Interviews are scheduled for our County Administrator position. These people applied for the job knowing full well where on earth Cook County is, knowing how to get here, what the upside of coming could be and also the drawbacks. They applied so that means they were interested. When you apply for a job, don’t you expect you may get an […]
Hiker declared deceased after falling from a cliff
A 29-year-old Rochester, Minnesota, man died when he fell approximately 100 feet from a cliff into the Caribou River. The accident happened September 7 at approximately 9:30 p.m. Lake County law enforcement reports say Daniel Allman was hiking with a friend when he slipped and fell from a cliff into the Caribou River. His friend removed him from the water […]
Drive-thru flu shots available this month
Drive-thru flu shots will be available for people nine years old and up on Tuesday, September 15, at the Grand Marais Fire Hall from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Enter from 5th Avenue West. Wear clothes that allow easy access to your upper arm and wear a face covering. Bring your insurance card or […]
Loving Samaritans and Uighurs
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to [Jesus.] He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to […]
Gerald D. Jacobsen
Gerald D. Jacobsen Jerry Jacobsen, 91, died Sunday, May 31st, in the VA related facility in Two Harbors. (Waterview Shores). Jerry was born May 29, 1929, and grew up in Hovland, Minnesota. He was the youngest of eight siblings. Jerry made his home and raised his family in Grand Marais, after serving our country in the U.S. Army during the […]
Charles “Chuck” E. Flickinger
Charles ”Chuck” E. Flickinger of Hovland, Minnesota (formerly Neosho, Wisconsin), died June 16, 2020, at age 84. He ended a battle against a rare form of lymphoma on his terms, at home surrounded by his family and near the wildlife he appreciated. A service will be held at Cornerstone Community Church in Grand Marais, Minnesota, on Saturday, September 26, at […]
Karen Patricia Smaby
Karen Patricia Smaby, 63, Grand Marais, a woman of exceptional character, died peacefully, gazing at the woods outside her window, on Monday, August 24, 2020, at Northshore Hospital, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born October 3, 1956, in Helena, Montana, and grew up in Iron Mountain, Michigan. She attended Finlandia University and Winona State University where […]
Historical Reflections
Betty Larson and Joe Stevens present the $1800 IBM Model 50 typewriter donated to North Shore Hospital via the IBM Fund for Community Services.
Down Memory Lane
20 YEARS AGOSEPTEMBER 11, 2000 Minnesota DNR biologists will examine a six-pound five-ounce brook trout that might be the new state record. The fish was caught in the Pigeon River by a Grand Portage man. Industrial and commercial land within the city limits of Grand Marais will see a state-ordered 10 percent increase in tax valuation next year. The order […]