On a typical day, Boreal averages approximately 2,500 users per day on it’s boreal.org website. After Boreal posted its first story about the April 13 outbreak of the fire in downtown Grand Marais, traffic to the site exploded averaging more than 12,000 people each hour immediately following its first news report and totaling more than 78,000 users at the day’s […]
In this time of darkness, God is there to comfort us
“In this time, this time of being tested, what are we to do?” This question is so deeply Spiritual, describing with sadness any current situation—coronavirus in the year 2020; polio epidemic in the 1950s and 1960s—or to the seemingly too “always-present-sorrow-when-a-person-much-loved dies from the illness of suicide. For suicide there is no beginning era, no ending era. It invades a […]
Cook County Arts relief fund
Grants of $1,200 are available to Cook County artists from this fund. This is to pay personal or artistic expenses. The first round opened Tuesday, April 21, and closes on Monday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m. A second round will be held if funding is available. This fund has been created with a gift from a generous funding partner to […]
Safe Routes to School cancellations
Spring is here, which means everyone is starting to get more active outside, while practicing social distancing and abiding by the Stay at Home order by the Governor of Minnesota. Due to the Stay at Home order and the COVID-19 situation, the Safe Routes to School Committee has decided to cancel the Annual Bike Safety Rodeo held in May. It […]
In Cook County, Minnesota, businesses and community rally together amidst crisis
Despite COVID-19 shutdowns and a devastating fire, local business owners and residents throughout Cook County look to each other for inspiration, creativity and strength. In the wake of a fire that devastated three prominent businesses in Grand Marais, the communities in Cook County are coming together, staying positive and finding creative ways to keep the area’s tourism industry engaged during […]
Historical Reflections
The lower level nursery facilities at the First Baptist Church were recently remodeled. Pictured with Mrs. M.J. Humphrey during Sunday morning services are Eugene Westerlind, Kevin Cumley, Dennis Westerlind, Brian Humphrey, and Steve Hedberg.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOAPRIL 24, 2000 George Morrison, perhaps the most celebrated Native American artist of his generation, died at the North Shore Hospital and Care Center on the morning of April 17, 2000. Morrison was born Sept. 30, 1919, in Chippewa City near Grand Marais. He was the third of 12 children. The Minnesota DNR plans to raise about 2.6 […]
DEED implements 13-week extension of Unemployment Insurance
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced the agency has fully implemented the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which provides a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits for eligible applications. PEUC was authorized by Congress in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which was signed into law on March 27, 2020. “This is the […]
EOC launches Health & Community Service Agencies App
The Cook County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), in conjunction with Cook County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS), has launched a new application on the EOC’s COVID-19 hub. The application provides information on health and community service agencies for the Cook County community, said EOC Incident Co-Commander Grace Grinager. After opening the app, users can access resource information by clicking […]