This is a short note of sincere thanks to Dr Milan Schmid, Stephen Green, and Biz Clark for writing truthful, knowledgeable letters (April 24 News- Herald) responding to the Do You Know? column of April 17. Like Biz Clark, “Typically, I do not read Gamble’s column”, so I also extend my thanks to Biz Clark’s concerned friend who alerted him […]
Local photographer gets unexpected thrill
Camera in hand, Larry Waddell went to the Coast Guard Station at Artist Point in Grand Marais early one morning to investigate why the seagulls were making such a clamor and causing such a commotion. “It was a snowy owl they were pestering, and the owl flew out onto the rocks on my approach. I slowly walked out on the […]
Grand Marais Library’s Free Juggling Kits Are Up for Grabs—Way Up
Library Director Amanda St. John Grand Marais Public Library is sure to inspire spontaneous acts of juggling throughout Cook County as it distributes 30 Take-and-Move Art kits by May 31. Participants of all ages can request a free kit at the library’s front desk or pickup window while supplies last. Call the library to reserve a kit if your next […]
Application for the 2021 BWCA trip for veterans now open
The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is once again hosting two free trips for veterans to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota this summer. With the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the 2020 trip, the Center is able to offer a second trip this year. Trip dates are July 12 to 18 and July 26 to August 1. This […]
Remember your mom on Mother’s Day
Children, the Bible says, are a gift from God. It seems logical to me, then, if children are a gift to parents from God, then parents are a gift from God to children. It also seems to me desperately sad how few parents and children experience each other as intentional gifts of divine love to the other. This is the […]
Invitation to attend a Celebration of Life for Patricia Marie Holte
A Celebration of Life Memorial will be held for Patricia Marie Holte on Saturday, May 29, from 2-5 p.m. at the Harbor Light Bar and Grill in Grand Marais. Hope to see you there.
Julie Ann Aldinger
Julie Ann Aldinger, age 69, of Brimson, Minnesota passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital. Julie is survived by her loving husband Mark: daughters, Kelly Kluver Anderson, Cari Kluver and Skye Smith; mother, Rosalind Somnis; two brothers, Thomas Somnis and David Somnis; two sisters, Sharon Schmit and Nancy Cottrell; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces […]
Matthew Christopher Wiermaa
Matthew Christopher Wiermaa, 36, formerly of Tofte-Lutsen, passed away in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 12, 2021. Matthew was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Stanley Ossian Johnson and Helia Eleanor Johnson, and his paternal grandparents Francis Richard Wiermaa and Sandra Marion Wiermaa. Matthew is survived by his mother Kay Wiermaa of St. Cloud, father Scott Wiermaa of Minneapolis, brother […]
Historical Reflections
BOY WITH BIG FISH Nine-year-old Danny Marxen caught this 10-pound 6-ounce walleye on Devil Track Lake last week.