature
Fifty degrees! Seventeen degrees! Snow! Drizzle! You name it, we’ve had it so far this season. Maybe the chaotic weather is matching the somewhat chaotic events going on in the world this spring – events which are affecting us even in the seclusion of a National Forest. If you have tried to visit any of the ranger district offices recently, […]
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOMARCH 20, 2000 Students at the Cook County elementary schools have been gathering “Pennies for Patients,” and to date have accumulated $1,064.24! The schools, along with others in Minnesota, were encouraged to scrape together all of their pennies in an effort to help support research of leukemia and other related issues. 30 YEARS AGOMARCH 19, 1990 The IGA […]
Serving Cook County through the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Two weeks ago, Cook County department heads began the process of planning and preparing for the delivery of county services as we move through the current and emerging public health emergency, we all know as the Coronavirus or COVID-19. As your county government, we do this work with two primary goals in mind: 1) Keep our staff as safe and […]