Contests for city positions, Blank spot on school board ballot, Fall ballot complete Gregg Westigard There will be a full ballot in Grand Marais in November. The school board will have a blank spot for one position. The candidate-filing period for the school and hospital boards and the Grand Marais city government ended Tuesday, August 11. With that, previous filings […]
CC/SB Senior Babe Ruth falls to Ely
Ely put up four runs in the second inning, one in the fourth and put the game away with a seven run fourth inning to send Cook County/Silver Bay (CC/SB) to the loser bracket in the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament play. The game was played in Ely on Thursday, August 6. After being held scoreless through three innings, CC/SB […]
Disabled American Veterans Golf Outing
The first in what will hopefully become an annual tradition Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Golf Outing will be held September 12, 2020, at Gunflint Hills Golf Course. Check in between 9 and 10 a.m. A shotgun start begins at 10 a.m. The 18 hole, four person scramble will include door prizes, pin prizes and lunch, which will follow at the […]
Cook County/Silver Bay ousted from playoffs
It was win or go home for the Cook County/Silver Bay Senior Babe Ruth team in their Saturday, August 8, match against Eveleth. The game was played in Aurora. Both teams were in the final four District Senior Babe Ruth playoffs after advancing through the semi’s. Eveleth led 1-0 after the first inning when they scored on a Braiden Lind […]
State moves high school football and volleyball to spring
There won’t be any high school football games or volleyball games to attend this year. While those two sports won’t be allowed this fall, the Minnesota State High School League cleared cross country, girls’ tennis, girls’ swimming, as well as soccer, to be played with limitations. Football and volleyball are slated to start 2021 in March with competition ending mid-May. […]
The art of making a bass popper
Summertime is bass time. The largemouth (black) and smallmouth bass (bronzeback). I’m tying bass poppers again. I noticed in June that I didn’t have any good bass poppers. And I didn’t have any of my own. I tied some a couple years ago, but they didn’t sell. And I didn’t keep any for myself. I went back to the fly […]
Raspberry season
I plop a ripe red raspberry into my mouth and drop another one in the bucket. I’m in my raspberry patch. Somehow the summer has slipped by when I wasn’t paying attention and suddenly, the raspberries are ready for plucking, as are the peas. Meanwhile, the lettuce also needs another cutting. At this time of the year, everything planted a […]
Ruffed grouse counts similar to last year
Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are similar to last year and likely are following the ten-year cycle of rise and fall, a predictable pattern recorded for 71 years. Due to COVID-19 related restrictions, this past spring’s drumming counts in southeastern Minnesota were not conducted as planned. As the DNR was able to resume more field operations in May, there […]
West Nile virus results
Test results from the second year of a study on West Nile virus in ruffed grouse showed similar results to the previous year. Antibodies consistent with virus exposure were detected in 12.3 percent of the 317 samples submitted by hunters in 2019. This compares with a 12.5 percent antibody rate in the 273 samples submitted by hunters in 2018. “West […]
Fire destroys Grand Portage home
A Grand Portage man is lucky to be alive after his stove exploded and burned his house down. Larry Spry told authorities that when he turned his stove on flames burst from it. Spry suffered non-life threatening burns as he escaped. A nearby neighbor reported hearing the explosion from the stove. Larry was taken to North Shore Health to be […]