On Thursday, April 2, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that the agency will undertake 188 road and bridge projects statewide during the 2020 season to help maintain the state’s roads and bridges improve safety and support construction jobs across the state. Some of the projects have already begun and others – such as the work on Highway 5 around […]
In hard times draw to the Lord
In this Day, we go forth…Not Easily In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge. Psalm 71:1 Dear beloved children of God, each of you, all of you, all of us: How do we do this time? HOW DO WE DO THIS? How do we do this? How do we go through these hard times, lament times, times “without.” How […]
Patricia S. “Patti” Nelson
Patricia S. “Patti” Nelson, 90, formerly of Lutsen, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Auburn, California, where she lived since 2014 to be closer to a daughter. She was born on November 23, 1929, to Thomas and Bertha (Sivertson) Eckel in Duluth. Patti was raised on the North Shore of Lake Superior, spending summers on Isle Royale. The […]
Todd Shaw Wilson
Todd Shaw Wilson of Moab, UT, Telluride, Colorado, and Grand Marais, Minnesota, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, on March 4, 2020. Todd was born on October 7, 1959 in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota to Charles and Audrey Wilson. Todd is survived by his son Theo Bray of Wellington, New Zealand, his brother Andrew and his […]
Elaine Alfreda (Berglund) Jusczak
Elaine Alfreda (Berglund) Jusczak, 97, of Moose Lake, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2020, in Augustana Mercy Care Center, Moose Lake. The eldest of eight siblings, Elaine was born November 12, 1922, in Maple Hill Township near Grand Marais, to Alfred and Signild Berglund where she was raised and graduated from Grand Marais High School. After high school […]
Jesse A. Giroux
Jesse A. Giroux, 47, of Makinen, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Range Funeral Home in Virginia. To sign the online guest book or to send condolences, please visit www.rangefuneralhomes.com. Jesse Alan Giroux was born October 23, 1972, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, to Gary and Kaye […]
Mary Louise (Kielty) Mike
Mary Louise (Kielty) Mike passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 1, 2020. Mary was born on January 21, 1942. As a child growing up in Moose Lake she developed a deep love of nature. After serving as Postmaster of the Grand Portage Post Office on the shores of her beloved Lake Superior she moved back to Barnum and opened the […]
Historical Reflections
Duane Ege, age 19, son of Mr. & Mrs. O.J. Ege, completed resident instruction in Radio and TV at DeVry Technical Institute of Chicago. He is currently employed by Nelson’s TV in Grand Marais. Duane has also received a second class Federal Communications Commission license.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOAPRIL 10, 2000 With three full weeks of practice under their belts, the players on the first Cook County High School baseball team are swiftly approaching their first game. Other than the weather, Head Coach Arleigh Jorgenson couldn’t be more pleased. “It’s been going pretty well,” Jorgenson said of the practice sessions. “I think we thought perhaps we […]